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Easy angling in the Southeast Zone

Wide open spaces, wild windy places, and extreme temperatures characterize Oregon’s largest, most remote fishing zone. Scarcity makes water especially precious here, providing welcome oases in an often rugged, but spectacular landscape. Rainbow trout are native to its streams, including the Williamson, Malheur and Chewaucan rivers. And stocked rainbow and brown trout grow to trophy size in many of its lakes and reservoirs.

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January 30, 2025

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Easy angling in the Northeast Zone

The granite peaks of Oregon’s Blue and Wallowa Mountains form the backdrop for many of this zone’s glacier-carved lakes and crystalline streams. Pack trains are a common sight on steep backcountry trails. Bull trout thrive in this zone’s cold, clear rivers, which also sustain rainbow trout and welcome returning runs of hatchery-reared steelhead. Warmwater fisheries are few, but the John Day River offers world-class fishing for smallmouth bass.

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2024 spring turkey hunting forecast

ODFW biologists share the latest updates for wild turkey hunting in their local district, as well as tips and tactics for bagging a bird. Report a banded turkey

April 10, 2024

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Easy angling in the Northwest Zone

A dozen great rivers pour out of the Coast Range Mountains into tidal bays that welcome runs of salmon and the sea-going rainbow trout called “steelhead.” Bays are the year-round home to marine perch, rockfish, crabs and clams, while other species come and go with the seasons and the tides. In the Northwest Zone a handful of ponds dot the forested slopes, and there are dozens of dune lakes— many stocked with plump rainbow trout, and some that grow their own largemouth bass, perch, crappie and brown bullhead.

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Easy angling in the Willamette Zone

Abundant rainfall feeds the massive Willamette River watershed, tamed by a system of reservoirs stocked annually with hundreds of thousands of rainbow trout. Some of these reservoirs also grow trophy-size largemouth and smallmouth bass, and lots of bluegill, brown bullhead and crappies. Salmon and steelhead navigate the Willamette and its productive tributaries, many of which are also home to rainbow and cutthroat trout.

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Gifts for hunters

Looking for the perfect gift for the hunter on your holiday list? We’ve asked some ODFW staff, all avid hunters, to share their gift-giving (and gift-getting) ideas.

Hunter glassing for elk on a snowy ridgetop

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Start clamming

Digging for razor and bay clams is fun, easy and tasty.

razor clammers in the surf at Ft Stevens State Park

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How to hunt

Oregon offers some great opportunities for the first-time hunter -- from deer and elk, to geese and ducks, to chukar and pheasants. Here are a few pointers to help you get started.

March 23, 2018

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Hunter's checklist: Get ready for your hunt

Hunters know how easy it is to get focused on taking “the shot.” But a lot of planning and preparation goes into getting there. Use this hunter’s checklist to start planning early, and to remember what you need to carry in the field.

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How to bay clam

Oregon estuaries are rich with many species of clams, although only a few of these species are commonly harvested. Gaper, butter, cockle, littleneck, softshell and purple varnish clams are popularly harvested due to their abundance, size and taste. A wide variety of other bivalve species are found in Oregon estuaries, but not commonly harvested due either to their scarcity or poor taste.

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Big Game Hunting Report - Southwest Area

‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ If there’s not a photo, it didn’t happen Submit your hunting photo to ODFW and we might use it here or elsewhere on MyODFW.com. Announcements , resources Last big game update of season With 2024 big game hunting seasons done, the big game hunting section of the Recreation Report is on hiatus until August 2025, and will resume with publication of the Big game hunting forecast. Coming up next Look for the spring bear hunting forecast. The forecast is published in late March, offering hunters a look at the upcoming season. Spring bear hunting season opens April 1. The

September 05, 2017

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Big Game Hunting Report - Central Area

If there’s not a photo, it didn’t happen Submit your hunting photo to ODFW and we might use it here or elsewhere on MyODFW.com. Currently open (general seasons) Cougar ( Check current harvest numbers), coyote Announcements, resources Last big game update of season With 2024 big game hunting seasons done, the big game hunting section of the Recreation Report is on hiatus until August 2025, and will resume with publication of the Big game hunting forecast. Coming up next Look for the spring bear hunting forecast. The forecast is published in late March, offering hunters a look at the upcoming

