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Cara Rupp with her 5 lb. 11 oz. Black rockfish near Beverly Beach State Park. Photo provided by Dennis J Rupp. NEWPORT, Ore. – The General Marine Species daily bag limit is reduced to three fish beginning Sept. 18 to lower the risk of an early season closure. The one-fish…
NEWPORT, Ore. – The General Marine Species bag limit returns to a four-fish bag limit beginning Monday, Aug. 18. The one-fish sub-bag limit for cabezon and the one-fish sub-bag limit for canary rockfish remain in place, and retention of quillback rockfish and yelloweye rockfish is prohibited. Great weather in mid-July…
CLACKAMAS, Ore.— Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington extended hatchery steelhead retention for recreational anglers on the mainstem Columbia River downstream of The Dalles Dam using joint state action yesterday. Steelhead retention was initially planned to be closed in this area beginning August 1. With this extension, effective Friday, Aug…
ODFW Director Debbie Colbert (at podium) and Coquille Tribe Chairwoman Brenda Meade (to the right in black jacket) on July 31, 2025 in Bandon, Ore. to announce a major step forward in their combined management effort on salmon recovery in the Coquille River. The first fall Chinook fishery since 2021…
CLACKAMAS, Ore. – Angling will be closed on the lowest reach of Eagle Creek in the Clackamas basin from Sept. 27 through Oct. 31 to give coho salmon a safe resting area amid ongoing low water flows. The closure is from SE Dowty Road downstream to the Clackamas River confluence…
ROSEBURG, Ore. – The salmon bag limit in the Coos Basin increases today, Aug. 19 from two to three fish in aggregate, one of which must be a hatchery salmon. Anglers can harvest wild Chinook, hatchery Chinook, and hatchery coho. Wild coho cannot be retained until Sept. 13, when only…
ROSEBURG, Ore. – Fishing for fall Chinook salmon (hatchery and wild) closes at 12:01 a.m., Aug. 19 on the Umpqua, Smith, and North Fork Smith rivers because the quota of 500 wild fall Chinook has been reached. With forecasted low returns of wild fall Chinook salmon in the Umpqua, Smith…
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking a new member to represent the South Willamette District on the Salmon and Trout Advisory Committee (STAC). Interested individuals are encouraged to apply by 5:00 p. m. on Aug. 4. ODFW is seeking interest from Oregonians who can…
CLACKAMAS, Ore.— The last day to retain a white sturgeon in the John Day Pool (mainstem Columbia River from John Day Dam upstream to McNary Dam and adjacent tributaries) is Friday, Jan. 9. Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington made the decision today after determining that the harvest guideline in…
SALEM, Ore. – The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) met March 4-9 to develop three alternatives for ocean salmon seasons along the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California. PFMC is hosting a hybrid public meeting March 24 from 7-9 p.m. in Newport to receive input on the proposed salmon management…
CLACKAMAS, Ore. – Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington added more recreational salmon fishing days in the mainstem Columbia River during a joint-state hearing today. The decision came after fishery managers assessed Chinook harvest in the fall season fisheries and considered the current in-season abundance expectations for upriver salmon stocks…
