Stream Enhancement, Education, Angling Opportunity
Update : Our 2025 fry were transported to Rhoades pond Wednesday April 9th.
We have our full allotment of fish and the feeding volunteers will start twice a day as of this week. Stay tuned and we will keep you posted on up coming events and the progress of the fish.
Thank you for your support.
Saturday Feb 1st, Nestucca Angler volunteers completed the first round of our annual pond, property & site cleanup.
Our healthy 2024-2025 Fall Chinook fry remain in the hatch house at Cedar Creek Hatchery and are on schedule to transfer to our Rhoades Pond facility this April.
More updates to come soon. Thank you to all the volunteers for your continued support.
Willamina High School Students 01/15/25
Fun educational day in the sun!
(Cedar Creek Hatchery)
On Wednesday Jan 15th students from Willamina High School teamed up with Cedar Creek Hatchery staff and assisted with this years Summer Steelhead spawning. The egg takes from these fish are for production on both the Nestucca & Siletz rivers.
Nestucca Angler’s and Cedar Creek Hatchery staff spawned the last egg take for the class of 2024 fry. The fry will stay in the hatch house under the care of the hatchery staff through the winter.
Here are a few pictures of the hatch boxes within the hatch house. Thank you to all the volunteers that worked very hard this fall collecting Broodstock and with the spawning. Special thanks to the Cedar Creek Hatchery staff as their leadership and teamwork is a big part of the success of Rhoades pond Fall Chinook Broodstock Program (ODFW STEP).
Our first spawning of Fall Chinook Broodstock for 2025 babies was on Oct 23rd. We had a great mixture of fish for diversity of genetics. We will have several more spawning’s in the next month to catch the full run of fish.
Stay tuned and we will keep you posted.
Nestucca Anglers took the lead to obtain a permit from ODOT to place a kiosk for information and education at the Cedar Creek Hatchery parking lot fishing hole.
We have partnered up with ODFW, OSP, Private Land Owners and Hatchery & Wild Coexist to help educate fisherman in this popular fishing hole.
Thank you to everyone that was involved in making this project happen.
LIBERATION DAY 2024!
We would like to thank everyone for helping us on this special day. Nestucca Anglers made full production on August 14th. The fish went out to the Nestucca basin healthy and to size.
Also, huge shout out to all the feeding volunteers that took care of the fish throughout the season.
We will start collecting the Broodstock for our 2025 offspring in September. Stay tuned on Facebook as we will keep you updated on our collection process
On Thursday, July 4th 2024, Nestucca Anglers hosted a lunch for our local Nestucca Rural Fire Protection District team. NRFPD is dedicated to minimizing the effects of adverse incidents to life, property, and the environment through education, training, teamwork, and service delivery.
If you see firefighters off duty in uniform, walk up and thank them for keeping you and your community safe.
Nestucca Anglers would like to thank NRFPD and volunteers again for choosing to do what you do and for the sacrifices you make to protect us!
Great turnout for 25th annual clipping event and we are now officially complete.
The smolts are healthy and will continue to be fed by volunteers and released into the Nestucca basin towards the end of August.
Special thank you to this years sponsors, contributors and all of our volunteers.
It makes a difference!
2024 Annual Clipping Party
Save the date, mark your calendar for our 25th annual clipping event.
Nestucca Anglers is a volunteer organization that invites everyone to help clip 100,000 Fall Chinook Smolt annually. Bring the family and enjoy a great day with us on the coast.
Please check back as we have lots of raffle and auction items that have been donated from sponsors.
Visit our site for a printable flyer. Please help us pass the word on the event.
VIEW FLYER HERE: