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2008 Proposal Reg Number General (Statewide) Regulations Rationale Page
Guide to rule language changes:
The Administrative Procedures Act requires that all changes to administrative rules be displayed and underlined in a particular format -- that is, with new material in bold typeface; example: Herring Jig and deleted material in brackets with strike through, example: [Herring jig].
The page number referenced is the page where the rule is found in the 2008 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations. If the rule is a new entry, the page number where it would appear in the 2008 regulations is listed along with “new entry”.
The Proposal numbers are listed for each proposed rule change. The Category numbers reflect the classifications following the August 8th meeting and the seven rules reclassified from C to B are also noted. Only category “A” and “B” proposals are listed in these tables. For all categories staff recommendations are listed. All category “A” proposals are recommended to be Adopted.
The Rational entry is an abbreviated summary of the rational included with the original proposal.
The outline of the tables follows that in the 2008 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations. There are General Statewide Regulations, followed by the nine Angling Zone. For most all rules, the entire rule for the Water Body has been reproduced, but for Waterbodies with a long list of rules, only the specific rule subject to change is listed (Rogue River). Proposed rule changes are highlighted in yellow. Also shown are minor rule changes or universal date changes for the Waterbody rules under consideration. These changes reflect that the actual 2009 rules would look line in the 2009 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations. Some of the proposed rule changes will appear in multiple locations due to the nature of the rule change.
Attached at the end of this document are the rule changes in the NW and SW Zones that would result from adopting proposal 132P. The “Rational” column is replaced by an “Implications” column to describe the impact of the specific rule change.
Licenses, Tags and Permits – Fish Qualifications Tags 4 108P Combined Angling Tag (Adult) • Requires anglers to turn in their Harvest Monitoring of catch is presently Category Combined Angling Tag (Juvenile) Tags in order to obtain a new tag inadequate and fishermen have B Hatchery Harvest Tag no faith in the sampling as done. Reject ODFW needs better information. (John Norlin)\
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General (Statewide) Regulations; Definitions:
6 1S Aggregate - The total sum or number; as in 15 fish in aggregate. Generally used where several Additional rule language is added
Category A species make up a combined daily catch limit. to clarify the definition of Adopt aggregate as it applies to daily limits. (Eric Schindler)
6 2S Herring Jig - A series of any number of single point hooks that are no larger than 3/8 inch gap Currently there is no maximum Category A between point and shank. Herring jigs are typically used to catch species such as herring, hook size or adequate definition Adopt sardine, and anchovy. A herring jig may have any number of hooks. of a herring jig. Some anglers have been using more than three of the larger bottomfish shrimp flies tied together and are calling that a herring jig. (Sgt. Todd Thompson, OSP)
Enforcement and Consistency 6 3S Offshore Pelagic Species – Includes all species of tuna and mackerel (family Scombridae), Provide consistency with PFMC Category A swordfish, all species of billfish (family Istiophoridae), all species of the family of jacks (family on rules related to groundfish Adopt Carangidae), opah, dorado, Pacific pomfret, and all species of sharks except leopard shark, spiny and Offshore Pelagic Species. dogfish, white shark, soupfin shark, and basking shark. (Eric Schindler)
7 4S Rockfish - All genera and species of the family Scopaenidae which include Sebastes, Add definition of rockfish in Category A Sepastolobus, and that occur in Oregon. Refer to ODFW's website or contact ODFW’s Marine Statewide definitions to gain Adopt Program at the Newport office for a listing of Oregon's Rockfish species, descriptions and flexibility in management, of photographs. Oregon’s groundfish species to provide opportunities to sport anglers to target healthy stocks while minimizing impacts to rebuilding stocks. (Gway Kirchner) 7 75S Salmon: Includes 5 species: Chinook, coho, chum, sockeye and pink. Adult salmon are coho Rule changes proposed by the Category B salmon over 20 inches in length and any other salmon species over 24 inches in length, except in the Oregon/Washington Working Adopt ocean where all legal size salmon are considered to be adults. Jack salmon are coho between 10 Group in order to have and 20 inches in length and any other salmon species between 15 and 24 inches in length when in concurrent fishing regulations for fresh-water and bays. Jack salmon are not a species of salmon, but a life-history stage of various the Columbia River. Minimum species of salmon that return to fresh-water and become sexually mature after only a short period in length for salmon and steelhead the ocean. Thus, there are jack, coho and jack Chinook salmon, for example. See exception to (and trout) in Washington for this
salmon minimum length limits for Section 2 of the Columbia River. area is 12 inches. (John North)
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7 Gear and Bait Restrictions: 6S- Rationale: Clarifies and 6S tightens-up rule language related Category A Use of Fish for Bait to transportation and release of Adopt 1. It is unlawful to transport live fish [between bodies of water]. into, within or out of this state, live fish in Oregon. Puts into the hold any live fish in the waters of this state, or release or attempt to release any live fish Angling Regulation Pamphlet into the waters of this state except as provided by OAR 635-007-0600 for aquaria fish rule language that is in intended for aquaria use and those holding a valid Fish Transportation Permit. Administrative Rules (635-007- 2. Live fish may not be used or held for use as bait, except live nongame fish may be used in the 0600) and reflected in Statute ocean, bays and tidewaters when taken from the waterbody in which they will be used. (Rhine Messmer, Alan Ritchey) 5S 3. Dead fish, preserved fish, or parts of fish, shellfish and fish eggs may be used as bait. Goldfish Category A may not be used as bait or in anglers’ possession while angling. 5S- Clarify rules related to using Adopt 4. It is unlawful to use lamprey as bait in any recreational fishery. crayfish as bait. Currently, 5. Live crayfish may not be used as bait and live crayfish taken for bait may not be released unclear weather live crayfish can into Oregon waters except in the waterbody in which they were taken. be used and to prevent the 72S 6. Live leaches may not be used as bait or in angler’s possession while angling. spread of bait crayfish into Category A Oregon waters and help to Adopt reduce the risk of anglers introducing non-native invasive crayfish into Oregon. (Shelly Miller and Rhine Messmer)
72S – Prevent the importation of leaches to avoid importing and spreading invasive species, fish viruses and diseases into Oregon waters. (Rhine Messmer)
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General (Statewide) Regulations; Hook and Weight Regulations:
8 2S 1. No more than two hooks may be used while angling for Pacific Halibut and no more than three 2S Continued, to provide Category A hooks may be used while angling for other species except herring jigs may be used for consistency. Adopt Marine Food Fish Species (defined on page 9) other than Pacific Halibut. A double or treble point hook is classified as one hook 2. Measure hooks from point to shank (see sketches at right). 115P 3. When angling for sturgeon, anglers are restricted to one single-point barbless hook in all Category A Oregon waters. use of multiple-point hooks is prohibited in all waters. In the mainstem 115P Make sturgeon gear rules Adopt Columbia and Snake rivers, barbed hooks are also prohibited. consistent between the Columbia 4. When angling for salmon or steelhead, (except in the ocean or as listed under Special River Zone and General Regulations for specific bodies of water) the following regulations apply: Statewide rules. Reduce catch- • Single-point hooks larger than 1-inch and multiple-point hooks larger than 9/16 inch are and-release mortality rates, prohibited. consistency and simplification of • All weight, if not part of a conventional lure, must be attached above the hooks. When using sturgeon rules. (Bob Rees) single-point hooks larger than 5/8 inch or multiple-point hooks, the attachment of the weight must be 18 inches or more above uppermost hook. 5. When angling for salmon or steelhead in the ocean, anglers must refer to Marine Zone Regulations for Salmon and Steelhead. page 98 and the Northwest Zone Special Regulations for Tillamook Bay, page 30. 6. Barbless hooks are strongly advised unless specifically required.
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General (Statewide) Regulations; Harvest Methods, Hours and Restrictions Fish, shellfish or marine invertebrates may be taken only by the method or gear and during hours listed below.
8 Species Harvest Method Restrictions Gamefish – Freshwater: Salmon, Shad, Angling only Unlawful to:
Steelhead, 1. Angle for or take salmon, shad, steelhead, sturgeon, trout or Sturgeon, Trout, whitefish except in daylight hours (one hour before sunrise until Whitefish., one hour after sunset). Largemouth 7S Bass, 2. Attempt to snag, spear, gaff, net, trap, club, shoot or ensnare Category Smallmouth any game fish. A net may be used to land legally hooked fish. Current rule is unclear if A Bass, Hybrid A gaff may not be used to land legally hooked salmon and gaff hooks can be used to Adopt Bass, Striped steelhead or other freshwater gamefish in inland or ocean land gamefish. Proposed Bass, Bluegill, fisheries. rule would prevent Catfish, Crappie, 3. Take game fish hooked other than hooked in the mouth. unintentional gaffing of salmon and steelhead in Sunfish, Yellow 4. Remove eggs from any salmon, steelhead, or sturgeon without freshwater selective Perch, Walleye retaining the carcasses while in the field. and Mullet fisheries. (Rhine 5. Possess in the field game fish dressed or mutilated so that size, Messmer). species or fin clip cannot be determined until the angler has reached their automobile or principle means of land transportation hand has completed their daily angling. 6. Angle for sturgeon with lures in waters closed to salmon or steelhead angling.’ 7. Gaff or penetrate sturgeon in any way while landing or releasing it. 8. Remove oversize sturgeon in any why while landing or releasing it. 9. Take or possess suckers (mullet) in Klamath County. 10. Continue to angle for jack salmon after retaining a limit of adult salmon or steelhead.
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Species Harvest Method Restrictions Game Fish – Freshwater: 8 135P To harvest more small fish Bass Angling only • All angling Zones. No minimum size for bass, New Category to enhance catch and (Note, this rule is except all bass between 12 and 17 inches must be entry B showing in the released. 5 bass per day limit, only 1 over 17 release fishery. Maintain Statewide Rules but inches. good numbers of Reject would also become the spawners I the fishery default rule for Angling longer to insure available Zones. fishery for the future. (Bob Judkins) 8 136P Establishes a reasonable Channel catfish Angling only • All angling Zones except mainstem Columbia New Category channel catfish harvest (Note, this rule is River; Snake River and its tributaries; and Entry B showing in the Owyhee Reservoir. Channel catfish 10 per day; 2 and protects channel Statewide Rules but daily limits in possession; no minimum length. catfish from over-fishing. Reject would also become the (William Egan, Oregon default rule for Angling Bass and Panfish Club) Zones. 8 138P Establishes a reasonable Crappie Angling only • All angling Zones except mainstem Columbia New Category crappie harvest and (Note, this rule is River; Snake River and its tributaries; and Entry B showing in the Owyhee Reservoir. Crappie 50 per day; 2 daily protects crappie from Statewide Rules but limits in possession; no minimum length." over-harvesting. (William Reject would also become the Egan, Oregon Bass and
default rule for Angling Panfish Club) Zones.
