COLUMBIA RIVER, Warrior Rock/Bachelor Island upstream to Bonneville Dam
September 6 - September 30: Retention of all Chinook and all steelhead prohibited. The daily adult bag limit is two hatchery coho.
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News: Cabezon Retention Prohibited for Boat-Based Anglers Effective Friday, August 16
Retention of cabezon will be prohibited for all boat-based anglers beginning 12:01 a.m. on Friday, August 16, 2019.
News: WDFW Rule Change Halibut added dates
Action: In addition to dates already announced, recreational halibut fishing will be open Thursday, June 6 in Marine Area 2. Recreational halibut fishing will be allowed on six additional fishing days in Marine Areas 5 through 10, those dates are; Thursday, May 30; Saturday June 1; Thursday, June 13; Saturday, June 15; Thursday, June 27; and, Saturday, June 29.
News: MyODFW Recreation Report
Best bets for GREAT weekend fishing
Spring Chinook are starting to show up in Tillamook Bay, and the Trask, Nestucca and mainstem Umpqua rivers.
The Chinook season hot on the lower and middle Rogue.
News: Two Rod allowed on Willamette River upstream from Willamette Falls
Two-Rod Allowed on Willamette River upstream of Willamette Falls
Starting May 1, 2019 the use of Two-Rod is allowed in areas upstream of Willamette Falls
News: Chinook Columbia River Reopens for April 13 and 14th
by Bill Monroe | For The Oregonian/OregonLive
Washington and Oregon biologists approved fishing Saturday and Sunday in the same area, and under the same rules, where fishing officially closed Wednesday evening.
News: Dates set for sturgeon retention fishing in Columbia River estuary
By Bill Monroe | For The Oregonian/OregonLive
Sturgeon anglers will get to keep fish in the Columbia River estuary for 11 days, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from May 13 to June 5.
News: The Columbian Fishing Report Feb 27
By Terry Otto, Columbian staff writer Go to full article
Spring Chinook fishing in the Columbia River has been slow. A few spring Chinook are being caught in the Willamette River.
Trout fishing continues to be good in local lakes.
Steelheading in the Columbia and area tributaries is slow.
Fishing for warm water species is slow, although walleye fishing is improving.
News: Projections of low spring Chinook returns limit Columbia River fishing seasons
Low projections for Chinook returns to Columbia are reducing harvest figures.
News: Coho salmon prediction: More than twice 2018
Oh how I hope this is true, only caught a few in 2018.
News: ODFW Fish Stocking Schedule
Check for places near you stocking for Free Fishing Weekend, and all year stocking.
News: ODFW Free Fishing Weekend Feb 16 & 17th
While watching the storm this weekend, plan for Oregon’s Free Fishing Weekend next week.