The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) announce the opening of the commercial crab season from Cape Blanco (just north of Port Orford) to the Oregon/Washington border starting January 1, 2017. Fishery managers and food safety specialists consistently exercised caution in opening the crab season this year due to elevated levels of domoic...
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Celebrate the New Year with free fishing Dec. 31-Jan. 1 Make a New Year’s resolution to fish more in 2017. ODFW will get you off to a good start with a free fishing weekend on Saturday, Dec. 31 and Sunday, Jan. 1. On those two days  you won’t need a license, tag or endorsement to fish anywhere in Oregon. Check out...
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The California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife is proposing new saltwater regulatory changes to the Northern Management Area, which runs from Cape Mendocino to the Oregon border for 2017. These changes were established to bring state law into conformance with federal law for groundfish and other federally managed species. The changes — some good, some not so good — will...
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I hope everyone has a great Christmas and that the day is full of family and good times.  Yes we have been having rain in the valley and most of the rivers are unfishable because of some flooding. The river bar in front of my house is just barely sticking its nose out of water after being under water for two...
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