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Nongame Fish and Shellfish – Freshwater: 9 10S Crayfish [and Hand, Baited Lines (no • Neither an angling nor a shellfish license is required. Prohibit the harvest of Category Freshwater Clams (and Freshwater Clams] hooks allowed) net, • NOTE: Unlawful to take or possess Zebra mussels or A Rings and Traps mussels) will conserve Adopt Asian cams. native freshwater mussel and clam species and provide increased protection to native from introduced invasive clams and mussels. (Shelly Miller and Mary Hanson) Freshwater clams Harvest prohibited • It is illegal to harvest or possess all freshwater
and mussels mussels or clams unless authorized by a specific permit issued by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission (Scientific Take Permit).
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2008 Proposal Reg Number Species Name Catch Limits Length Limits and Other Specifications Seasons Rationale Page
24 150P Trout Lakes: 5 per • 8-inch minimum length. Lakes: Open entire Provide increased Category day, 2 daily limits • Only 1 trout over 20 inches may be kept per year. fishing opportunities B in possession. day. Streams: including that allow harvest of Streams: • Rainbow trout over 16inches are tidewaters and bays: fish at a level that is Adopt (including considered steelhead in streams. Open May [24] 23 – sustainable. tidewaters and • Salmon under 15 inches are considered Oct. 31. [ Proposed fishing bays): trout, except coho salmon, which are opportunities provide [Neskowin Creek always considered salmon regardless of a sociological value of and north size. the outdoor (including Lower • Angling restricted to artificial flies and experience. The rule Columbia River lures in streams above tidewater, May [24] change would be tributaries). 25 – Aug. 31. See exceptions under consistent with rules Catch and Special Regulations where use of bait is for other coastal area release only. allowed. streams. (John Salmon River Powell, William and south,] 2 per Lackner, and David day 2 daily limits Duncan) in possession. Lower Columbia River Tributaries catch and release only.
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24 132P Trout Lakes: 5 per • 8-inch minimum length. Lakes: Open entire To continue provide Category day, 2 daily limits • Only 1 trout over 20 inches may be kept per year. angling opportunities Reclass in possession. day. Streams: including for sea-run Coastal from C -B Streams: • Rainbow trout over 16inches are tidewaters and bays: Cutthroat trout and at (including considered steelhead in streams. Open May [24] 23 – the same time protect Reject tidewaters and • Salmon under 15 inches are considered Oct. 31. [ and conserve bays): trout, except coho salmon, which are depleted populations [Neskowin Creek always considered salmon regardless of of these State See and north size. Sensitive fish. Our summary (including Lower • Angling restricted to artificial flies and Coastal Cutthroat of all Columbia River lures in streams above tidewater, May [24] trout angling proposal rules in tributaries). 23 – Aug. 31. See exceptions under provides for the NW Catch and Special Regulations where use of bait is enhanced angling Zone release only. allowed. opportunity, caters to impacted Salmon River the satisfaction level by this and south, 2 per • Bait is not allowed at anytime when of the bulk of proposed day 2 daily limits angling for trout in Bays, Tidewater, or Oregon's trout 132Pat in possession.] Streams. anglers, is biologically the end of sound and, most this Catch and importantly, will help document release only for return the Sea-run starting non fin-clipped Coastal Cutthroat on pages trout. trout population to 55-60. healthy levels. (Walt Weber)
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24 Salmon and In the aggregate: • See exceptions to the Chinook salmon Closed in all waters Proposal provides 11S Steelhead: 2 adult salmon or catch limit under Nehalem, Nestucca and unless noted by additional harvest on Category steelhead per Tillamook bays and tributaries. species under hatchery produced A day, 20 per year, • Closed to [coho and] chum salmon Special Regulations. coho salmon and 5 jack salmon (including jacks) unless noted under prevent stray Adopt per day, 2 daily Special Regulations. hatchery coho from jack limits in • Note: Changes to salmon regulations for spawning in natural possession. the ocean, bays, coastal rivers and the production areas. Columbia River system (page 91) are Allowing retention of printed in May and are available at ODFW hatchery coho offices or from license agents. Check for throughout the NW new regulations before you fish. Zone would result in • See Special Regulations in NW Zone to replacement of determine where harvest of any Chinook numerous Special salmon is allowed. Harvest of nonadipose Regulations with a fin-clipped steelhead and nonadipose fin- single entry for the clipped coho salmon is prohibited in the entire Zone. This NW Zone. There is no annual limit on would simplify the adipose or otherwise fin-clipped salmon or regulation pamphlet. adipose fin-clipped steelhead as long as (Bob Buckman) the appropriate number of Hatchery Harvest Tags have been purchased to record the catch. • Adipose fin-clipped coho salmon may be retained as part of the adult and jack salmon daily bag limit in all waters that are currently open to angling for Chinook salmon or steelhead. • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures in streams above tidewater May 23 [24] – Aug. 31. See exceptions under Special Regulations where use of bait is allowed.
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25 8S Other Fish: 1 per day, 5 per • Minimum fork length [42] 38 inches, Lakes: Open all year. To convert to a fork Category Sturgeon year. maximum fork length [60] 54 inches. Streams: (including length (FL) A • All oversize, undersize, and unwanted legal tidewaters and bays): measurement size sturgeon must be immediately Open during trout, standard (tip of nose Adopt released unharmed into the water salmon or steelhead to fork in caudal fin • Oversize sturgeon cannot be removed seasons, except tide- i.e. tail), to be totally or in part from water. water areas of implemented January • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures Columbia river 1, 2009 concurrent in streams above tidewater May 24 – Aug. tributaries with Washington 31. See exceptions under Special downstream from the adopting the same Regulations where use of bait is allowed. city of St. Helens are standard. open all year.
25 17S Striped Bass 2 per 24 • 24 [30] inch minimum length. Lakes: Open all year To increase harvest Category consecutive • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures unless noted under opportunity in striped B hours; 2 daily in streams above tidewater May [24] 23 – Special Regulations. bass and discontinue limits in Aug. 31. See exceptions under Special Streams: (including management under a Adopt possession. Regulations where use of bait is allowed. tidewaters and bays): Trophy management Open during trout, scheme. This salmon or steelhead proposal errs on the seasons, unless side of conservation, noted under Special in the absence of a Regulations. rigorous research study on the impact of striped bass on native fish populations. (Mike Gray) 25 10S Freshwater Harvest Harvest prohibited Closed See Statewide Category Clams and proposal #10S prohibited It is illegal to harvest or possess any [Open all year] A mussels [No limit] freshwater mussels or clams unless Adopt authorized by a specific permit issued by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission (Scientific Take Permit). [A shellfish license is not required. NOTE: Unlawful to take or possess Zebra mussels or Asian clams.]
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26 13S Beaver Creek (Columbia • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1 – March 31 and May [24] Rationale: Allow harvest of Category Co.) upstream to 200 feet 23 – Dec. 31. stray hatchery coho salmon A below lower falls. • Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon May [24] 23 – July (11S also) and increase the Adopt 31. protection of naturally • Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1 – [Dec. 31] Oct. 31. produced fall Chinook while Note: • Open for adipose fin-clipped coho salmon from Aug. 1 – Oct. 31. still providing anglers adoption of 11S would opportunity to potentially negate harvest stray hatchery need for Chinook (Tule stock). coho rule (Tom Murtagh) 26 14S Clatskanie River • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1 – March 31 and May [24] 14S. Allow harvest of stray Category (Columbia Co.) 23 – Dec. 31. hatchery coho salmon (11S A Upstream to Swedetown • Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon May [24] 23 – July also). Increase the Adopt Road Bridge crossing 31. protection of naturally near Swedetown • Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1 – [Dec. 31] Oct. 31. produced fall Chinook while 74S • Open for adipose fin-clipped coho salmon from Aug. 1 – Oct. 31. still providing anglers Category opportunity to potentially A harvest stray hatchery Adopt Chinook (Tule stock) Note: 74S. New salmon and adoption of steelhead deadline protects 11S would important spawning and negate rearing areas in the upper need for coho basin. (Tom Murtagh) salmon rule 27 164P Kilchis River (Tillamook • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead [Jan. 1 – March 31 and May24 – Expand angling opportunity. Category Co.) Dec. 31], entire year. The peak of wild steelhead B 1. Upstream from North • Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon May [24] 23 – July run is March and April. Fork, including tidewater 31. There also a few stray wild Adopt • Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1 – Dec. 31; except closed for all steelhead broodstock salmon upstream from old Hwy 101 bridge Aug. 1 – Sept. 15. 2 adult available during this time. Chinook salmon per day, 4 in any 7 consecutive days, 10 per season in When high water events aggregate from al Nehalem, Tillamook, and Nestucca prevent angling in already • bays and streams. open streams nearby, there • Catch and release only for chum salmon Sept. 16 – Nov. 15. exists a several day window of opportunity in the Kilchis before the other streams drop into shape (William Hedlund)
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28 73S Nehalem River • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1 – March 31 and May [24] 23 Provides additional 2. North Fork up to 4th - Dec. 31. opportunity, particularly to Category bridge on Hamlet Road • Open for spring Chinook salmon May [24] 23– July 31. harvest excess hatchery A located near milepost 6 • Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1 – Dec. 31; except closed for all coho that bypass Nehalem salmon upstream from old Hwy 101 bridge Aug. 1 – Sept. 15. 2 adult hatchery. Existing rule was a Adopt chinook salmon per day, 4 in any 7 consecutive days, 10 per season in result of ethics problems aggregate from all Nehalem, Tillamook, and Nestucca bays and streams. (snagging) primarily on fall • Open for adipose fin-clipped coho salmon Aug. 1 – Oct. 31. chinook. Ethics concerns • [Closed above Hwy 53 Oct. 1 – Nov. 30.] (snagging, etc.) can be • Fishing is authorized during open fishing seasons from the Nehalem addressed through Hatchery Barrier Free Fishing Platform by those individuals who possess OSP/ODFW CEP process. one of the following Department-issued licenses: a Blind Angler License; a (Rick Klumph) Wheelchair Angling License; a Disabled War Veteran Angling License; or a Permanent Disabilities Permit. A person may assist a Permanent Disabled Permit holder in angling, provided that conditions of the permit (page 10) are followed.
