Most ocean crabbing reopens Dec. 1

Ocean crabbing opens from Tahkenitch Creek to the WA coast. South coast remains closed to all crabbing.

Razor clamming closed from Columbia River to CA border.

Due to high levels of domoic acid, razor clamming is closed along the entire Oregon coast.

Recreation Report

Columbia Zone

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Recreation Report

    Columbia River Chinook
    "Caught my King (Chinook) in less than 1 hr of trying!" Columbia River, Buoy 10 -Photo by Julie Kasler-

    Updates will resume in late December/early January

    If there’s not a photo, it didn’t happen

    Submit your fishing photo  to ODFW and we might use it here or elsewhere on MyODFW.com.

    Current and upcoming fishing opportunities

    • Retention of hatchery coho is allowed from Buoy 10 to the Hood River Bridge.
    • Retention of any coho is allowed from the Hood River Bridge to the Hwy 395 Bridge near Pasco.
    • Retention of hatchery steelhead is allowed from Buoy 10 to the Dalles Dam.

    Announcements

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    Marine Board’s Opportunities and Access Report incorporates information from federal and state agencies, local facility operators and fellow boaters to provide up-to-date information so boaters can decide where to recreate and what to expect this season. Subscribe to receive email updates.

    Find Columbia River regulation updates for salmon, steelhead, shad and sturgeon by clicking the Regulation Updates button.

    Salmon, steelhead, and shad

    The salmonid creel program on the lower Columbia has ended for the year and will resume February of 2023.