September 21, 2017

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Big Game Hunting Report - Northwest Area

‌‌‌‌‌ If there’s not a photo, it didn’t happen Submit your hunting photo to ODFW and we might use it here or elsewhere on MyODFW.com. Currently open (general seasons) Cougar ( check current harvest numbers), coyote Announcements, resources Last big game update of season With 2024 big game hunting seasons done, the big game hunting section of the Recreation Report is on hiatus until August 2025, and will resume with publication of the Big game hunting forecast. Coming up next Look for the spring bear hunting forecast. The forecast is published in late March, offering hunters a look at the

September 21, 2017

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Sauvie Island WA waterfowl hunts

Located just north of Portland and sandwiched between the Multnomah Channel and the Columbia River, Sauvie Island Wildlife Area is one of the most popular public waterfowling areas in Oregon, with hunters tallying about 10,000 hunter/day trips per season. This article explains how the controlled hunt process works and offers tips for being more successful in the draw.

July 28, 2022

Two hunters waiting for ducks to fly into their decoy spread

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Fishing Report - Willamette Zone

March 5, 2025‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ 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. Best bets for weekend fishing: With spring on the way, trout in Detroit Reservoir, and other waterbodies, are getting more active in searching for food. Trout stocking in the Willamette Valley has begun in earnest. Trout stocking Scheduled to be stocked the week of March 5: Walter Wirth Lake, Dorena Reservoir, Row River Nature Paek Pond, Timber Linn Lake, Alton Baker Canoe Canal, E Freeway Lake, Junction City Pond, St Louis Pond Stocked

September 05, 2017

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Big Game Hunting Report - Columbia Area

Jan. 8, 2025‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ If there’s not a photo, it didn’t happen Submit your hunting photo to ODFW and we might use it here or elsewhere on MyODFW.com. Currently open (general seasons) Cougar ( Check current harvest numbers), coyote Announcements, resources Last big game update of season With 2024 big game hunting seasons done, the big game hunting section of the Recreation Report is on hiatus until August 2025, and will resume with publication of the Big game hunting forecast. Coming up next Look for the spring bear hunting forecast. The forecast is published in late March, offering hunters a look

September 05, 2017

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Big Game Hunting Report - South Central Area

Jan. 8, 2025‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ If there’s not a photo, it didn’t happen Submit your hunting photo to ODFW and we might use it here or elsewhere on MyODFW.com. Currently open (general seasons) Cougar ( check current harvest numbers), coyote Announcements, resources‌ Last big game update of season With 2024 big game hunting seasons done, the big game hunting section of the Recreation Report is on hiatus until August 2025, and will resume with publication of the Big game hunting forecast. Coming up next Look for the spring bear hunting forecast. The forecast is published in late March, offering hunters a look

September 21, 2017

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Big Game Hunting Report - Southeast Area

Jan. 8, 2025‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ If there’s not a photo, it didn’t happen Submit your hunting photo to ODFW and we might use it here or elsewhere on MyODFW.com. Currently open (general seasons)‌ Cougar ( Check current harvest numbers), coyote Announcements, resources Last big game update of season With 2024 big game hunting seasons done, the big game hunting section of the Recreation Report is on hiatus until August 2025, and will resume with publication of the Big game hunting forecast. Coming up next Look for the spring bear hunting forecast. The forecast is published in late March, offering hunters a look

September 21, 2017

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Big Game Hunting Report - Northeast Area

Jan. 8, 2025‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ If there’s not a photo, it didn’t happen Submit your hunting photo to ODFW and we might use it here or elsewhere on MyODFW.com. Currently open (general seasons)‌ Cougar ( Check current harvest numbers), coyote. Announcements, resources Last big game update of season With 2024 big game hunting seasons done, the big game hunting section of the Recreation Report is on hiatus until August 2025, and will resume with publication of the Big game hunting forecast. Coming up next Look for the spring bear hunting forecast. The forecast is published in late March, offering hunters a look

September 21, 2017