30 15S Siuslaw River (Lane co): • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1 – March 31 and May [24] Provides additional trout Category 3. North Fork including 23 – Dec. 31. angling opportunity on the A tidewater • Open for Chinook salmon May [24] 23 – Dec. 31 up to Meadows Bridge upper North Fork Siuslaw a. mainstem located at Milepost 11. River. Studies on cutthroat Adopt • [Closed above Meadows Bridge April 1 – Dec. 31.] trout and juvenile steelhead • Open to trout angling above Meadows Bridge May 23 – September abundance indicate closure 30. is no longer needed. Cutthroat trout populations are healthy and can provide for a limited consumptive fishery. Juvenile steelhead inventories have shown that while some steelhead juveniles rear in the North Fork Siuslaw, most rear in tributary streams that will remain closed. The September 30 closure is designed to protect spawning fall Chinook salmon. (Bob Buckman)
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New 188P Vernonia (Pond) Lake Bass limit one per day, no minimum length. 188P Lots of stunted perch entry Category Crappie limit ten per day, no minimum length. and bluegill. Bass limit A trying to establish Adopt predator/prey balance. (Bill Egan, OBPC) 189P Category 189P. Crappie restocked at B Vernonia in 2006. Popular Adopt panfish can help control stunted perch and bluegill fry. Over-harvest had nearly removed all crappie (Bill Egan, OBPC) 31 191P Wilson River (Tillamook • [Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1 – March 31 and Dec. 1-31.] Closure to protect spawning Category Co.): salmon important to the B 2. Little North Fork health of the watershed. Reject (Marty Peterson)
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38 132P Trout Lakes: 5 per • 8-inch minimum length. Lakes: Open entire To continue provide Reclass day, 2 daily limits • Only 1 trout over 20 inches may be kept per year. angling opportunities from C-B in possession. day. Streams: including for sea-run Coastal Streams: • Rainbow trout over 16inches are tidewaters and bays: Cutthroat trout and at (including considered steelhead in streams. Open May [24] 23 – the same time protect Reject tidewaters and • Salmon under 15 inches are considered Oct. 31. [ and conserve bays): [2 per day, trout, except coho salmon, which are depleted populations 2 daily catch always considered salmon regardless of of these State limits in size. Sensitive fish. Our possession.] Coastal Cutthroat • Angling for restricted to artificial flies and lures in streams above tidewater, May [24] trout angling proposal See Catch and provides for summary 23 – Aug. 31. See exceptions under release only for Special Regulations where use of bait is enhanced angling of all non fin-clipped opportunity, caters to rules in allowed. trout. the satisfaction level the SW of the bulk of Zone • Bait is not allowed at anytime when angling for trout in Bays, Tidewater, or Oregon's trout impacted anglers, is biologically by this Streams. sound and, most proposed importantly, will help 132P at return the Sea-run the end of Coastal Cutthroat this trout population to document healthy levels. starting (Walt Weber) on pages 61-65.
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38 Salmon and In the aggregate: • See Special Regulations in SW Zone to Closed in all waters Proposal provides 16S Steelhead: 2 adult salmon or determine where harvest of any Chinook unless noted by additional harvest on Category steelhead per salmon is allowed. There is no annual species under hatchery produced A day, 20 per year, limit on adipose fin-clipped steelhead as Special Regulations. coho salmon and Adopt 5 jack salmon pr long as the appropriate number of prevent stray day, 2 daily jack Hatchery Harvest Tags have been hatchery coho from limits in purchased to record the catch. spawning in natural (same as possession. • Only adipose fin-clipped steelhead may production areas. 11S in the be kept, except as noted under Special Allowing retention of NW Zone) Regulations for the mainstem Chetco, hatchery coho Elk, Pistol, Rogue, Sixes and Winchuck throughout the SW rivers and Hunter and Euchre creeks. Zone would result in • Where allowed, no more than a total of 1 replacement of per day and 5 per year nonadipose fin- numerous Special clipped steelhead may be taken per year Regulations with a statewide. single entry for the • NOTE: Changes to salmon regulations for entire Zone. This the ocean, bays, coastal rivers and the would simplify the Columbia River system (page 91) are regulation pamphlet. printed in May and are available at ODFW (Mike Gray) offices or from license agents. Check for new regulations before you fish. • Adipose fin-clipped coho salmon may be retained as part of the adult and jack salmon daily bag limit in all waters that are currently open to angling for Chinook salmon or steelhead. • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures in streams above tidewater May [24] 23 – Aug. 31. See exceptions under Special Regulations where use of bait is allowed.
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25 8S Other Fish: 1 per day, 5 per • Minimum fork length [42] 38 inches, Lakes: Open all year. To convert to a fork Category Sturgeon year. maximum fork length [60] 54 inches. Streams: (including length (FL) A • All oversize, undersize, and unwanted legal tidewaters and bays): measurement Adopt size sturgeon must be immediately Open during trout, standard (tip of nose released unharmed into the water salmon or steelhead to fork in caudal fin • Oversize sturgeon cannot be removed seasons, except tide- i.e. tail), to be totally or in part from water. water areas of implemented January • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures Columbia river 1, 2009 concurrent in streams above tidewater May [24] 23 – tributaries with Washington Aug. 31. See exceptions under Special downstream from the adopting the same Regulations where use of bait is allowed. city of St. Helens are standard. open all year.
39 17S Striped Bass 2 per 24 • 24 [30] inch minimum length. Lakes: Open all year To increase harvest Category consecutive • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures unless noted under opportunity in striped B hours; 2 daily in streams above tidewater May [24] 23 – Special Regulations. bass and discontinue Adopt limits in Aug. 31. See exceptions under Special Streams: (including management under a possession. Regulations where use of bait is allowed. tidewaters and bays): Trophy management Open during trout, scheme. This salmon or steelhead proposal errs on the seasons, unless side of conservation, noted under Special in the absence of a Regulations. rigorous research study on the impact of striped bass on native fish populations. (Mike Gray) 39 10S Freshwater Harvest Harvest prohibited Closed See Statewide Category Clams and prohibited proposal #10S A mussels It is illegal to harvest or possess any [Open all year] Adopt [No limit] freshwater mussels or clams unless authorized by a specific permit issued by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission (Scientific Take Permit). [A shellfish license is not required. NOTE: Unlawful to take or possess Zebra mussels or Asian clams.]
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39 192P and Applegate River • Open for trout Jan. 1 – March 31 and May 24 – Dec. 31. Much of the Applegate River is 193P (Josephine/Jackson Co.): • 2 adipose fin-clipped rainbow trout per day, 8-inch minimum length. surrounded by private 1. Mainstem upstream to • Nonadipose fin-clipped rainbow and cutthroat trout must be released property, thus difficult to fish. Category Applegate Dam unharmed. This is a public fishery and B • Use of bait allowed. allowing anglers to fish from a • [No angling from a floating device.] floating device would improve Defer • Closed from USGS cable crossing, located ¼ mile downstream from this public fishery by Applegate Dam, upstream to the Dam. increasing opportunity for anglers. (Chuck Closterman & Travis Malone)
39 194P Applegate River • Open for trout Jan. 1 – March 31 and May 24 – Dec. 31. The proposed rule will (Josephine/Jackson Co.): • 2 adipose fin-clipped rainbow trout per day, 8-inch minimum length. increase public fishing Category 1. Mainstem upstream to • Nonadipose fin-clipped rainbow and cutthroat trout must be released opportunity during the winter B Applegate Dam unharmed. steelhead season, reduce • Use of bait allowed. impacts to riparian vegetation Defer • Angling allowed from a floating device Jan. 1 – March 31. No and banks, improve boater angling from a floating device April 1 – Dec. 31. safety, and reduce the • [No angling from a floating device.] potential for upland trespass. Closed from USGS cable crossing, located ¼ mile downstream from (Chuck Closterman, Middle Applegate Dam, upstream to the Dam. Rogue Steelhead Chapter #649 Trout Unlimited & Mike Cooley)
40 19S Coos Bay from tips of • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year. The purpose of this regulation Category jetties upstream to head of • Open for Chinook salmon entire year. change would be to move the B tide including: Kentuck • Open for adipose fin-clipped coho salmon Aug. 1-Dec 31 up to angling deadline downstream Slough (Creek) upstream Chandler Bridge. to maintain areas of legitimate Adopt to tide gate, Larson • [Isthmus Slough upstream to the tidegate is open for adipose fin- angling on Isthmus Slough, but Slough (Creek) upstream clipped coho salmon entire year, excluding Coal Band and Davis remove the opportunity for Modified to Sullivan Creek, North sloughs (see map on page 33).] poor angler behavior, poor proposal Sough upstream to tide • Isthmus Slough open year-round for Chinook salmon, adipose fin- ethics, and illegal angling gate, Palouse Slough clipped coho salmon and adipose fin-marked steelhead up to a activity when salmon are (Creek) upstream to Elliott point on the slough adjacent to milepost 3 on Highway 42. Open to stacked-up at the Green Acres State Forest Boundary youth anglers (age 17 and under) and Disabled Anglers from tidegate. (Mike Gray) located at about 6 miles milepost 3 on Highway 42 to the tidegate. upstream from highway, Catching slough……(Coos Co.)
