Fishing Articles

Best bets for weekend fishing: Ocean rockfish are still on the bite with limits being caught. Fall Chinook fishing is coming into its prime in coastal bays. Trout in Diamond and Willow lakes and Lost Creek Reservoir in the SW Zone. Hatchery summer steelhead in the middle and upper Rogue River. Trout in higher elevation lakes like Detroit, Dexter, Foster and North Fork reservoirs and...
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The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking qualified applicants to fill a soon to be vacant position on the Fish Restoration and Enhancement (R and E) Program Board. Interested individuals must apply by Oct. 15, 2018 using this form, dfw.state.or.us/fish/RE/docs/board/2017/RE%20Board%20Application%2010-2014%20form%20fill.pdf This position represents gillnetting interests on the R and E Board. The ideal Gillnet Representative candidate will be a resident...
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Yes we have had some rain on the North Coast and some more inland. Saturday Sept. 29 it rained in Willow Creek and over on the coast in Eureka. We are still in the 2018 water year, the 2019/20 (water year starts Monday Oct. 1). It was not a hard rain but a nice wetting type of rain. Hear in...
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Lake Creek, a tributary of the Siuslaw River, will be closed to salmon fishing from Oct. 15-Dec. 31. No salmon fishing will be allowed from the mouth of Lake Creek to Indian Creek. The closure is due to this year’s low stream flows, which will concentrate fall Chinook salmon in just a few locations, making them more vulnerable to harvest. The...
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