There's fish all throughout the willamette and mckenzie. I hooked up in town last week and lost it right behind the boat. if you want to know fish counts, google "willamette falls fish counts" and there's a link for the 2013 counts. Those fish get divided up into 3 systems. More fish go up the santiam system than the willamette and mckenzie however. If you don't mind people, the meat hole at leaburg isn't too bad. I've kinda become a people hater though and haven't fished the banks up there in a couple years. God bless boats.