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40 224P Coos Bay from tips of • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year. Increased angler opportunity Category jetties upstream to head of • Open for Chinook salmon entire year. for disabled anglers. Reduce B tide including: Kentuck • Open for adipose fin-clipped coho salmon Aug. 1-Dec 31 up to illegal take of gamefish. (Marc Slough (Creek) upstream Chandler Bridge. Davis, Association of Reject to tide gate, Larson • [Isthmus Slough upstream to the tidegate is open for adipose fin- Northwest Steelheaders) Slough (Creek) upstream clipped coho salmon entire year, excluding Coal Band and Davis to Sullivan Creek, North sloughs (see map on page 33).] Sough upstream to tide • Isthmus Slough from tidegate downstream 1000 feet to markers. gate, Palouse Slough closed to all angling except open Sept. 1-Nov. 30 for individuals (Creek) upstream to Elliott who possess an Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit. State Forest Boundary located at about 6 miles upstream from highway, Catching slough upstream to Summer Road Bridge, Isthmus Slough including Coal Bank and Davis Soughs upstream to their tidegates, Shinglehouse Slough, and Pony Slough (Creek) upstream to Newmark Avenue in tidewaters (Coos Co.) 40 18S Coquille River (Coos • Open for Chinook salmon and adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1 – Rule protects Fall Chinook Category Co.) April 30 and Oct. 1 – Dec. 31. spawners as they approach B 5. South Fork • Closed for salmon upstream from Gaylord Bridge. spawning areas. Recent • Closed from U.S. Forest Service boundary (Milepost 4 Powers Agness abundance estimates and Adopt Road) upstream to Coquille River Falls (approximately 12 miles) success of the in-basin sport including tributaries. fishery indicate a three-year • Closed for salmon upstream from the confluence of the South downturn in spawner Fork and the Middle Fork of the Coquille River. abundance, following a 40-yr, gradually increasing trend.
(Mike Gray) 41 21S Garrison Lake and 1 bass per day, 15-inch minimum length. The purpose of this regulation Category Garrison Lake outlet change would be to provide A consistent angling regulations for Garrison Lake and its outlet Adopt stream. (Todd Confer)
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41 22S 2. North Fork Hunter • Open to trout May 23 – Oct. 31. All other SW Zone trout rules Provide a limited consumptive Category Creek apply. trout angling opportunity A • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures entire trout season. upstream of anadromous fish Adopt on healthy populations of resident cutthroat trout. Artificial flies and lures only would reduce hooking mortality. (Todd Confer) 41 219P Illinois River Basin • Open for steelhead Jan. 1 - March 31 and May [24] 23 – December 31. Provide increased steelhead Category (Curry/Josephine Co.) • 5 adipose fin-clipped rainbow trout per day, 8-inch minimum length. fishing opportunity on the B 1. Mainstem up to • Nonadipose fin-clipped trout and steelhead and all cutthroat trout must Illinois river. It will also make Pomeroy Dam located be released unharmed and should not be removed from the water fishing opportunity on the Adopt near Cave Junction. except in the mainstem Illinois River from the confluence with Illinois more compatible with Briggs Creek up to Pomeroy Dam non-adipose fin-clipped (wild) the Rogue River and should steelhead at least 24 inches in length may be kept; 1 per day, 5 per relieve some fishing pressure year, as part of the daily or annual steelhead/salmon catch limit. there (Chuck Closterman, • Closed for salmon. Howard & Heike Arnold, Mike • Restricted to artificial flies and lures. Cooley and others) • Closed from mouth of Fall Creek, located downstream from Illinois Falls, to a point 400 feet upstream from Illinois falls. 41 23S New River including • Open for steelhead Jan. 1 - March 31 and May [24] 23 – December 31 Close the New River to Category tidewater (Coos/Curry • Open for Chinook salmon May [24] 23 – [June 30 and August 16 –] consumptive steelhead A Co.) December 31. angling. Establish an adipose fin-marked steelhead fishery Adopt and consistent fall Chinook seasons on the New River. This river was overlooked when other South Coast streams were closed to wild steelhead harvest. Change the Chinook salmon regulation to make it consistent with new Lake and Floras Creek regulations. (Todd Confer)
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42 230P Rogue River Special Gear Restrictions and Closures Increase angling opportunities Category 1. Mainstem upstream to • [Use of bait allowed in mainstem Rogue River except from Foster for adult and half-pounder B Hog Creek Boat landing, Creek upstream to Whiskey Creek, where all angling is restricted to summer steelhead, coho and including tidewater artificial flies and lures Sept. 1 – Oct. 31] fall Chinook salmon, and Defer sturgeon; and increase harvest (Only proposed rule change listed.) opportunities. By increasing the harvest of hatchery fish, fewer hatchery fish will spawn naturally, reducing potential adverse impacts of hatchery programs on wild populations. (Roger King, Vernon Grieve) 43 236P Rogue River Special Gear Restrictions and Closures Extend harvest opportunities Reclass 3. From Gold Ray Dam to • Closed to all angling from 8:00 [7:00] pm to one hour before sunrise for adipose fin-marked spring from C to Cole Rivers Hatchery from April 15 [1] – July 31 from ODFW markers located downstream Chinook salmon. The original B Diversion Dam from fish ladder entrance at Cole Rivers Hatchery to Hwy 62 bridge at rule was put in place to modify McGregor Park. spring chinook angler Defer behavior. Over the past (Only proposed rule change listed.) several years angler behavior has improved and this should be rewarded. (Calib Baldwin)
New 24S Lobster Creek (tributary • Open for trout May 23 – September 15. Rationale: Provide primarily a Entry Category to Rogue River) • Daily limit 2 adipose fin-clipped trout, 8 inch minimum length. catch-and-release trout fishery Page A • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures only. on a lower Rogue River 41 • Tributaries, including the North and South forks closed to all tributary and allow limited Adopt angling. harvest of some adipose fin- clipped half-pounders that 43 24S Rogue River • Closed, except as noted under Special Regulations for Applegate Continue 4. Tributaries (not listed) occasionally enter Lobster River, Illinois River, Lobster Creek, Ashland Creek, Immigrant Creek, Creek. Trout season would d downstream from Cole and Big Butte and Little Butte Creeks. Rivers Hatchery close September 15 to protect returning fall Chinook salmon. (Todd Confer)
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40 241P 1. Umpqua River • Catch and release for trout. To reinstate consumptive wild Category mainstem, including • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year. Non-adipose fin- steelhead harvest on a healthy B tidewater, from tips of the clipped steelhead may be kept Jan. 1 – April 30 and Dec. 1-31; 1 per population of steelhead. jetties upstream to day, 5 per year. Support local economy, allow Defer confluence with of North • Open for adipose fin-clipped coho salmon Aug. 1 – Dec. 31. customers to take a steelhead and South Forks (includes • Open for Chinook salmon entire year. home with them if they choose, Winchester Bay) (Section • Use of bait allowed and allow guides the option of 1, Umpqua River Basin) • 2 fish per 24 consecutive hours limit, 30-inch minimum size for striped retaining certain fish deemed bass. non-survivor due to bleeding or stressed. (Fred Worsley, Aaron Helfritch, Ban Bentsen, Jerry Krewson, Dan Stumpff, Mike Cooley and others)
41 248P North Umpqua River • Catch and release for trout. Retention of non-adipose Category from mouth upstream to • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year. Non-adipose fin- winter steelhead is disallowed B fly area boundary above clipped steelhead may be kept Jan. 1 – April 30; 1 per day, 5 per for the first time in many years Rock Creek year. in 2008 due to what is Defer • Open for adipose fin-clipped coho salmon Aug. 1-Dec. 31. described as “social • Open for Chinook salmon Jan. 1 – July 31. considerations” although • Closed between old Hwy 99 bridge and Winchester Dam. ODFW scientists admit the • Use of bait allowed. fishery is sustainable as is. • No angling from a floating device upstream from BLM recreation site (Jim Fairbairn, Fred Worsley) (Lone Rock Ramp) which is located 0.5 miles above the Lone Rock Bridge (Hwy 138). • Closed from markers located upstream from Rock Creek, upstream 700 feet to the fly area boundary.
45 251P Umpqua River Basin • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1– April 30 and Dec. 1– 31. Biologically the South Fork Category 10. South Umpqua River • Non-adipose fin-clipped steelhead may be taken, 1 per day, 5 per Umpqua River can support the B from mouth upstream to take of some wild steelhead as year as part of the daily or annual salmon/steelhead catch limit. Jackson Creek Bridge. it is estimated that the south Reject • Open for trout May [24] 23– Sept. 15. fork gets about the same run • Closed to all angling Sept. 16 – Nov. 30. of fish as on the North • Use of bait allowed. Umpqua. (Fred Worsley)
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49 25S Alton Baker Park • Open for trout and adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year. Provide additional angling Category Canoe Canal • Open to harvest of non-adipose fin-clipped steelhead greater than 24 opportunity for naturally A (Eugene) inches in length June 1 – Oct. 31. produced summer steelhead that • 5 trout per day, 8-inch minimum length. has become established in Adopt • Use of bait allowed. limited numbers in the Willamette Basin. (Jeff Ziller)
49 26S Blue River (McKenzie • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead and adipose fin-clipped trout April Provide additional angling Category Basin, Lane Co.): [26] 25 – Oct. 31. opportunity for naturally A 1. Mainstem and • 5 adipose fin-clipped trout per day, no inch minimum length. produced summer steelhead that tributaries • Open to harvest of non-adipose fin-clipped steelhead greater than 24 has become established in Adopt downstream from inches in length June 1 – Oct. 31. limited numbers in the Willamette Blue River Dam • Use of bait allowed. Basin. (Jeff Ziller)
50 378P Canby Pond • Angling restricted to youth age 17 and under or holders of one of the This is a small pond within a New Category Disabled Anglers Permits. community park and does not Entry A support large numbers of anglers or pressure (Marc Davis, Adopt Association of Northwest Steelheaders)
50 27S Clackamas River • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon and adipose fin-clipped Provide additional consumptive 1. From mouth steelhead entire year. angling opportunity on residual Category upstream to North • Open for adipose fin-clipped coho salmon Aug. 1-Oct. 31. and fallback trout in the Lower A Fork Dam • No angling from a floating device between River Mill Dam and hatchery Clackamas River where fisheries intake structure. currently exist. (Todd Alsbury) Adopt • Open for adipose fin-clipped trout May 23 – October 31, 2 trout per day, and no minimum length. • No angling between markers 400 feet upstream and 100 feet downstream from Faraday Powerhouse June 16 – Oct. 31. • No angling within the entrance of the fishway/fish trap at Cazadero Dam downstream to yellow deadline markers (approximately 275 feet). • Use of bait allowed
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50 28S Clackamas River • 2 trout per day, 8-inch minimum length. Simplify the regulations and open 5. Oak Grove Fork • No limit on size or number of brook trout taken. Catch limits on other trout an additional area to trout fishing. Category and tributaries species do not apply to brook trout. Would extend trout retention A between yellow area downstream for markers at approximately one mile. Current Adopt upstream end of closure not needed (formally for Harriet Lake [USFS protection of spawning brown Bridge located on trout). (Todd Alsbury) Road 57] and Timothy Lake Dam 50 264P Commonwealth • Angling restricted to youth age 17 and under year round. 264P. Create a youth fishery to New Category Pond improve angling success and Entry B experience for kids while Reject • Bass limit 1 per day, no minimum length. allowing a warm water fishery to be self propagating. (Bill Egan, OBPC) 265P • Crappie limit 10 per day, no minimum length. Category 265P. Commonwealth Pond is a A very small pond that was drained Adopt and restocked in 2004 with largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill and sunfish. Limiting 266P bass harvest would reduce the Category need to stock bass as often and B help establish predator/prey Adopt balance. . (Bill Egan, Oregon Bass and Panfish Club).
