Fishing Articles

Commission meets Jan. 18 in Salem
by ODFW, JANUARY 12, 2019
Rogue River- Upper

The Fish and Wildlife Commission meets Friday, Jan. 18 at ODFW Headquarters in Salem, 4034 Fairview Industrial Drive SE. The meeting begins at 8 a.m. and follows this agenda. A livestream of the meeting will be available at ODFW’s Commission page. The Commission will be asked to: Adopt annual updates to the schedule of damages used in assessing commercial fishing violations. Deny or initiate rulemaking for...
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Smith, Chetco best bets for green water
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, JANUARY 10, 2019
Chetco River

If you’re on the hunt for green water this weekend, you’ll want to head north. The Smith and Chetco will both be on the drop and should be in prime shape. All stretches of the Eel, Van Duzen, Mad and Redwood Creek are currently blown out, with very little relief in sight. A chance of rain is in the forecast...
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The Most Interesting Fish In The World
by FISHBIO, JANUARY 8, 2019

FISHBIO recently embarked on a quest to find the most interesting fish in the world. Clearly, what constitutes “interesting” is highly subjective: we asked 20 FISHBIO staff to pick the most interesting fish and got 20 different answers. So we decided to try a more quantitative approach by defining “interesting” as the amount of attention a species receives in the...
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Northern Commercial Dungeness Crab Season Further Delayed in Ocean Waters North of Patrick’s Point, Humboldt County
by CDFW, JANUARY 8, 2019
Humboldt County Coast

California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director Charlton H. Bonham delayed the opening of the commercial Dungeness crab fishery from Patrick’s Point, Humboldt County north to the California/Oregon state line after state health agencies recommended to delay the fishery in the area due to elevated levels of domoic acid. The commercial Dungeness crab fishery in the area south of Patrick’s Point, Humboldt County to...
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Rain and snow expected for the weekend
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, JANUARY 6, 2019
Trinity River - Willow Creek Weir

I hope everyone had a good and safe New Year’s weekend. I have to apologize to all my readers for not having a Fishing Report for the last several weeks. My computer crashed. I had to try and recover my data then buy a new compute and transfer the data into the new computer. Not easy, as I am still...
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The Dalles Pool sturgeon season to close January 7
by ODFW, JANUARY 5, 2019

The recreational sturgeon season in The Dalles Pool (The Dalles Dam upstream to John Day Dam) will close effective 12:01 a.m. Monday, Jan. 7, under rules announced today by fishery managers from Oregon and Washington. The states decided to close the sturgeon sport fishery based on catch projections which indicate the 135 fish guideline may be achieved by Friday evening. Catch...
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