Fishing Articles

Spring Chinook seasons set for April 15-June 30 on Deschutes, Hood Rivers
by ODFW, FEBRUARY 24, 2018
Deschutes River

ODFW has set regulations for the popular spring Chinook fisheries on the Deschutes and Hood rivers, with both fisheries set to open on April 15. Deschutes River: Open for hatchery Chinook from April 15 through June 30 from the mouth of the I-84 bridge upstream to Sherars Falls. The catch limit is one adult hatchery salmon per day, and five jack hatchery salmon per day. All...
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Saltwater Species Continues to be the Main Draw
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, FEBRUARY 24, 2018
Chetco River

Once again, the humming of electric fillet knives were vibrating the cleaning tables with reckless abandon last week at the Brookings Harbor fillet station. Air temperatures that have been averaging between 34 and 40 degrees have been likened to fishing inside a refrigerator, and that fact has kept the boat populace down to a minimum, which is a good thing. With angler...
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States set 2018 Columbia River spring Chinook seasons
by ODFW, FEBRUARY 23, 2018
Columbia River

Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington set spring Chinook salmon seasons for the Columbia River during a joint state hearing. The lower Columbia River recreational spring Chinook season will take place from Thursday, March 1 through Saturday, April 7 from Buoy 10 upstream to Beacon Rock, plus bank angling from Beacon Rock upstream to the Bonneville Dam deadline. Above Bonneville Dam, the recreational Chinook season...
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Volunteer opportunity Feb. 24 near Gold Beach: Meadow restoration for wildlife habitat
by ODFW, FEBRUARY 22, 2018

ODFW is looking for volunteers to help with a meadow restoration project in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest on Feb. 24. The restoration will happen in the Potato Patch Meadow Complex, where conifers are encroaching on grassland habitat and reducing quality habitat for Roosevelt elk, black-tailed deer and upland game birds. Volunteers will remove smaller encroaching trees and saplings and crate slash...
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Klamath salmon on the rebound
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, FEBRUARY 22, 2018
Van Duzen River

We’ve got a long way to go, but it looks like the worst may be over for the run of fall kings on the Klamath. In 2016, the number of returning Fall Chinook adults to the Klamath River was estimated at 27,353. At the time, those were the lowest returns ever recorded. In 2017, CDFW predicted the numbers would go...
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Fish Restoration and Enhancement Board to meet by conference call on March 2
by ODFW, FEBRUARY 19, 2018

ODFW’s Fish Restoration and Enhancement Board will meet by conference call on Friday, March 2 from 9 a.m.-noon. The agenda includes review of an emergency request for monitoring on the Chetco River following the recent fire and discussions related to R and E Program planning efforts. Members of the public listen in to the meeting from the Steelhead Room at ODFW Headquarters, 4034 Fairview Industrial Dr....
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