Originally Posted By: kevin lund


The main Nehalem.
It has been 15 years or more that any hatchery steelhead have been planted in this river. What kind of improvemnet have these wild winter fish made from that point in time til now? From an anglers point of view (MHO) it has good years and it has bad. Almost an exact duplicate of the Wilson or Nestucca river. The one difference is the Nehalem doesn't get the same fishing pressure as the hatchery streams.


Kevin, I have caught those NF turds as high as Vernonia.

I rip there gills and fertilize the river, just as I do on the Trask and Wilson.
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Rusty Bell