266P Reduced harvest would allow for propagation reducing the need to stock as often. (Bill Egan, OBPC)
50 78S Detroit Reservoir • Salmon are considered trout. Protect outplanted adult spring Category • Trout greater than 24 inches must be released unharmed Aug. 16 – chinook salmon from harvest. A Oct. 31. (Steve Mamoyac) Adopt
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50 30S Fall Creek (Middle • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon and adipose fin-clipped Provide additional angling Category Fork Willamette, Lane steelhead entire year. The harvest of non-adipose fin-clipped opportunity for naturally A Co.) steelhead July 1 – August 31. produced summer steelhead that Adopt 1. Mainstem • Open Jan. 1 – April [25] 24 and Nov. 1 – Dec. 31, catch and release for has become established in downstream from Fall trout. limited numbers in the Willamette Creek Dam • Open April [26] 25 – Oct. 31, 5 trout per day, 8-inch minimum length. Basin. (Jeff Ziller) • Use of bait allowed.
51 80S Little Fall Creek • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon and adipose fin-clipped Provide additional angling Category (Lane Co.) steelhead entire year. The harvest of non-adipose fin-clipped opportunity for naturally A steelhead July 1 – August 31. produced summer steelhead that Adopt • Open Jan. 1 – April [25] 24 and Nov. 1 – Dec. 31, catch and release for has become established in trout. limited numbers in the Willamette • Open April [26] 25 – Oct. 31, 5 trout per day, 8-inch minimum length. Basin. (Jeff Ziller) • Use of bait allowed.
51 33S Luckiamute River • Open for trout May 23 – October 31, 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum Provide limited consumptive trout New Category length. harvest opportunity in a stream Entry A • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures only. setting in the Willamette Valley. Adopt (Steve Mamoyac)
52 35S McKenzie River • Open for trout entire year, catch and release only as per Zone Provide additional angling Category (Lane/Linn Co.): Regulations. opportunity for naturally A 1. Mouth upstream to • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year. produced summer steelhead that Adopt Hayden Bridge • Open for non-adipose fin-clipped steelhead greater than 24 inches in has become established in length entire year. limited numbers in the Willamette • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon Jan. 1 – Aug. 15. Basin. (Jeff Ziller) • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures as per Zone Regulations.
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52 36S McKenzie River • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year. Provide additional angling Category 2. Hayden Bridge • Open for non-adipose fin-clipped steelhead greater than 24 inches opportunity for naturally A upstream to Forest entire year. produced summer steelhead that Adopt Glen boat ramp near • Open Jan. 1 – April 24 [25], catch and release for trout. has become established in Blue River including • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures Jan. 1 – Apr. 24 [25]. limited numbers in the Willamette Leaburg Lake (see • Open April 25 [26] – Dec. 31, 5 adipose fin-clipped trout per day, no Basin. (Jeff Ziller) separate entry for minimum length. Walterville Canal) • Use of bait allowed April 25 [26] – Dec. 31. • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon Jan. 1 – Aug. 15 from Hayden Bridge to the ODFW markers, approximately 200 feet below the fishways at Leaburg Dam. • Closed within: a. The Leaburg powerhouse tailrace. b. 200 feet downstream of Leaburg Dam to 200 feet upstream of Leaburg Dam. 52 37S McKenzie River • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead and April [26] 25 – Oct. 31. Provide additional angling Category (Lane/Linn Co.): • Open for non-adipose fin-clipped steelhead greater than 24 inches opportunity for naturally A 4. Forest Glen boat entire year. produced summer steelhead that Adopt ramp near Blue River • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures [catch and release only for has become established in upstream to Trail trout,] as per Zone Regulations. limited numbers in the Willamette Bridge Dam • Catch and release only for trout, as per Zone Regulations. Basin. (Jeff Ziller) 38S • Open for trout April [26] 25 – Oct. 31. 38S. Protect native bull trout in Category • Closed to angling within the Carmen Spawning Channel and in the this section of the McKenzie A McKenzie River from Trail Bridge Dam to 200 feet downstream from the River blocked by Trail Bridge Adopt Carmen Spawning channel entrance. Dam. (Jeff Ziller.)
52 39S McKenzie River • Open for trout April [26] 25 – Oct. 31, 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum To allow unlimited harvest on Category (Lane/Linn Co.): length. brook trout to reduce impacts of A 6. Tamolitch Falls • Use of bait allowed. brook trout on native trout. This Adopt [Carmen Reservoir] • No limit on size or number of brook trout taken. Catch limits on other tout portion of the McKenzie River is to Clear Lake species do not apply to brook trout. about 4 miles long and is currently dry under most flow conditions. The anticipated higher minimum flows resulting from the hydroelectric re- licensing will support a fishery in this section of the river. (Jeff Ziller)
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269Pand McKenzie River • [Open for trout entire year, catch and release only per Zone Regulations] Preliminary results of the native 270P (Lane/Linn Co.): • [Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year.] trout research partnership between ODFW and the • [Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon Jan. 1 – Aug. 15]. [1. Mouth upstream to McKenzie River Guides Existing Hayden Bridge] • [Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures, as per Zone Regulations.] Association indicate very few rules resident native rainbows in the ------study area. Accordingly, a Reclass reduced level of hooking • [Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year.] from C to • [Open Jan. 1 – April 24, catch and release for trout.] mortality seems an appropriate
B • [Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures Jan. 1 – April 25]. precautionary response. [2. Hayden Bridge (Stephen Mealey, McKenzie • [Open April 25 – Dec. 31, 5 adipose fin-clipped trout per day, no minimum upstream to Forest River Guides Association) Glen boat ramp near length. Use of bait allowed April 25 – Dec. 31]. Blue River (including • [Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon Jan. 1 – Aug. 15 from Leaburg Lake (see Hayden Bridge to the ODFW markers, approximately 200 feet below the separate entry for fishways at Leaburg Dam] Walterville Canal]) • [Closed within:]
[1. The Leaburg powerhouse tailrace].
• [2. 200 Feet downstream of Leaburg Dam to 200 feet upstream of Leaburg Dam].
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269P McKenzie River • Open for trout entire year. Preliminary results of the native Proposed (Lane/Linn Co.): • 5 adipose fin-clipped trout per day, no minimum length. trout research partnership between ODFW and the 1, Mouth to • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year. Reclass McKenzie River Guides from C to Hendricks Bridge • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon Jan. 1 – Aug. 15. Association indicate very few B • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures, as per Zone resident native rainbows in the Regulations. study area. Accordingly, a Reject ______reduced level of hooking 2. Hendricks Bridge • Open for trout Jan. 1 – April 25, catch and release only with artificial mortality seems an appropriate upstream to flies and lures. precautionary response. (Stephen Mealey, McKenzie Leaburg Dam Open for trout April 26 – Dec. 31, 5 adipose fin-clipped trout per day, • River Guides Association) no minimum length. • Bait allowed April 26 – Dec. 31. • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year. • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon Jan. 1 – Aug. 15 from Hayden Bridge to the ODFW markers, approximately 200 feet below
the fishways at Leaburg Dam.
• Closed within: 1. The Leaburg powerhouse tailrace. • 2. 200 Feet downstream of Leaburg Dam to 200 feet upstream of Leaburg Dam. 270 ______Proposed 3. Leaburg Dam to • Open for trout April 26 – Dec. 31, 5 adipose fin-clipped trout per day, Reclass from C to Forest Glen boat no minimum length. B ramp (includes • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures except from Leaburg Leaburg Lake) Dam to Good pasture Bridge, where use of bait is allowed April 26 – Reject Dec. 31.
