Oregon’s recreational bottomfish season will close to all species but flatfish as of Sunday, Sept. 17 at 11:59 p.m.because the quotas for several species have been reached. As of Monday morning (Sept. 18), anglers may no longer catch or retain lingcod, any species of rockfish, cabezon, greenling, or other bottomfish. There is a new opportunity for anglers to fish for flatfish (except Pacific halibut)...
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The Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet Sept. 15 in Welches, Ore. at the Resort at the Mountain, Huckleberry Room, 68010 East Fairway Ave, Welches. The meeting starts at 8 a.m. Friday, Sept. 15, and follows this agenda fw.state.or.us/agency/commission/minutes/17/09_sep/index.asp The meeting will also be streamed at ODFW’s Twitter and Periscope (@myODFW) accounts. The Commission is expected to adopt big game hunting regulations for 2018. There are few major changes being proposed....
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Bob Taylor, webmaster for the Humboldt Tuna Club fishing forum, says a new temporary website www.humboldttunaclub.com/smf has been established for forum users. The old site www.humboldttuna.com went down on September 4th. “This new temporary site is a work in progress but is definitely usable until we can get the old site up and running again. Until then, all users will need to re-register as new...
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The fires along the Upper Trinity have been devastating to many of the small communities along the Trinity. Several of the lodges and campgrounds that operated in that area are gone. What that will do to fishing on the Upper Trinity economy is unknown at this time, but will be noticed in years to come. Right now there is limited...
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