Nothing new — the 2026 run is done here.
It finished at 118 steelhead on Mar 27, 2026, and none have been counted since. The chart below shows how that run went next to a typical year.
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Currently
60°
Overcast · feels like 54°
Mon
Fair
69°/55°
wind 14 kt · 27% rain
Tue
Good
74°/54°
wind 7 kt · 1% rain
Wed
Good
83°/60°
wind 9 kt · 0% rain
Thu
Poor
79°/60°
wind 21 kt · 17% rain
Fri
Fair
71°/54°
wind 15 kt · 8% rain
Sat
Poor
67°/53°
wind 16 kt · 32% rain
Sun
Good
65°/51°
wind 7 kt · 33% rain
from mouth upstream to Tucannon Hatchery Rd. Bridge CRC (653)
Steelhead (hatchery) — Aug. 1-Apr. 15
Min. size 20”. Daily limit 3.
from mouth upstream to Tucannon Hatchery Rd. Bridge CRC (653)
▸ All species: Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement (CRSSE) required for salmon and steelhead fishing (ages 15 and older). Barbless hooks required (Salmon and Steelhead only).
▸ Steelhead (hatchery) — Sat. before Memorial Day-July 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Steelhead (hatchery) — Aug. 1-Apr. 15: Min. size 20”. Daily limit 3.
▸ Other game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
▸ Other game fish — Nov. 1-Apr. 15: Catch-and-release.
from Tucannon Hatchery Bridge upstream to 500’ above the Rainbow Lake intake
▸ All species: CLOSED WATERS.
from 500’ above Rainbow Lake intake to Cow Camp Bridge CRC (653)
▸ All species: Selective gear rules. Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement (CRSSE) required for salmon and steelhead fishing (ages 15 and older).
▸ All game fish — Sat. before Memorial Day-Aug. 31: Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Cow Camp Bridge upstream
▸ All species: CLOSED WATERS.
There is no tide here, so the windows are first and last light — the hour either side of sunrise and sunset, when river fish move and feed. Wind, the chance of rain during the window, and how much rain fell in the previous day separate one morning from the next; the river's flow and what the hatchery is counting apply to the whole period.
Only legal hours are considered — one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset — so a turn in the middle of the night is left out entirely, and a window running past the boundary is trimmed to the part you may fish.
Times come from NOAA and Open-Meteo, counts from WDFW. The ranking is ours — it is a read on conditions, not a promise of fish, and it does not account for regulations. Check the rules for the section you are fishing before you go.
USGS publishes what the river is doing now, not what it will do — so flow is read as a condition on the whole period, and a heavy rain day can change it.