Oregon
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Winter is Whale Watching Time
People come from all over the world to learn about the gray whales that travel along the Oregon coast each year. Whales are visible from Oregon's shores all year long although some months are better than others.
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DFW Lists Top Winter Angling Spots in Oregon
Oregon DFW Lists Top Winter Angling Spots Even as Winter Approaches
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Feds permit killing sea lions in Oregon to save fish
According to the release, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) approved ODFW’s application to lethally remove the California sea lions that are present at Willamette Falls in order to help save winter steelhead and spring Chinook salmon from extinction.
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DFW Details New Electronic Licensing System for Oregon
ODFW’s new electronic licensing system (ELS) will allow customers to store their licenses, tags and validations online on their smart phone or tablet. Customers can also choose to carry paper documents, but will be able to purchase and print these documents from home using regular paper. The new system will also allow for electronic tagging of fish and game using an app that will work even when offline.
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Oregon with More Trophy Trout Releases
Extra-large rainbow trout continue to be released at locations around the state this fall as the as the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife continues its “Trophy Trout” program.
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Last Day of Free Fishing This Weekend in Oregon Today
It’s free to fish, crab or clam in Oregon on Saturday, Sept. 1 and Sunday, Sept. 2. During these two days, no fishing licenses or tags (including a Combined Angling Tag or Columbia River Basin Endorsement) are required to fish, crab or clam anywhere in Oregon for both residents and non-residents. Although no licenses or tags are required, all other fishing regulations apply including closures, bag limits and size restrictions.
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Marine Fish Bag Limit Decreases July 1 for Oregon
Beginning July 1, 2018, the general marine fish bag limit will decrease to 4 fish per angler per day. The general marine fish bag limit includes all species of rockfish (yelloweye rockfish prohibited at all times), greenlings, skates, and all other marine species not listed on pages 81-82 of the 2018 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations.
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Algae Bloom cause of Civil Emergency alert in Oregon
The words blasted to cellphones around Oregon’s capital city were ominous: “Civil emergency . prepare for action.”Within half an hour, a second official alert clarified the subject wasn’t impending violence but toxins from an algae bloom, detected in Salem’s water supply. Across the U.S., reservoirs that supply drinking water and lakes used for recreation are experiencing similar events.
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More Than One Group of Killer Whales on Oregon Coast | At high tide in the Columbia River VIDEO
Orcas have been spotted during the evening high tide in the Columbia River as far up river as the Megler Bridge,” Boothe said. “I was able to see them [Monday] around 7:30 p.m. through a scope. They were over by the north jetty on the Washington side.
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Oregon Debris Flow Threat Results in Juvenile Cohos Release
Many of the 1.75 million juvenile fish evacuated from Cascade Hatchery in Cascade Locks after last year’s Eagle Creek Fire in the Gorge are now on their way from the Pacific Northwest’s rivers to the Columbia River and eventually, the Pacific Ocean.
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3 Oregon Anglers Rescued by Coast Guard
Coast Guard aircrew rescued three men after they became stranded by the rising tide at Indian Beach, Wednesday.
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Oregon Coast Now Open for Mussel Harvesting
The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announce the reopening of recreational and commercial mussel harvesting from the south jetty of the Columbia River to the north jetty of Yaquina Bay at Newport. Shellfish samples taken from the area indicate levels of the paralytic shellfish toxin (PST) have dropped below the alert level. The area was originally closed to mussel harvesting October 13.
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Oregon DFW Offers Fish Cleaning Tips
A quick guide to cleaning and storing the fish you catch. Cleaning a fish Many anglers like to simply clean the fish and cook it whole. This works best for fish that have no or very small scales such as trout.Your catch should be cleaned and gutted as soon as possible. Fish are slippery and knives are sharp – be careful!
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$50 Gift Card for OregonTrout
A $50 VISA gift card goes home with anglers who catch a specially tagged rainbow trout here.
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Oregon Coast Coho Salmon Habitat Conservation
NOAA Fisheries today released a recovery plan for Oregon Coast coho salmon that calls for public-private partnerships to conserve habitat for the threatened species, positioning coho for possible removal from the federal list of threatened and endangered species within the next 10 years.
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Delay of Commerical Season for Dungeness Crab due to Acid Levels
The traditional Dec. 1 opening of the commercial Dungeness crab season along the entire Oregon coast will be delayed due to domoic acid levels in some areas.
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Oregon: Rogue Valley Trout Plant for the Holiday
Cole Rivers Hatchery is stocking one-pound trout in urban ponds to entice people to opt outside for Thanksgiving angling. This week, Reinhart Park Pond in Grants Pass is getting 500 rainbow trout while 1,500 will go into the Expo Pond in Central Point.
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Oregon: Free Fishing Event at Mount Hood Pond
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a free fishing event Saturday, Oct. 22 at Mt. Hood Pond in Gresham.
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Oregon: License Sales Expected to be Online Soon
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials hope to begin selling licenses and tags online again within the next few days. Active Network, the application owner and operator of the system, today told ODFW that the system is undergoing final security testing.
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