CLACKAMAS, Ore. (February 23, 2022) – After reviewing stock status and a slightly improved upriver spring Chinook forecast from last year’s actual return, fishery managers from Oregon and Washington adopted recreational spring Chinook…
Category: Oregon Dept. Fish & Wildlife
Free Fishing Weekend, Feb. 19-20
Make fishing part of your Presidents’ Day Weekend plans. Everyone can fish, clam and crab for free in Oregon on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 19-20. Grab a friend or family member and take them steelhead fishing on the coast, hit a newly stocked…
North Coast Regional Representative Position Open on ODFW’s Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program Advisory Committee, apply by March 15th; Representatives Needed for Umpqua, Rogue Areas
SALEM, Ore. — ODFW is seeking applicants for three positions on the Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program (STEP) Advisory Committee to represent the North Coast, Umpqua, and Roque regions. Interested individuals should apply…
Free Fishing Days – Friday and Saturday, Nov. 26 & 27- #optoutside for Black Friday
Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife has traditionally made the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving Free Fishing Days in Oregon. That means you can fish, crab or clam for free – no…
Oregon’s commercial crab fishery opens December 1
For the first time since the 2014-15 season, the ocean commercial Dungeness crab fishery opens as scheduled Dec. 1 along the Oregon coast. Commercial crab vessels can set gear Nov. 28 (the…
OSP FISH & WILDLIFE TROOPERS GET ASSISTANCE FROM THE PUBLIC TO STOP A POACHER- CLATSOP COUNTY
News Release from Oregon State Police It often takes public assistance to catch a criminal. On October 11, 2021, a large Black-tail buck was reported injured in the reporting party’s yard within…
Black Bears Sightings throughout Tillamook County – It’s Apple Season!
Black bears have been sighted wandering neighborhoods from Manzanita to Neskowin – and places in-between. We have an annual visit from “generational” bears here on our acreage, and they are coming for…
Big Creek opens early (Oct. 1) for fishing due to large hatchery coho run
ASTORIA, Ore.—Big Creek (lower Columbia River tributary east of Astoria) will open to fishing more than two weeks early to allow anglers to access an expected large hatchery coho salmon run and…
Razor clamming reopens Oct. 1 on Clatsop beaches; Entire Oregon Coast to be open for razor clamming
(Monday, September 27, 2021, Astoria, Ore) – Following the annual conservation closure, Clatsop beaches reopen to razor clamming October 1 with good news: domoic acid levels are below the closure threshold and razor…
OREGON STATE POLICE FISH & WILDLIFE DIVISION REQUESTING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE WITH POACHING CASE OF A SPIKE ELK IN LINCOLN COUNTY
The Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division is seeking the public’s assistance to identify the person(s) responsible for the unlawful taking and wasting of spike elk in the Logsden area in…
