OAR 635-500-1300: Summer Steelhead

(1) The following operating principle applies to the Middle Fork Willamette subbasin: (a) Summer steelhead shall not be passed above Fall Creek or Dexter dams. (b) Summer steelhead smolts shall be released into streams that have suitable adult holding habitat throughout the summer and where adults will provide optimum recreational opportunity; (c) Only smolt-sized fish will be released to minimize competition with native salmonids. (2) In accordance with this operating principle, it is the objective of the Department to: (a) Provide diversity of angling opportunity with an annual sport catch of 2,250 summer steelhead in the subbasin; (b) Minimize impact of summer steelhead on the production of native trout and spring Chinook.