08/01/2016 – John Snyder – Northwest Fishing News SALEM, Ore.—The public is invited to discuss the Salmon River Hatchery fall Chinook program at a public meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 16 at 6 p.m. at the Otis Fire Hall (381 N Old Scenic Highway 101). ODFW staff from the Coastal Chinook Research and Monitoring Program, …
Photo Courtesy of Paul Ambrose of Great NW Rivers Guide Service 06/22/2016 – John Snyder – Northwest Fishing News CLACKAMAS, Ore. – Much better than expected sturgeon harvest during the first of two scheduled summer sturgeon seasons on the Columbia River prompted fishery managers from Oregon and Washington to cancel the second sturgeon retention …
06/17/2016 – J. W. Snyder – N.W. Fishing News SALEM, Ore – The Commercial Fisheries Permit Board meets Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. to prepare the Final Order in the Limited Entry Black/Blue Rockfish Nearshore permit contested case hearing for Charles Case. Public wishing to listen to the meeting may do so …
06/14/2016 – John Snyder – Northwest Fishing News SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is asking for public comment on the Oregon Forage Fish Management Plan, which will establish protections for forage fish through new fishing regulations, and guide resource management decisions. Forage fish are small, schooling fish which serve …
06/09/2016 – John Snyder – NWFN CLACKAMAS, Ore. – A popular boat fishery on the Columbia River below Bonneville Dam will open for five days starting Friday under rules adopted today by fishery managers from Oregon and Washington. Effective Friday, June 10 through June 15, boat fishing for salmon and steelhead will be allowed …
May 24, 2016 – John Snyder – Northwest Fishing News Chinook retentiuon reopens on the Columbia, Sturgeon set to close CLACKAMAS, Ore. – Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington today reopened a Chinook salmon fishery and closed a recreational sturgeon fishery on the Columbia River. Chinook fishing on the lower Columbia River …
April 25, 2016 – John Snyder – NWFN CLACKAMAS Ore. — A large variety of rainbow trout is in store for anglers who attend the free family fishing event set for Saturday, April 30 at Sheridan Pond from 9: 30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will release thousands …
Photo Courtesy of Anvil Outdoors 04/23/2016 – J. W. Snyder- NWFN Commission adopts ocean salmon and halibut seasons, bird hunting regulations BANDON, Ore.—The Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted bird hunting and fishing regulations today at its meeting in Bandon, Ore. Ocean salmon seasons: The Commission set ocean salmon fishing seasons in state waters …
April 11, 2016 – J. W. Snyder – NWFN Wallowa County steelhead season extended until April 30 on several rivers ENTERPRISE, Ore. – Spring steelhead anglers can fish the Grande Ronde, Wallowa, and Imnaha Rivers including Big Sheep Creek through April 30 due to 2016 regulation changes that went into effect Jan. 1. The …
03/28/216 – John Snyder – NW Fishing News (NWFN) TILLAMOOK, Ore. – Harassment, or “hazing”, of double-crested cormorants is set to begin soon in several areas along the Oregon Coast to improve survival of juvenile salmon. Double-crested cormorants are fish-eating waterbirds that occur throughout the state. The species is an Oregon native, and is …
