Fishing Articles

Family Fishing Event featured during Family Fun Day
by ODFW, APRIL 20, 2018
Empire Lake Upper

A Family Fishing Event is set for Saturday, April 28, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Middle Empire Lake as part of Coos Bay’s annual HOPE Family Fun Day. ODFW staff and volunteers provide everything you need to fish and will teach new anglers how to rig their line, cast a rod, land a fish and identify their catch. This is a great...
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Quotas set for Klamath and Trinity rivers
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, APRIL 19, 2018
Klamath River - Lower

In an interesting twist of events, the Klamath River will likely provide better fishing opportunities than the mighty Sacramento this season. That’s quite a turnaround from last year when fears of extremely low salmon returns prompted a full closure for ocean salmon within the KMZ and fall kings on the Klamath and Trinity. But it turned out the adult returns...
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BoatUS Warns Against President’s Proposal to Sell E15 Year-Round
by Scott Croft, APRIL 19, 2018

A proposal by President Trump to allow the sale of E15 (15 percent ethanol) gasoline year-round has set off alarm bells at the nation’s largest boating advocacy group, Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS). E15 is prohibited by federal law for use in recreational boat engines, voids many marine engine warranties, and is currently banned for sale by the...
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Two-rod fishing for Tillamook Bay, Nestucca River, upper Willamette River beginning May 1
by ODFW, APRIL 19, 2018
Tillamook Bay

Anglers with the two-rod validation will be able to use two rods in Tillamook Bay and Nestucca River basins and the upper Willamette River beginning on May 1, under a temporary rule adopted by ODFW this month. Effective May 1-July 31, anglers who have a 2018 two-rod validation will be able to use two rods while fishing for spring Chinook or hatchery steelhead...
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Port to Port Clean Up on the Yaquina River on April 21
by ODFW, APRIL 19, 2018
Yaquina River

The U DA MAN volunteer group along with Oregon SOLVE and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host the second annual Port to Port Yaquina River Clean Up on Saturday, April 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Volunteers will meet at the Port of Toledo airport boat ramp on the South Bay Road at 9 a.m. Some volunteers will be shuttled...
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Family fishing event coming up at St. Louis Ponds
by ODFW, APRIL 18, 2018
St. Louis Ponds

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a family fishing event Saturday, April 21 at St. Louis Ponds near Woodburn from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The ponds will be stocked with rainbow trout shortly before the event. ODFW will provide equipment including rods, reels and bait for use on a first-come, first-served basis. Angling education instructors and volunteers...
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