
Avoid the phone queue and report your hunt through an ODFW license agent. Find a list of license agents here.
The Bonneville Pool on the Columbia River will close to sturgeon retention at midnight on Jan. 7.
The sturgeon quota in The Dalles Pool has been met. The pool closed to retention at midnight on Jan. 4.
Beginning March 23, all ODFW offices will be closed to visitors. ODFW staff will be available by phone and email.
Effective March 18, all state-owned fish hatcheries are closed to public access and visitors. Trout stocking in lakes and ponds continues for now.
Regulation Updates as of January 6, 2020
These are in-season regulation changes adopted on a temporary or emergency basis. Please see e-regulations for permanent regulations.
The sturgeon quotas in The Dalles and Bonneville pools have been met. The Dalles Pool closed to retention at midnight on Jan. 4 and Bonneville Pool closes at midnight Jan. 7.
Barbless Hooks are required when angling for salmon, steelhead, or trout in the mainstem Columbia River under permanent regulations.
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See 2021 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations for legal size, daily, and annual bag limits.
Bonneville Reservoir (Bonneville Dam upstream to The Dalles Dam)
The Dalles Reservoir (The Dalles Dam upstream to John Day Dam)
John Day Reservoir (John Day Dam upstream to McNary Dam)
COLUMBIA RIVER COMPACT ACTION NOTICES
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Send us your fishing report
We’d love to hear about your recent fishing experience. Send us your own fishing report through ODFW Fishing Reports―the information will be forwarded to the local biologist who may use it to update various ODFW resources such as the weekly Recreation Report.
Tips to recreate responsibly
We continue to urge anglers and others recreating outside to stay close to home, keep your social distance, and travel safely. Here’s more information about how to recreate responsibly.
Columbia River regulation updates for salmon, steelhead, shad and sturgeon can be found above.
SALMON, STEELHEAD AND SHAD
The Columbia River salmonid creel programs have ended for the year and will resume February 2021.
STURGEON
Bonneville Pool:
Closed for retention effective 11:59 PM Jan. 7, 2021. No report.
The Dalles Pool:
Closed for retention effective 11:59 pm Jan. 4, 2021. No report.
John Day Pool:
No report.