Due to very poor predicated returns, retention of steelhead on the Umatilla River between the Hwy 730 bridge and Three Mile Falls Dam (TMDF) will be closed Sept. 1 through April 30, 2022. From TFMD to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation boundary is open for fishing and retention of steelhead. There has been a total of 1,133 steelhead counted at TMFD up to date for the run year, with an average of 5 fish per day over the past week.

The spring Chinook season opened on April 15. There is a predicated run of approximately 3,000 spring Chinook returning to the Umatilla River. A total of 12 spring Chinook have been counted at TMFD so far this run year. Fishing was slow for opening weekend, but there were angler out trying to take advantage of the early fish. The flows in the Umatilla have come up in the last few days from the rain and anglers should start see fish moving because of this. Anglers should start to find success as the clarity of the river improves and the river starts to drop. Most anglers use egg set up with a slinky weigh bounced off the bottom. 

Trout fishing on the Umatilla River, and its tributaries, is closed currently and reopens May 22. Bass and other warmwater species remain open all year.