52 40S Molalla River • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon [and adipose fin-clipped Provide additional angling Category upstream to Horse steelhead] entire year. opportunity for naturally B Creek Bridge • Open for adipose fin-marked steelhead the entire year and non produced summer steelhead that (Clackamas Co.) adipose fin-clipped steelhead may be retained July 1 – August 31. has become established in Adopt • Use of bait allowed. limited numbers in the Molalla • Open for coho salmon entire year. Basin. (Todd Alsbury)
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52 271P Molalla River • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon and adipose fin-marked The purpose of moving the Reclass upstream to Pine steelhead the entire year. angling deadline downstream to from C to [Horse] Creek Bridge • Use of bait allowed May 15 – July 15. Pine Creek Bridge will provide B (Clackamas Co.) • Open for coho salmon entire year. additional sanctuary habitat for • Single barbless hooks required for all species, year round. threatened salmon and Reject • Catch and release for trout. Bait use not allowed. steelhead. The single barbless • No limit on size or number of bass taken. hook requirement is also intended to reduce mortality associated with catch-and- release. Bait restriction is to reduce unlawful use of bait by anglers targeting trout. The elimination of a bag and size limit on bass will provide increased angler opportunity while potentially reducing predation by introduced bass. (Tom Derry, Native Fish Society) 52 271S Molalla River • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon and adipose fin-marked Public Proposal 271P has been Staff upstream to Pine steelhead the entire year. modified into proposal 271S to alternative • Use of bait allowed May 15 – July 15. eliminate redundant rule proposal [Horse] Creek Bridge • Open for coho salmon entire year. language and to delete the rule (Clackamas Co.) • Use of single barbless hooks encouraged. requiring barbless hooks. Staff Adopt has inserted a barbless hook • No limit on size or number of bass taken. recommendation rather than a requirement. 52 34S Mt. Hood Pond • Angling restricted to youth age 17 and under from April 1 – August 31. Creates a Youth Fishery in an New Category urban setting to improve the Entry B angling success and experience Adopt for kids. (Todd Alsbury) 52 41S Pamelia Lake • Trout bag limit 15 cutthroat trout per day, no minimum size plus Pamelia Lake supports naturally New Category unlimited number of brook trout. reproducing populations of Entry A cutthroat (native) and brook trout Adopt (introduced). This proposal is designed to reduce number of cutthroat trout. (Steve Mamoyac)
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52 42S Rickreall Creek and • Open for trout May 23 – October 31, 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum Provide limited consumptive trout New Category tributaries length. harvest opportunity in a stream Entry A • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures only. setting in the Willamette Valley. This stream has been closed to Adopt consumptive trout angling as part of conservation efforts for wild winter steelhead. Recently, streams in the Coast Range portion of the Upper Willamette winter steelhead recovery area have been determined as being less significant than previously thought in the ESA recovery context, thereby allowing for consideration of expanded angling opportunities. (Steve Mamoyac)
53 43S Row River and • Open Jan. 1 – April [25] 24 and Nov. 1 – Dec. 31, catch and release for Provide additional angling Category tributaries, including trout. opportunity for naturally A Sharps Creek, Brice • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures April [25] 24 and Nov. 1 – produced summer steelhead that Creek, Layng Creek, Dec. 31. has become established in Adopt Mosby Creek, Rat • Open April [26] 25 – Oct. 31, 5 trout per day, 8-inch minimum length. limited numbers in the Willamette Creek, and Teeter • Use of bait allowed April [26] 25 – Oct. 31. Basin. (Jeff Ziller) Creek • Open the entire year for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon and adipose fin-clipped steelhead in the mainstem from the mouth upstream to Dorena dam (tributaries are closed to angling for salmon and steelhead). • Open July 1 – Aug. 31 for non-adipose fin-clipped steelhead in the mainstem from the mouth to Dorena Dam.
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53 44S St. Louis Ponds • One bass per day. Provide additional angling Category (Marion Co.) • Angling from a floating device prohibited on Pond #1 and Pond #3. opportunity by making some A Angling from personnel float tube (no boats allowed) allowed on all ponds mare accessible. Ponds other ponds. See diagram of ponds posted at St. Louis Ponds and #1 and #3 are stocked with trout Adopt on ODFW’s website at and receive the majority of bank http://www.dfw.state.or.us/easy_angling/willamette/st_louis.asp. angler use. (Todd Alsbury). • Closed from 1 hour after sunset until 1 hour before sunrise. Note: The St. Louis Ponds boat use rule is in Division 8 Wildlife Administrative Rules. The Wildlife Division will bring rule change to the Commission following the September Angling Regulation Commission meeting. 53 272P East Salish Pond • Daily bass limit, 1 per day and no minimum length. 272P. Limiting bass harvest New Category • Daily crappie limit, 10 per day no minimum length. would help control fish population Entry A from stunting and reduce the need to stock more bass, trying Adopt to establish predator/prey balance. (Bill Egan, OBPC)
273P 273P. Allows propagation of Category crappie while protecting from A over-harvest. Bill Egan (OBPC)
Adopt
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53 274P Salmon Creek and • [Open for trout April 26 – Oct. 31] Expand trout angling Category Tributaries (Lane Co.) • [5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length]. opportunities to create low- A • [Use of bait allowed April 25 – Oct. 31]. impact angling in the Willamette • [No limit on size or number of brook trout taken. Catch limits on other Zone. The culling of non-native Adopt trout species do not apply to brook trout.] brook trout from upper Salmon Creek will encourage healthy • Open for trout April 25 – Oct. 31. populations of native cutthroat 1. 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length. trout. (Scott Kinney) 2. Use of bait allowed April 25 – Oct. 31. 3. No limit on size or number of brook trout taken. Catch limits on Note: Regulations reformatted for other trout species do not apply to brook trout. readability. • Open for trout Jan. 1 – April 24 and Nov. 1 – Dec. 31, catch and release for trout but catch limits on other trout species do not apply to brook trout. 1. Artificial flies and lures only Jan. 1 – April 24 and Nov. 1 – Dec. 31. 2. No limit on size or number of brook trout taken.
53 275P Salt Creek and • [Open for trout April 26 – Oct. 31] Expand trout angling Category tributaries (Lane Co.) • [5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length]. opportunities to create low- A • [Use of bait allowed April 25 – Oct. 31]. impact angling in the Willamette • [No limit on size or number of brook trout taken. Catch limits on other Zone. The culling of non-native Adopt trout species do not apply to brook trout.] brook trout from Upper Middle Fork Willamette watershed will • Open for trout April 25 – Oct. 31. encourage healthy populations of 4. 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length. native cutthroat trout. (Scott 5. Use of bait allowed April 25 – Oct. 31. Kinney) 6. No limit on size or number of brook trout taken. Catch limits on other trout species do not apply to brook trout. Note: Regulations reformatted for • Open for trout Jan. 1 – April 24 and Nov. 1 – Dec. 31, catch and readability. release for trout but catch limits on other trout species do not apply to brook trout. 3. Artificial flies and lures only Jan. 1 – April 24 and Nov. 1 – Dec. 31. 4. No limit on size or number of brook trout taken. • Closed to angling from Gold Lake boat ramp down Salt Creek 100 yards to markers Jan. 1 – June 30 and Nov. 1 – Dec. 31.
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278P Sandy River • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year. 278P. To spawn at full potential Category 1. Mainstem • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon Feb. 1 – Oct. 31. and maybe make a comeback to B upstream to ODFW the runs of years ago, a smaller • Open for adipose fin-clipped coho salmon Aug. 1 0 Oct. 31. Markers at the harvest could be allowed. (Bob Reject mouth of Salmon • Closed for harvest of smelt. Judkins) River [Marmot Dam] • [Closed to angling from yellow painted rock or cable upstream approximately 200 feet to Marmot Dam.] • Closed within 200 feet of Chinook salmon spawning areas located in Note: also shown are the Oxbow Park where posted by ODFW markers Sept. 16 – Nov. 15. administrative changes needed • No angling from a floating device upstream from a pint hat is 200 feet since Marmot Dam was removed and a new angling boundary below the Oxbow Park boat ramp. established. • Use of bait is allowed.
53 45S Sandy River • Mainstem and tributaries upstream of Salmon River, including the Provide additional angling and Category 2. Mainstem and Salmon River open to steelhead July 1 – August 31. Angling harvest opportunity on naturally B tributaries upstream restricted to artificial flies and lures with a single point hook no produced and hatchery produced from ODFW markers larger than gap size ½ inch gap (size 1) and multiple point hook no summer steelhead in the upper Adopt at the mouth of larger than 3/8 inch gap size (size 4). Sandy Basin. (Todd Alsbury) Salmon River • No limit on size or number of brook trout taken. Catch limits on other trout [Marmot Dam] species do not apply to brook trout. Note: also shown are the administrative changes needed since Marmot Dam was removed and a new angling boundary established. 53 46S Santiam River • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year and non-adipose fin- 46S. Provide additional angling Category (Marion Co.) clipped steelhead may be retained July 1 – August 31. opportunity for naturally A • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon Jan. 1 – Aug. 15 and Nov. 1 produced and summer steelhead 1. Mainstem Adopt – Dec. 31. that has become established in
• Open for coho salmon Jan. 1 – Aug. 15 and Nov. 1 – Dec. 31. limited numbers in the Santiam • Open for trout May 23 – October 31, 2 adipose fin-clipped trout per River Basin. 47S day, no minimum length. Category • Use of bait allowed. 47S. Provide additional angling A opportunity for hatchery Adopt produced summer steelhead residuals. (Steve Mamoyac)
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53 48S Santiam River, • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year and non-adipose fin- Provide additional angling Category 2. Little North Fork clipped steelhead may be retained July 1 – August 31. opportunity for naturally A • Use of bait allowed. produced and summer steelhead Adopt that has become established in limited numbers in the Santiam River Basin. . (Steve Mamoyac) 53 280P Santiam River, • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year. Reduce angling impacts to native Category 2. Little North Fork • [Use of bait allowed.] trout, salmon and steelhead. B • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures only Hatchery steelhead are not Adopt planted in this river. The trout fishermen kill so many of the smolts in the summer there is little change that these stocks can rebound. (Dennis Richey)
53 49S Santiam River, • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year. 49S. Provide additional angling Category 3. North Fork up to • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year and non adipose fin- opportunity for naturally A Big Cliff Dam clipped steelhead may be retained July 1 – August 31. produced and summer steelhead Adopt • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon Jan. 1 – Aug. 15 and Nov. in the Santiam River Basin. 1 – Dec. 31. (Steve Mamoyac) • Open for trout May 23 – October 31, 2 adipose fin-clipped trout per 50S. Provide additional angling 50S day, no minimum length. opportunity for hatchery Category • Open for coho salmon Jan. 1 – Aug. 15 and Nov. 1 – Dec. 31. produced summer steelhead A • Closed: residuals. (Steve Mamoyac) Adopt 1. From the ODFW markers located near foot bridge [foot bridge (old 51S. Increase bank angling railroad bridge)] upstream to the falls located upstream from the opportunity for spring Chinook 51S highway bridge in Mill City; salmon in the North Santiam Category 2. From the markers at Packsaddle Park (located about 200 feet River. (Steve Mamoyac) A above the boat ramp) upstream to 400 feet upstream from the dam 52S Increase area of North Fork Adopt and fish trap which is located near Niagara C. Santiam River available to fish 3. Within Stayton Power Canal. for hatchery summer steelhead 52S • Use of bait allowed. to encompass a former popular Category summer steelhead fishing area A above the boat ramp. (Steve Adopt Mamoyac)
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53 53S Santiam River, • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year and non-adipose fin- 53S. Provide additional angling Category 5. South Fork (S. clipped steelhead may be retained July 1 – August 31. opportunity for naturally A Santiam) to Foster • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon Jan. 1 – Aug. 15 and Nov. 1 produced and summer steelhead Adopt Dam – Dec. 31. that has become established in • Open for coho salmon Jan. 1 – Aug. 15 and Nov. 1 – Dec. 31. limited numbers in the Santiam • Open for trout May 23 – October 31, 2 adipose fin-clipped trout per River Basin. 54S day, no minimum length. Category • Closed form Foster Dam downstream about 1/4 mile to ODFW markers. 54S. Provide additional angling A • Use of bait allowed opportunity for hatchery Adopt produced summer steelhead residuals. (Steve Mamoyac)
54 79S Small Fry Lake • Angling restricted to youth age 17 and under. PGE has partnered with ODFW New Category • Open all year to trout angling, 2 trout per day with no minimum to create a public youth fishery at Entry B length. Small Fry Lake. PGE in the past has limited anglers to age 17 and Adopt under, but with ODFW partnering and opening to public a rule needed to be adopted for Youth Angling. (Todd Alsbury, John Esler PGE)
54 55S Three Sisters • Open for trout in streams April [26] 25 – Oct. 31. With recent changes to high Category Wilderness, all • No limit on size or number of brook trout taken. Catch limits on other trout lakes stocking to include triploid A streams [and lakes] in species do not apply to brook trout. brook trout, it is no longer the Willamette • Use of bait allowed. appropriate to allow unlimited Adopt National Forest brook trout harvest in the lakes Portion (Lane Co.) stocked with triploid trout in the Three Sisters Wilderness area.
