The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission (OFWC) finalized the 2018 recreational halibut seasons at their meeting today in Astoria.
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Fishing Report: April 19
By Terry Otto, Columbian staff writer
Spring Chinook angling on the Columbia River is 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 at the Columbia River’s mouth upstream to McNary Dam but remains an option for catch and released fishing.
News: Two-rod rule announced for Tillamook, Nestucca, Willamette systems
By Bill Monroe - Oregon Live
Two rods per angler will be allowed for hatchery spring chinook and hatchery steelhead in Tillamook and Nestucca bays and their major river systems beginning May 1.
It’s not too late to get your spring Chinook. In fact, several fisheries are just heating up. Check out the Columbia above Bonneville Dam and the lower Rogue. Or, be the first to report catching a springer in the Nestucca or Tillamook bays.
I was not out fishing today, during the one day extension given anglers on the Columbia River. I did have several friends fishing though, and did receive some reports.
By Bill Monroe - For The Oregonian/OregonLive
Oregon and Washington agreed late Wednesday to authorize one more day of downriver spring chinook salmon sportfishing.
Anglers can fish Saturday under last week's rules - one hatchery chinook per day.
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.
Fishing Report: Near shore ling cod very good...
Great day, great fishing, good company. Springers are the rage, and I love that fishing, but the scenery and action on the ocean are sometimes too much for me to pass on.