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Chapter 511 Local and Special Regulations GENERAL PROVISIONS ALSEA BAY YAQUINA BAY SILETZ RIVER AREAS 511005 Where angling permitted means natural person holding game commission license 511405 Use of drift nets in Alsea Bay and River 511010 Determining size of mesh of nets 511410 Angling and use of fishing appliances in Yaquina Bay COLUMBIA RIVER AREA 511415 Angling and use of drift nets in Siletz River Drift and Schooner Creeks 511105 Use of drag and whip seines prohibited COOS BAY COQUILLE RIVER AREAS 511110 Use of certain fishing appliances to take certain fish prohibited 511505 Use of fishing appliances in Coos Bay and tributaries 511115 Seizure and sale of fishing appliances un lawful under ORS 511105 and 511110 511510 Taking striped bass with drift and set 511120 Indian fishing rights and state or federal nets in Coos Bay and tributaries sale fortfeiture of illegal gear and license propagation or scientific projects un affected 511515 Angling and use of drift nets set nets 511125 Angling and use of fishing appliances west and seines in Coquille River of Deschutes River west of Cascade NEHALEM RIVER AND NESTUCCA NETARTS Locks and within three miles from AND TILLAMOOK BAY AREAS mouth of Columbia River 511130 Mouth of Columbia River defined 511605 Angling and use of drift nets in Nehalem 511135 Use of fishing appliances east of Des River and tributaries chutes River 511610 Taking crabs in Nehalem Bay and River 511140 Seizure and sale of fish and fishing appli 511612 Nestucca Bay and tributaries angling ances unlawful under ORS 511135 only permitted 511145 Areas at mouths of hatchery tributaries 511615 Taking smelt in Netarts Bay liberating closed to commercial fishing angling other fish caught permitted 511620 Taking chum salmon in Netarts Bay 511150 Use of fish wheels prohibited silver salmon incidentally taken 511155 Use of traps or seines east of Cascade 511625 Natural and artificial oyster beds in Ne Locks prohibited tarts Bay 511160 Seizure and sale of fishing appliances un 511630 Angling in Tillamook Bay tributaries use lawful under ORS 511150 and 511155 of fishing appliances in Tillamook Bay 511165 Use of traps or poundnets west of range 511635 Use of drift nets in Tillamook Bay tribu lights at Fort Stevens and Cape Disap taries Miama Kilchis Wilson Tilla pointment prohibited mook Rivers and Hoquarton Slough 511170 Seizure and sale of fish and traps unlaw 511640 Oyster beds in Tillamook Bay prior ful under ORS 511165 claims set aside for artificial oyster claims ROGUE RIVER AREA 511645 Locating claims in Tillamook Bay oyster lands notice 511205 Fishing other than as provided by ORS 511210 to 511225 prohibited 511650 Requisites for retaining claims in Tilla mook Bay oyster lands 511210 Fishing with other than rod or line pro 511655 Evidentiary value of claim affidavit hibited taking fish for propagation ex cepted 511660 Loss of claim by noncompliance with ORS 511650 511215 Selling possessing or transporting fish taken from Rogue River prohibited SIUSLAW RIVER UMPQUA RIVER AREAS outside the boundaries of certain counties 511705 Angling and use of nets in Siuslaw River 511220 Seizure forfeiture and disposal of boats 511710 Trout steelhead trout or salmon in Ump and devices unlawfully used qua River angling only permitted 511225 Revocation of license as additional penalty 511715 Sturgeon and salmon in Umpqua River taking and possessing prohibited sal EUCHRE HUNTERS AND FLORAS CREEK mon taken by angling excepted AND CHETCO ELK PISTOL SIXES AND 511720 Use of nets to take striped bass and shad WINCHUCK RIVER AREAS in Umpqua River 511305 Cheteo River angling only permitted 511725 Power of fish commission to change Ump 511310 Elk River angling only permitted qua River regulations 511315 Sixes River angling only permitted 511730 Publication and effective date of fish 511320 Winchuck River angling only permitted commission Umpqua River regulations 511325 Euchre Hunters and Floras Creeks Pistol 511735 Game commission to seize game fish taken River angling only permitted by commercial gear in Umpqua River 511330 Curry County streams obstructions pen 511740 Confiscation of illegal gear and revoca alty tion of license as additional penalty 119 CH 511 CROSS REFERENCES WILLAMETTE RIVER AREA 511825 Using nets to take shad in Willamette 511805 Wilamette River and tributaries angling Slough only permitted 511830 Number of trolling or angling outfits in 511810 Willamette Slough and tributaries angl one boat in Willamette River Slough ing only permitted and tributaries 511815 Willamette River or tributaries above Oregon City chinook salmon fishing PENALTIES prohibited at night or after July 1 511820 Salmon bag limit in Willamette River 511990 Penalties Columbia River area Slough and tributaries 511995 Penalties