Separate entry will be added listing lakes not stocked with sterile brook trout and unlimited brook trout harvest is allowed. (Jeff Ziller)
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54 55S Cascade Lakes, • No limit on size or number of brook trout taken. Catch limits on With recent changes to high New (Cont.) select lakes in the other trout species do not apply to brook trout. lakes stocking to include triploid Entry Category Willamette National • Use of bait allowed. brook trout, it is no longer A Forest Portion (Lane appropriate to allow unlimited Co.): Blue, Corner, brook trout harvest in the lakes Adopt Lower Eddeeleo, stocked with triploid trout in the Upper Eddeeleo, Three Sisters Wilderness area. Goose, Heart, Upper Separate entry will be added Horse, Linton, Nash, listing lakes not stocked with Pen, Porky, Upper sterile brook trout and unlimited Salmon, Separation, brook trout harvest is allowed. Spring and (Jeff Ziller) Timpanogas.
52 56S Willamette River: • See Health Advisory on Page 18. Splitting the zone at Willamette Category 1. Mouth upstream • Open for adipose fin-clipped coho salmon Aug. 1 – Oct. 31. Falls will simplify the rules and A to Willamette Falls • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon and adipose fin-clipped reduce the potential for creating Adopt (including steelhead entire year. angler confusion since recently Multnomah • 10 walleye per day. No more than 5 per day over 18 inches and only one developed regulations are often Channel/Willamette may be over 24 inches, 2 daily limits in possession. different in these two areas but New Slough) • Use of bait allowed. are currently lumped together. Formatting NOTE: Sturgeon fisheries are managed on a quota basis. Anglers should (Todd Alsbury) • check the status of regulations prior to fishing as modifications will be make in-season if necessary to remain within catch guidelines. • Closed from 200 feet upstream from the fishway at Oregon City Falls to an imaginary line downstream from fishway described as follows: a. Beginning 54 feet below the southwesterly corner of the electric plant on Black Point; then b. To the northeasterly corner of Mill A grinder room on the west side of river; then c. Straight downstream 20 feet below the grinder room arches; then d. West to the bank of the river. e. No angling from a boat while any part of the boat is inside this closed area. • Closed in the tailrace of the West Linn Paper Company and described as follows: a. Beginning at the south of the tailrace on the south bank; then b. Extending across the tailrace following the line established by the
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bridge across the tailrace to the north bank; then c. In a westerly, southerly and easterly direction around the bank of the tailrace to the pace of beginning. d. No angling from a boat while any part of the boat is inside this closed area. Refer to General (Statewide) Regulations on page 9 for regulations covering the harvest of Pacific lamprey. 54 56S Willamette River: • See Health Advisory on Page 18. Splitting the zone at Willamette Category 2. Willamette Falls • Open for adipose fin-clipped coho salmon entire year. Falls will simplify the rules. (Todd A upstream to Hwy. 20 • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon and adipose fin- Alsbury) Adopt Bridge located at clipped steelhead entire year. Albany • Use of bait allowed. New Formatting
55 57S Willamette River: • See Health Advisory on page 18. Provide additional angling Category 4. Mouth of McKenzie • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon [and adipose fin-clipped opportunity for naturally A River upstream to steelhead] the entire year. produced summer steelhead that Coast Fork and • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead the entire year and non has become established in Adopt tributaries except see adipose fin-marked steelhead may be retained from July 1 – August limited numbers in the Willamette listing for Alton Baker 31. Basin. (Jeff Ziller) Canoe Canal • Open Jan. 1 – April [25] 24 and Nov. 1 – Dec. 321, catch and release for trout. April [26] 25- Oct. 31, 5 trout per day, 8-inch minimum length. • Use of bait allowed. 55 58S Willamette River: • See Health Advisory on page 18. Provide additional angling Category 5. Coast Fork and • Open entire year for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon [and adipose fin- opportunity for naturally A tributaries clipped steelhead in the mainstem] from the mouth upstream to Cottage produced summer steelhead that Grove Dam. Tributaries are closed to angling for salmon and steelhead, has become established in Adopt except Row River up to Dorena Dam limited numbers in the Willamette • Open all year for adipose fin-clipped steelhead and non-adipose fin- Basin. (Jeff Ziller) marked steelhead may be retained from July 1 – August 31 in the mainstem from mouth upstream to Cottage Grove Dam. • Open Jan. 1 – April [25] 24 and Nov. 1 – Dec. 31, catch and release for trout. • Angling r[R]estricted to artificial flies and lures Jan. 1 - April [25] 25 and Nov. 1 – Dec. 31 • Open April [26] 25- Oct. 31, 5 trout per day, 8-inch minimum length. • Use of bait allowed.
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55 59S Willamette River: • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon [and adipose fin-clipped Provide additional angling Category 6. Middle Fork steelhead] the entire year. opportunity for naturally A upstream to Dexter • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead the entire year and non produced summer steelhead that Dam adipose fin-marked steelhead may be retained from July 1 – August has become established in Adopt 31. limited numbers in the Willamette • Open Jan. 1 – April [25] 25 and Nov. 1 – Dec. 31, catch and release for Basin. (Jeff Ziller) trout. 4 • Open April [26] 25- Oct. 31, 5 trout per day, 8-inch minimum length. • From Dexter Dam downstream 400 feet to markers: • 1. Only 1 single-point hook 5/8-inch gap or smaller may be used; and • 2. No angling from the north shore, from a floating device, or while wading. • Use of bait allowed.
55 286P Winberry Creek and • Open Jan. 1 – April 24 and Nov. 1 – Dec. 31, catch and release for Expand year-round non- Category tributaries (Lane Co.) trout. consumptive, low-impact angling A • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures Jan. 1 - April 24 and Nov. opportunities in the Willamette 1 – Dec. 31. Zone. (Scott Kinney) Adopt • Open for trout April 25[26] – Oct. 31. • 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length. • Use of bait allowed April 25 – Oct. 31.
287P Yamhill River • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures. Provide more youth angling Category (Yamhill Co.) • Open for coho salmon Aug. 1 – Oct. 31. opportunity. (Gary Stuck) A 2. South Yamhill from confluence with North Adopt Yamhill upstream to mouth of Rock Creek [Steel Bridge Road in Willamina] 55 60S Yamhill River • Open May 23 – October 31, 5 adipose fin-clipped trout per day, no Restore consumptive trout Category (Yamhill Co.) minimum length, artificial flies and lures only. angling for adipose fin-marked B 2. South Yamhill from • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures. trout (sterile, Triploid trout) on the confluence with North • Open for coho salmon Aug. 1 – Oct. 31. South Fork Yamhill River that Adopt Yamhill upstream to was eliminated due to EAS Steel Bridge Road in concerns regarding recovery of Willamina winter steelhead. (Tom Murtagh)
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59 61S Billy Chinook, Lake • Open March 1 – Oct. 31. In addition to an Oregon angling license, a tribal This proposal is designed to Category (Round angling permit is required; see Special Regulations for Warms Springs reduce harvest of kokanee A Butte)(Jefferson Co); Reservation at end of this zone. in Lake Billy Chinook in 1. Metolius Arm • 1 bull trout per day and 1 bull trout in possession; 24 inch minimum length. response to decreasing Adopt (tribal water): • Closed to all angling from the cable car crossing on the Metolius River to a abundance of spawning East Boundary – a signed point approximately 350 yards downstream. kokanee. line running form the • Bull trout must be immediately released unharmed unless kept in the daily (Ted Wise) west abutment of catch limit. Round Butte Dam to • Unlawful to continue angling for any species once a bull trout has been the southern land harvested. point where the • Trout daily limit, 5 trout per day, only 1 trout over 20 inches may be taken Deschutes and per day. Kokanee are included as part of the trout bag limit. Metolius arms • [25 kokanee per day (no size limits) in addition to other trout species catch intersect. limits.] West Boundary – • 10 bass per day, no minimum length limit. cable car crossing. • Closed for crayfish (except tribal fishery) in Metolius Arm (tribal water).
