FISHING UPDATES Table of contents Lakes, ponds and reservoirs Rivers and streams Recently stocked Announcements Updates by waterbody LAKES, PONDS, RESERVOIRS Lake of the Woods will be stocked early next week with trophy rainbow trout. The lake fishes best from a boat. Conditions are cold up there as the lake is just starting to ice out.  Trout stocking is underway at several area lakes and ponds. In addition, many...
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  Excellent catfishing on the John Day River. Photo by Marcus Lewis   If there’s not a photo, it didn’t happen Submit your fishing photo  to ODFW and we might use it here or elsewhere on MyODFW.com. Send us your fishing report We’d love to hear about your recent fishing experience. Send us your own fishing report through ODFW Fishing Reports―the information will be forwarded to the...
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If there’s not a photo, it didn’t happen Submit your fishing photo  to ODFW and we might use it here or elsewhere on MyODFW.com. Send us your fishing report We’d love to hear about your recent fishing experience. Send us your own fishing report through ODFW Fishing Reports―the information will be forwarded to the local biologist who may use it to update various ODFW...
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If there’s not a photo, it didn’t happen Submit your fishing photo  to ODFW and we might use it here or elsewhere on MyODFW.com. Send us your fishing report We’d love to hear about your recent fishing experience. Send us your own fishing report through ODFW Fishing Reports―the information will be forwarded to the local biologist who may use it to update various ODFW...
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CLACKAMAS RIVER Effective March 1 through August 15, 2021, the two-rod validation is allowed downstream of the Hwy 99E bridge with the following conditions: Is only allowed when open to angling for hatchery Chinook, hatchery steelhead, trout, or warmwater gamefish.   Is not allowed when fishing for sturgeon. Youth anglers under 12 years of age may use 2 rods in these areas without purchasing the Two-Rod Angling Validation. WILLAMETTE RIVER Effective March...
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Bottom fishing Anglers were successful up and down the coast last week, particularly for lingcod.  Out of Garibaldi, big boats went beyond the 40-fathom line for widow rockfish, yellowtail rockfish and lingcod; closer to shore, smaller boats caught a nice grade of black rockfish and averaged one lingcod per person (with the lingcod being slightly smaller than in recent weeks).  Catches out of Depoe Bay consisted...
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