Oregon Fishing News

In June, ASA Vice President Gordon Robertson and Ocean Resource Policy Director Patty Doerr met with Oregon state officials, legislators and angler organizations to discuss the planning of marine reserves off the Oregon coast.

LA GRANDE — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) plans to release approximately 200 spring chinook salmon into the Powder River to create a unique fishing opportunity. A May 30 to September 1 angling season has been established to harvest these fish. The open area is from Hughes Lane Bridge near Baker City to Mason Dam. The daily bag limit is 2 spring chinook salmon.

SALEM, Ore. -- The Oregon Commercial Fisheries Permit Board will hold a special meeting by telephone conference call on June 15 at 1 p.m. to review the proposed order to gather information and issue the final order in a contested case hearing concerning John Wilson’s Limited Entry Troll Salmon Permit #62054.

Corrected Version -- June 8, 2009

Commission approves coastal coho, fall chinook seasons

SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday approved a wild coho salmon season for four coastal rivers this fall based on predictions of a large coho return to the coastal rivers and streams.

ENTERPRISE, Ore. - The Imnaha and Wallowa rivers in Northeast Oregon will open to hatchery spring chinook fishing Saturday, June 13.

Biologists with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife estimate over 5,000 adult spring chinook will return to the Imnaha River, a tributary of the Snake. Of those, approximately 80 percent will be adipose fin-clipped hatchery fish. On the Wallowa River, a tributary of the Grande Ronde, the adult run is expected to exceed 2,500 fish of which approximately 50 percent will be marked hatchery fish.

CLACKAMAS, Ore. – Oregon and Washington fishery managers announced today the closure of sturgeon retention on the mainstem Columbia River and tributaries from Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam (Bonneville Reservoir) effective 12:01 a.m. June 6.

Date:

May 22, 2009

Contact:

Brandon Ford or Lynn Mattes (541) 867-4741
Fax: (541) 867-0311

NEWPORT, Ore. –The Pacific halibut sport fishery off the Columbia River will close effective Friday, May 29, 2009 at 11:59 p.m., fishery managers announced today.

Contact:

Jennell Hoehne (971) 673-6011
Rick Swart (971) 673-6038
Fax: (971) 673-6070

Date:

May 22, 2009

CLACKAMAS, Ore. – One of the most popular youth angling events in Oregon will unfold near the shores of the Columbia River Saturday, June 6 when the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife hosts its 16th annual “Passport to Fishing” day below Bonneville Dam.

Date:

May 18, 2009

Contact:

Meg Kenagy, (503) 947-6021
Roger Fuhrman, (503) 947-6010
Fax: (503) 947-6009

Salem, Ore.— Fishing, hunting and wildlife viewing enthusiasts contributed $2.5 billion to Oregon’s economy in 2008 according to a new study conducted by Travel Oregon and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Residents and nonresidents spent more than $1 billion on trips and $1.5 billion on equipment and activity-related purchases at Oregon-based retailers and suppliers.

CLACKAMAS, Ore. – Anglers have a new opportunity to harvest stray hatchery trout, starting May 23 when trout season opens on the lower Clackamas River.

This year fishermen will be permitted to keep up to two adipose fin-clipped trout per day caught in a 20-mile stretch of the river from its confluence with the Willamette River upstream to North Fork Dam.