Wild spring Chinook harvest will be closed on mainstem Umpqua, bag limit reduced on North Umpqua.
Beginning Dec. 1, temporary wild winter steelhead harvest restrictions will be in affect on Illinois, Rogue rivers.
Razor clam harvesting is now closed from Cascade Head to the California border the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today.
April 24, 2025
See the fishing regulations update page.
The Oregon Health Authority has issued consumption guidelines for parts of the Columbia River due to high levels of mercury and/or PCBs. Fish with these chemicals look, act, smell and taste like any other fish, so caution is important.
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Click here to find Columbia River regulation updates for salmon, steelhead, shad and sturgeon.
On Tuesday's (4/15) flight count, there were 479 boats and 284 Oregon bank anglers from Bonneville Dam down to Tongue Point.
The lower Columbia River below Bonneville Dam is currently closed for salmon, steelhead, and shad. Below are the catches recorded from last week.
Gorge:
Weekly checking showed no catch for three boats (six anglers); and three Chinook kept, and two Chinook released for 58 bank anglers.
Troutdale:
Weekly checking showed 59 Chinook kept, and 10 Chinook released for 134 boats (258 anglers).
Portland to Warrior Rock:
Weekly checking showed 34 Chinook kept, and two Chinook released for 81 boats (207 anglers); and four Chinook kept, and one Chinook released for 44 bank anglers.
Warrior Rock to Rainier:
Weekly checking showed six Chinook kept for 23 boats (47 anglers); and six Chinook and one steelhead kept for 42 bank anglers.
Rainier to Lower Puget Island:
Weekly checking showed 93 Chinook, five jack Chinook, and one steelhead kept, and five Chinook released for 121 boats (305 anglers); and 11 Chinook, one jack Chinook, and two steelhead kept, and one steelhead released for 165 bank anglers.
Lower Puget Island to Tongue Point/Rocky Point
Weekly checking showed 101 Chinook, two jack Chinook, and one steelhead kept, and nine Chinook and one jack Chinook released for 98 boats (266 anglers).
Bonneville Pool (Bonneville Dam upstream to The Dalles Dam):
Weekly checking showed no catch for one Chinook kept for 18 bank anglers.
The Dalles Pool (The Dalles Dam upstream to John Day Dam):
No report.
John Day Pool (Columbia River above John Day Dam and John Day Arm):
No report.
Lower Columbia River (below Bonneville Dam):
Closed to retention. Weekly checking showed no catch for two boats (three anglers).
Bonneville Pool:
Closed to retention. Weekly checking showed 20 legal sized sturgeon released for two boats (11 anglers); and no catch for two bank anglers.
The Dalles Pool:
Closed to retention. No report.
John Day Pool:
Closed for retention. Weekly checking showed two legal sized sturgeon released for one boat (six anglers).
Lower Columbia River (below Bonneville Dam):
No report.
Bonneville Pool:
No report.
The Dalles Pool:
No report.
John Day Pool:
Weekly checking showed 34 walleye kept and six walleye released for four boats (16 anglers).
