Annual rescue of stranded fish underway on Deschutes River
This past month, irrigators began the annual drawing down of the Deschutes River to the point where fish die or are threatened. In what’s …
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Lower Deschutes Plagued by Walleye
The release of warm, nutrient-laden water from the Pelton Round Butte hydroelectric project continues to cause harm to the lower Deschutes and aquatic life. Walleye …
Fishing to open on the Deschutes thanks to improved summer steelhead returns
Salmon, steelhead, trout, and bass fishing will be open under normal permanent regulations starting Aug. 15 on the Deschutes River from Moody Rapids upstream to Pelton …
Giving voice to an ailing Oregon river
Fishermen have long flocked to the lower Deschutes, which flows north from the Pelton Round Butte dams near Madras all the way to the Columbia, …
DRA wants stricter enforcement of clean water rules on Lower Deschutes
The advocacy group, Deschutes River Alliance, says the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is failing to enforce water quality standards on the Lower Deschutes River …
Geology of the Lower Deschutes River Canyon
If you’ve ever fished the Deschutes and wondered about the amazing geology, wonder no more! How can the rocks of the Deschutes Canyon be found …
Micro Spey Style Fishing and BIG TROUT on the Deschutes
Catch Magazine’s 69th Edition features a video shot on its home waters – Oregon’s Deschutes River. “Scandinavian Wrangler” was filmed mid-summer of 2020, just months …
Deschutes River Steelhead Closure Extended
Due to the poor returns of steelhead to the Columbia River Basin, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is extending steelhead fishing closures on …
“The river has none to spare”
Jeff Hickman from Fish The Swing has issued a company statement regarding their decision to cancel their fall steelhead season on the Deschutes. Unfortunately, I’m …
Opinion: Resisting the call of the Deschutes
Chris Santella, among others, will not be fishing for steelhead on the Deschutes due to the poor 2021 returns. The number of steelhead returning to …