Fishing Articles

Anglers: Turn in 2017 Combined Angling Tags, Hatchery Harvest Cards
by ODFW, JANUARY 10, 2018

ODFW reminds anglers to turn in their 2017 Combined Angling Tags and/or Hatchery Salmon/Steelhead Harvest Cards (aka Hatchery Harvest Tags) as soon as possible. The documents should be returned even if you didn’t catch any fish or go fishing. Anglers with an annual fishing license are required to use the Combined Angling Tags and/or Hatchery Harvest Cards to track the number, type and...
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Razor clamming reopened on part of the Oregon coast
by ODFW, JANUARY 8, 2018
Umpqua River

The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) announce the reopening of razor clamming from the south jetty of the Umpqua River, south of Reedsport, to the south jetty of Coos Bay as domoic acid levels have dropped below the alert level. The harvesting of razor clams remains closed from Cascade Head, north of...
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Happy New Fishing Year
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, JANUARY 8, 2018
Trinity River

2018 starts the New Fishing Year so don’t forget to turn in your harvest cards and report cards to CDFW by January 31, 2018. To report online, click here, and enter your information, or you can snail mail in you report /harvest cards to the address on your fishing license. Until April of 2018 you will not need a salmon harvest card...
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Lingcod Opener Totally Off the Hook
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, JANUARY 6, 2018
Chetco River

Anglers who had their sights set on catching their first lingcod of 2018 on Monday's opener came back to the Port of Brookings Harbor cleaning tables humming the tune of buzzing electric fillet knives, and went home with plenty of meat to fill their stomachs and freezers. The lingcod bite was said to be off the charts. They were everywhere -...
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Volunteers needed to help with fishing study
by ODFW, JANUARY 5, 2018

If you have a flexible schedule, love to fish and chat with other anglers, ODFW has a volunteer opportunity for you. “We need volunteers to informally interview winter steelhead anglers on the North and South Umpqua rivers. Volunteers can work a very flexible schedule and will be stationed at boat ramps in Canyonville and between Glide and Winchester,” said Evan Leonetti,...
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Rain on the way, hopefully steelhead too
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, JANUARY 4, 2018
Chetco River

Coming off one of the driest December’s in history, we really have nowhere to go but up as far as rainfall totals go. Eureka checked in with a measly 1.94 inches of rain for December, well below the 8.12-inch average. But there is a change on the horizon as the forecast is finally calling for some well-needed rain. The lack...
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