I saw a summer steelhead caught last summer by a bank angler, was totally surprised when I drove by. There are a few nooks caught up that way..

 

It is a valley river with no real access passes tidewater

 

I was fishing the Tillamook River back in the 70's and my fishing partner got a 25# winter Steelhead. We caught lots of Chinook out of that river in the 70's and 80's. But like most every where the fish moved on. Don't remember ever catching a Silver. (COHO)

 

Its been thought that Trask River Hatchery Salmon nose into and stray the Tilly River.

Aerial map below

Tillamook River · Oregon 97141, USA

 

Used to catch lots of chinook once upon a time. Actually feeds into the trask and chinook used to gather there getting ready to migrate. Anyone remember the grumpy lady at the ramp between the trask and Tillamook? She was awesome, did not put up with bs!

 

Also the hospital hole on louis property. Put a dollar in the can and go fish

 

Most fish make a left

Hey guys,
About this time of year but a few years back I was trolling around the lower part of the Tillamook River between Brad Dawson tidewater access park and the bridge at Tillamook River Rd/Burton-Fraser Rd.
I caught a beautiful 18" sea-run cutt that hit a Tillamook special spinner. Was wondering if anyone has had similar luck there, and why there seems to be no chinook, coho, steelhead in that river.........?

There's always been pretty good sea run fishing in the lower Tillamook. Most of the Chinook and Coho that come into the river hang a left into the Trask channel across from the handicap platform on 131. Been some rigs parked there and I assume they're casting spinners for Coho. Haven't heard much about catching though.

There's some big sturgeon in the Tillamook. Not sure if it's open to C&R or not?

 

Back in 2019 I was hunting the stimson lumber area around cape lookout. I crossed over the headwaters of the Tillamook river that comes out of the ground halfway up the mountain. the river is barely a trickle where I was at. I stopped to grab a snack out of my pack and looked downhill ~50 yards and saw something bright red. I walked down to it and in ~6" of water was a 5-6# wild coho spawning. I was in a little bit of disbelief due to the severly limited amount of water and that was the last thing I was expecting to see up there. I took a photo but have seem to misplaced it.