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This newsletter provides a summary of Oregon's 2023 sport bottomfish fishery.
Let’s go fishing! not enough time? Think again. If you live in the Medford area, there are a number of places you can get to in less than an hour. Directions, mileage, and times are approximate.
May 8, 2024 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 warmer weather in the forecast from May 9 onward, the fishing outlook should improve over the next few weeks. The salmon fly hatch is starting on the lower Deschutes. Warm weather should ramp up the hatch over this weekend. Anglers have reported catching holdover and brood rainbow trout in Haystack Reservoir. The brood fish were stocked from Wizard Falls Hatchery and offer a unique opportunity to catch
May 8, 2024 If there’s not a photo, it didn’t happen Submit your viewing photo to ODFW and we might use it here or elsewhere on MyODFW.com. Coos and Curry counties Coquille Valley Wildlife Area (CVWA) Coquille Valley Wildlife Area (CVWA) in Coos County is open to public access. Permits for access are required and are available, free of charge, at the kiosk located in the parking lot along North Bank Road. You must access CVWA through this point. Please fill out the upper half ("A" half) of the permit and deposit it in the slot located on the
May 10, 2024 If there’s not a photo, it didn’t happen Submit your viewing photo to ODFW and we might use it here or elsewhere on MyODFW.com. Harney County Raptor and waterfowl viewing opportunities are available across the county. Species include but are not limited to ferruginous hawks, prairie falcons, and eagles. Resident raptors such as northern harriers and red-tailed hawks are easily observed perched around open agricultural areas. Wet spring conditions are also giving rise to waterfowl viewing opportunities in the county. Various goose and duck species can be found wading the dugout ponds that are currently filled
Furbearer hunting and trapping regulations are issued ever other year. Report your harvest
ODFW wildlife biologists offer a look at the habitat conditions and hunting outlook for the upcoming season.
ODFW biologists share the latest updates for wild turkey hunting in their local district, as well as tips and tactics for bagging a bird.
Spring bear is the first big game hunt of the season. Here's a look at what hunters can expect in 2024.
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
May 8, 2024 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 the recent warmer weather, trout fishing – for holdover and newly stocked fish – should pick up at several ponds, lakes and reservoirs. Spring Chinook fishing continues to be good throughout the Rogue. With the warm weather in the forecast, expect lots of company on the river this weekend. Early season bass anglers have been catching some big fish in the mainstem Umpqua. There also are reports
Private lands accounts for just over half of Oregon’s land base and include farms, range lands, wetlands, forests and stream corridors. To improve landowner-hunter relations and engage landowners in the conservation of fish and wildlife, the Oregon Legislature created the Access & Habitat (A&H) Program in 1993. The law established a funding mechanism to provide grants to private landowners, timber and agriculture corporations, sportsmen groups, natural resource agencies, and others for projects designed to increase public hunting access to private lands and/or improve wildlife habitat.
May 8, 2024 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 the arrival of the first summer steelhead and Spring chinook of the season the fishing is beginning to heat up on the North and South Fork Santiam. Stocking has been underway for a few weeks – there should be a lot of fish around. Early summer steelhead and spring Chinook should be in the Sandy and Clackamas. Trout stocking Scheduled to be stocked the week of May
This is a list of upcoming Hunter Education classes and field days. Pre-registration is required. This list is updated only once per day before regular business hours. Log into your ODFW account for the most current information on available classes and field days and to register. Register Don’t have an ODFW account? Click here for more information on how to set up an account and make purchases
For the 2022-23 Oregon game bird seasons, hunters will find strong upland bird population across the state, with some exceptions. Duck hunters will find a mixed bag when it comes to local duck populations and habitat conditions.
The 2023-24 Oregon upland game bird seasons promise an excellent year with pheasant, quail and chukar numbers above average in the east, and abundant forest grouse and mountain quail populations in the west. For waterfowl, breeding habitat conditions in Oregon were much improved from last year in eastern Oregon, which benefited breeding waterfowl in the region. However, population surveys for ducks and geese in Alaska indicated breeding populations for many species were lower than last year.