other river and bay areas CROSS REFERENCES Areas closed to use of traps weirs fishing dams 511990 fishwheels seines 509205 Penalties applicable to violations of commercial fishing laws 5069905 5069906 511205 511995 Steelhead trout always game fish in Rogue River Penalties applicable to violations of commercial 509055 fishing laws 5069905 5069906 120 LOCAL AND SPECIAL REGULATIONS 511130 GENERAL PROVISIONS 511115 Seizure and sale of fishing appliances unlawful under ORS 511105 and 511005 Where angling permitted means 511110 All gear and appliances used in natural person holding game commission violation of ORS 511105 or 511110 includ license Wherever in ORS 511125 511145 ing boats traps nets weirs fish wheels 511305 to 511320 511410 511415 511505 trucks automobiles motor vehicles or other 511515 511605 511630 511705 and 511830 vehicles of any kind whatsoever or other it is provided that salmon shad striped appliances used or employed in connection bass sturgeon or other anadromous or food with the violation of ORS 511105 or 511110 fish may be taken caught or fished with shall be condemned and sold The proceeds hook and line commonly called angling of such sale shall be paid to the State such provision means a natural person hold Treasurer for the benefit of the Fish Com ing an anglers license issued by the State mission of the State of Oregon Game Commission and the term angling as applied to striped bass includes the taking 511120 Indian fishing rights and state catching or fishing of such bass with bass or federal propagation or scientific projects plugs unaffected ORS 511105 to 511115 do not apply to fishing by Indians under federal 511010 Determining size of mesh of regulations or the use of any device or nets In determining the size of the mesh of means by the state or national government 511515 nets specified in ORS 511505 in catching fish for propagation or scientific 511605 511705 and 511825 the size of the purposes mesh shall be determined by measuring the mesh diagonally from opposite corner to 511125 Angling and use of fishing opposite corner between the center of the appliances west of Deschutes River west of knots the mesh to be stretched taut so as Cascade Locks and within three miles from to bring together the other two corners mouth of Columbia River 1 It is lawful at any time to take catch or fish for 511015 to 511100 Reserved for expan salmon shad striped bass sturgeon or other sion anadromous or food fish in the Columbia River or in any of the waters or sloughs COLUMBIA RIVER AREA thereof west of its confluence with the 511105 Use of drag and whip seines Deschutes River or within three miles out prohibited 1 It is unlawful to construct side of the mouth of the Columbia River install use operate or maintain any drag with hook and line commonly called angling seine or whip seine in the waters of the 2 Except as otherwise provided by Columbia River or its tributaries in this ORS 511110 it is lawful to take catch or state fish for salmon shad striped bass sturgeon 2 A seine is defined to be a mesh net or other anadromous or food fish in any of one edge provided with sinkers and the the waters mentioned in subsection 1 of other with floats It hangs in the water and this section with set lines setnets gillnets when its ends are brought together or drawn bag or dipnet or troll ashore or whipped on to a sandbar or into 3 It is lawful to take catch or fish shoal water encloses the fish for shad striped bass sturgeon or other anadromous or food fish other than salmon 511110 Use of certain fishing appli salmon trout or steelhead in the waters of ances to take certain fish prohibited 1 It the Columbia River west of Cascade Locks is unlawful to construct install use oper between 12 noon September 10 of any year ate or maintain within any of the waters and 12 noon March 1 the following year of the Columbia River or its tributaries in and between 12 noon May 1 and 12 noon this state any pound net fish trap fish August 25 of any year with traps wheel scow fish wheel setnet or weir or 4 It is unlawful to use any of such any fixed appliances for the purpose of fishing appliances between 6 pm on Satur catching salmon salmon trout or steelhead day of each week and 6 pm on Sunday or to take salmon salmon trout or steelhead following from May 1 to August 25 of any by any such means year 2 A setnet is defined as a gill mesh net which catches fish by gilling and is not 511130 Mouth of Columbia River de free to move with the current or tide fined The mouth of the Columbia River is 121 511135 COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISHERIES located and defined as a line drawn from anadromous or food fish except with hook the present inshore end of the north jetty and line commonly called angling on the Columbia River to the knuckle of the 511150