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by ODFW - Highlights from this week’s Recreation Report:
Best bets for fishing
Surf perch fishing has been hot along the Oregon Coast.
Spring Chinook fishing will close on the Columbia River after April 7, but the season will just be heating up on the Willamette, Rogue, Umpqua and Nestucca rivers, and in Tillamook Bay.
Spring trout fishing can be excellent!
By Joel Connelly, SeattlePI
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with salmon and steelhead on the Columbia and Snake Rivers, ruling that federal agencies must spill water over dams so young fish can migrate downstream to the Pacific Ocean.
The 9th Circuit ruling means that the "Fish Flush" will begin April 3 for dams on the Snake River, and April 10 for dams on the Columbia River.
By Mark Freeman - Mail Tribune
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is rolling out its 2019-21 draft budget, which includes the potential fee rollback, as well as an option to enact the raises as planned and put the money toward enhancing current programs.
After two days spent trapping and relocating the animal designated #U253, he was headed back to where he started — an Oregon river 130 miles from the Pacific Ocean that has become an all-you-can-eat fish buffet for hungry sea lions.
Ocean conditions off the Pacific Northwest seem to be returning to normal after a three-year spike in water temperature.
The planned ocean Chinook salmon (all-salmon-except coho) season will open as scheduled from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt. from March 15 through April 30, 2018. The bag limit will be two salmon, except closed to retention of coho, with a minimum size of 24” for Chinook and a minimum size of 20” for steelhead. Within 15 fathoms of depth off Tillamook between Twin Rocks and Pyramid Rock all retained Chinook must have a healed fin clip.
The commercial troll salmon fishery scheduled to open on March 15 in the area from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt. will remain closed to commercial troll salmon fishing for the period of March 15 through April 30.
Donaldson's Marina Dock is now carrying both the FishnSleep triangle and 360 flasher racks with box units. Donaldson is conveniently located just downriver from the Gleason Boat Ramp, on the Oregon side of the river.
By Columbian staff writer Published: March 7, 2018
Spring Chinook angling is open to both boat and bank anglers from Buoy 10 at the mouth of the Columbia River upstream to Beacon Rock. Beacon Rock to Bonneville Dam is open to bank angling only.
Effective March 16, spring Chinook angling will be open from Tower Island powerlines upstream to the Oregon/Washington border above McNary Dam, plus the banks between Bonneville Dam and Tower Island powerlines.
White sturgeon retention is closed from Buoy 10 upstream to McNary Dam but remains an option for catch and released fishing.
The McNary Pool is open to the retention of legal white sturgeon through July 31.
Trout anglers continue to do well in Southwest Washington lakes.
They'll be no smelt dipping on the Cowlitz River this year because the run is too poor.
by: Andre Stepankowsky andre@tdn.com go to article on TDN.com
By Associated Press - go to article in Columbian
LEWISTON, Idaho — Fisheries managers should shut down steelhead fishing in the Columbia and Snake river basins to protect a wild run that returns to Idaho’s Clearwater River, according to a conservation group.
