Fishing Articles

Steelhead bag limits reestablished for Oregon’s Snake River and Tributaries
by ODFW, JANUARY 17, 2018
Snake River

Now that 2018 is here, anglers are reminded they are once allowed to harvest three hatchery summer steelhead per day in the Snake, Grande Ronde, and Imnaha Rivers, consistent with permanently-adopted regulations. Bag limits had been reduced during the fall through a series of temporary regulations as fish managers implemented conservative management actions for historically-low Columbia River steelhead run in 2017....
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Open Area of Commercial Rock Crab Fishery to be Extended
by CDFW, JANUARY 16, 2018

Following the recommendation of state health agencies, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced today that it has extended the area open to commercial rock crab fishing from 38° 34′ N. Lat. (Salt Point, Sonoma County) south to the California/Mexico border. At the recommendation of the state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), CDFW Director Charlton H. Bonham submitted to...
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The Winter Water Outlook
by FISHBIO, JANUARY 15, 2018

California finally received its first substantial soaking after an unusually dry start to winter. We reported at the beginning of the current water year about the increasing chance of a La Niña event occurring this winter, which is exactly what has happened. A La Niña is a climatological condition characterized by abnormally cool sea surface temperatures developing in the Pacific Ocean along the equator (as...
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Rising Water Heralds in Fresh Steelhead
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, JANUARY 13, 2018
Chetco River

Badly needed rain on the southern Oregon coast finally raised the Chetco and Rogue Rivers to where anglers could deploy a variety of steelhead techniques to bring home the chrome. The Chetco rose to over 2,200 cubic feet per second almost overnight, which created travel lanes for the streamlined locomotives. Steelhead are spread all throughout the system now, with many anglers putting...
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Commission meets Jan. 19 in Salem
by ODFW, JANUARY 12, 2018

The Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet Friday, Jan. 19 in Salem at ODFW Headquarters, 4034 Fairview Industrial Drive SE. The meeting begins at 10 a.m. and follows this agenda. The Commission will be asked to: Set the schedule of damages for commercial fishing violations during 2018. Repeal administrative rule to update the applicable public contracting rules for ODFW. Approve recommendations for Access and Habitat program project funding and board...
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Coho Salmon Released in Marin County’s Redwood Creek to Boost Spawning of Endangered Fish
by CDFW, JANUARY 12, 2018

In an effort to boost the population of spawning coho salmon in Marin County’s Redwood Creek, biologists from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the National Park Service (NPS) today released nearly 200 adult coho salmon in the creek at Muir Beach. The released coho salmon were collected as juveniles from Redwood Creek in the summer of 2015...
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