There’s some reasonably optimistic fishing news from the Columbia River for a change — the spring chinook season on the big river should be a decent one.
By Wayne Kruse - For The Herald
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Fishing report: Low returns expected to restrict Washington’s salmon fisheries.
By Terry Otto, Columbian staff writer
By Lynda V. Mapes Seattle Times environment reporter
Like its old-growth trees, the Northwest’s big, old chinook salmon are largely gone, a new study finds, with implications for Puget Sound’s critically endangered southern resident killer whales.
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News: Saltwater Sportsmen's Show this Weekend!
February 24th & 25th.
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News: Spring Chinook season comes into focus
Columbia River anglers will apparently have 38 days between Bonneville Dam and I-5 Bridge.
By Terry Otto, Columbian staff writer
More fish!! Just in time to cast your poles during Free Fishing Weekend. On Tuesday they delivered 18,400 legals, 800 trophy, and 400 trophy+ size fish.
The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announce the immediate closure of all recreational crabbing on the southern Oregon coast from Cape Blanco to the California border due to elevated levels of domoic acid. This includes Dungeness and red rock crab harvested in bays and estuaries, and on beaches, docks, piers, and jetties.
Commercial crab from south coast must be eviscerated to protect public health
News: (Lower) Willamette two-rod rule to take effect for salmon March 1
Oregon anglers will get to use two rods each on the Clackamas and lower Willamette rivers (below the falls) beginning March 1.
By Bill Monroe For The Oregonian/OregonLive
News: Enter to Win a FishnSleep "Flasher Rack" @ Sportsman Show this weekend.
Enter to win a FishnSleep Triangle "Flasher Rack" with "Flasher Box"
News: First known hatchery spring chinook salmon landed Thursday in Willamette River
The year's first known spring chinook salmon was caught Thursday afternoon by Mark MacMillan of Portland as he was taking his boat to a moorage at Waverly Marina in Sellwood.
Picture: Mark MacMillan of Portland landed the season's first reported salmon Thursday.(John Shmilenko)
News: Free Oregon fishing, crabbing, clamming Feb. 17-18
Introduce a friend, child, co-worker or family member to fishing during Oregon's free fishing days. ODFW offers Oregon residents and visitors the opportunity to explore and experience fishing, crabbing, clamming without the need for a license or tags.