59 289P Billy Chinook, Lake • 2 [1] bull trout per day and 2 [1] bull trout in possession; 12 inch minimum Increase harvest of sub- Category (Round length and 24 inch maximum [minimum] length. adult bull trout. Increase B Butte)(Jefferson Co); survival of kokanee. (Scott 2. Metolius Arm Only bull trout rule presented. All other rules remain the same. Robertson, Angie Madden, Reject (tribal water): Eric Herb, Joe Moritz, Manuel Garcia, and others) 59 290P Billy Chinook, Lake • 2 [1] bull trout per day and 2 [1] bull trout in possession; 12 inch minimum The purpose of this slot Category (Round length and only one over 24 inches in [minimum] length. regulation is to increase the B Butte)(Jefferson Co); harvest of bull trout before 3. Metolius Arm they eat large numbers of Reject (tribal water): Only bull trout rule presented. All other rules remain the same. kokanee. (Berdi Wachter)
59 292P Billy Chinook, Lake • 1 or 2 [1] bull trout per day and 1 or 2 [1] bull trout in possession; 12 inch Allow harvest of small bull Category (Round minimum length and 24 inches maximum [minimum] length. trout that eat huge numbers B Butte)(Jefferson Co); of small kokanee. (Brian Metolius Arm (tribal Only bull trout rule presented. All other rules remain the same. Wildish) Reject water):
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59 293P Billy Chinook, Lake • Open March 1 – Oct. 31. In addition to an Oregon angling license, a tribal Allow anglers to legally (Round angling permit is required; see Special Regulations for Warms Springs harvest bull trout and Modified Butte)(Jefferson Co); Reservation at end of this zone. continue angling for other by staff 4. Metolius Arm • 1 bull trout per day and 1 bull trout in possession; 24 inch minimum length. fish species. ,. (Eric Herb, (tribal water): • Closed to all angling from the cable car crossing on the Metolius River to a Michael Provost, Scott Category signed point approximately 350 yards downstream. Robertson, Stephen Kelly, B • Bull trout must be immediately released unharmed unless kept in the daily Steve Kroll, William catch limit. Borgesen, Darrell Mona and Adopt • Unlawful to hold live bull trout. Jerome Loomis) • [Unlawful to continue angling for any species once a bull trout has been harvested] Staff inserted the 2003 • Trout daily limit, 5 trout per day, only 1 trout over 20 inches may be taken Restriction that was in place per day. Kokanee are included as part of the trout bag limit. prior to the current prohibition preventing angles • [25 kokanee per day (no size limits) in addition to other trout species catch from continuing to angle limits.] when the retained a bull • 10 bass per day, no minimum length limit. trout. (Brett Hodgson) • Closed for crayfish (except tribal fishery) in Metolius Arm (tribal water)
59 62S Crane Prairie • Open April [26] 25 – Oct. 31 Conservation of wild rainbow Category Reservoir • Closed from 1 hour after sunset until 1 hour before sunrise. trout in Crane Prairie. (Brett B (Deschutes Co.) • [Daily trout limit may include only 1 rainbow trout over 16 inches in length.] Hodgsen) Adopt • The 5 trout daily limit may include only 1 rainbow trout over 20 inches in length of which may be an unmarked rainbow trout.
59 296P Crane Prairie • Open April [26] 25 – Oct. 31 Proposed rule would allow Category Reservoir • Closed from 1 hour after sunset until 1 hour before sunrise. more wild trout spawners in B (Deschutes Co.) • [Daily trout limit may include only 1 rainbow trout over 16 inches in length.] tributaries of Crane Prairie Reservoir. (multiple • The 5 trout daily limit may include 1 rainbow trout over 16 inches in Reject length and all non fin-clipped rainbow trout must be released unharmed. proposals submitted Proposals 296P and 298P combined into 296P. 59 299P Crane Prairie • Open April [26] 25 – Oct. 31 Retention of a 16-inch fin- Category Reservoir • Closed from 1 hour after sunset until 1 hour before sunrise. clipped fish will accomplish a B (Deschutes Co.) • [Daily trout limit may include only 1 rainbow trout over 16 inches in length.] stated ODFW goal and provide a consumptive • The 5 trout daily limit may include only 1 rainbow trout over 20 inches in Reject length and all non fin-clipped rainbow trout must be released unharmed. fishery. By leaving all "wild" • Use of barbless hooks encouraged. stock, size and genetics will rebuild a stronger fishery. (Bob Griffin)
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59 307P Davis Lake and Odell • [2 trout per day, 10-inch minimum length and 13-inch maximum length.] Catch-and-release would Category Creek Channel up to • Catch-and-release for trout. allow the rainbow population B boat ramp at West • No limit on size or number of warmwater game fish. to increase. (Bob Griffin, Davis lake • Restricted to fly angling only with barbless hooks (see fly angling definition, William Seitz) Reject campground page 6). (Klamath Co.) • Closed from 1 hour afer sunset until 1 hour before sunrise. 60 63S Deschutes River • Open May [24] 23 – Sept. 30. Increase harvest of brook Category 6. Crane Prairie • Catch and release only for rainbow trout, 5 [2] brook trout per day. trout and reduce competition B Reservoir upstream between the wild redband to Little Lava Lake trout and introduced brook Adopt trout populations that rear in the upper reach of the Deschutes River above Crane Prairie. (Ted Wise)
60 319P Deschutes River • Open May [24] 23 – Sept. 30. This proposal seeks to 6. Crane Prairie • [Catch and release only for rainbow trout 2 brook trout per day.] eliminate the possibility of Category Reservoir upstream • 2 fin-clipped rainbow trout per day; catch and release for wild, non- hatchery (fin-clipped) B to Little Lava Lake fin-clipped rainbow trout, two brook trout per day. rainbow trout entering the upper Deschutes River Reject system. (Bob Mullong)
60 320P Deschutes River • Open May [24] 23 – [Sept. 30] Oct. 31. This rule will allow the 6. Crane Prairie • Catch and release only for rainbow trout [2 brook trout per day.] population of wild fish to Category Reservoir upstream • 5 fin-clipped rainbow trout per day and 2 brook trout per day. increase in Crane Prairie B to Little Lava Lake Reservoir. Allow anglers more opportunity to harvest Reject these hatchery spawners, (William Seitz)
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61 324P Prineville Reservoir • [Largemouth and smallmouth bass, 12 inch minimum length.] 324P Proposal needed to Category (Crook Co.) • Largemouth and smallmouth bass, 5 per day, 15-inch maximum length, increase the number of A only one of which may be a largemouth bass. larger sized largemouth • Crappie, 8-inch minimum length. bass for catch and release Adopt angling while providing quality fish that can be taken 327P in the daily bag. (Chuck Category Lang) B 327P The proposed change Reject over time is intended to increase the size of the crappie available for harvest. (Chuck Lang l)
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67 64S Imnaha River • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1 – April 15 and Sept. 1 – Dec. Proposal will reduce ability of Category (Wallowa Co.); 31. anglers to intentionally or A 1. Upstream to • Only adipose fin-clipped trout may be kept. incidentally catch spring chinook Adopt Big Sheep Creek • Catch and release for bull trout. salmon during the trout season. • Angling restricted to single-point hook no larger than 3/8 inch gap or (Brad Smith) multiple-point hook no larger than 1/4 inch gap May 23 – August 31 unless open by emergency rule for spring Chinook salmon angling.
67 64S Imnaha River • Closed between 200 feet downstream from the fish weir and the water intake Continued (Wallowa Co.); located ½ mile downstream from Gumboot Creek (0.3mile) Category 2. Upstream from • Catch and release for bull trout. A Big Sheep Creek • Angling restricted to single-point hook no larger than 3/8 inch gap or Adopt multiple-point hook no larger than 1/4 inch gap May 23 – August 31 unless open by emergency rule for spring Chinook salmon angling.
68 65S Lostine River • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures with single-point hook no larger Proposal will reduce ability of Category (Wallowa Co.); than 3/8 inch gap or multiple-point hook no larger than 1/4 inch gap. anglers to intentionally or A mouth to forks incidentally catch spring chinook Adopt salmon during the trout season. (Brad Smith) 69 331P Wenaha River • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1 – Aril 15 and Sept. 1 – Dec. 31. Maintain quality trout fishing on Category (Wallowa Co.) • Two trout per day, 8 inch minimum length. the Wenaha River. (Justin A 1. upstream to • Catch and release for bull trout. Sangster). Adopt Crooked Creek 69 331P Wenaha River • Two trout per day, 8 inch minimum length. Continued (Wallowa Co.) • Catch and release for bull trout. Category 2. From Crooked A Creek to the Adopt Confluence of North and South Forks 69 331P Wenaha River • Two trout per day, 8 inch minimum length. Additional formatting needed for New Continued 3. Remainder of • Closed to angling for bull trout. 331P. Entry Category Wenaha River A Basin (Upper Adopt South Fork and all tributaries)
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69 332P Willow Creek • Catch and release only for largemouth bass. 332P. Largemouth bass density New Category Reservoir • Smallmouth bass per Zone Regulations, 5 per day, no more than 3 over continues to decrease, no Entry B 15 inches. recruitment is evident in at lead Adopt • Crappie limit, 20 per day no minimum size. the last 9 years and harvest and natural mortality of adult trophy bass has resulted in a 334P continuous decline in abundance Category since 1989. Protection is B especially needed for largemouth bass. (Bob Judkins) Reject 334P. Proposal is to protect crappie form over harvest. During the last three years irrigation has drawdown the reservoir ad reduced spawn of crappie. The current plans for enhanced drawdown during spring could seriously impact species. (Bill Egan, OBPC)
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76 335P Agency Lake • [1 trout per day, use of bait allowed.] The purpose of this proposal is to Reclass (Klamath Co.) • Catch-and-release only for trout. protect the declining numbers of from C to Redband trout impacted by B increased fishing pressures and significant river related Reject construction projects (Ed Miranda, Jr., Randy Rigdon, Sid Mathis, members of Klamath County Guides Association) 78 66S Pilcher Creek • Open April 25 – October 31. Proposal will change the Category Reservoir regulation back to the historic B April trout season opener due to Adopt numerous requests from local anglers. (Tim Bailey) 78 342P Rock Creek • Closed to all angling ½ mile below Rock Creek campground. With a non-functioning reservoir New Category and the demise of the beavers, Entry B these fish are exposed to a myriad of environmental Reject challenges. This race of fish exist no where else. (Michael Ogle) 79 343P Williamson • Open May [24] 23 – Oct. 31. The kill of redband trout on the Reclass River (Klamath • [1 trout per day.] lower part of the river is out of from C to Co.) • Catch and release only for trout. control, whether legal or illegal B Section 1. Mouth there is an impact to the fishery. upstream to the (Ed Miranda, Jr.; Randy Rigdon; Reject Modoc Point Sid Mathis; and members of the Road Bridge Klamath County Guides Association) 79 343P Williamson • Open May [24] 23 – Oct. 31. The kill of redband trout on the Reclass River (Klamath • [1 trout per day.] lower part of the river is out of from C to Co.) • Catch and release only for trout. control, whether legal or illegal B Section 2. Modoc • [Catch and release for trout Aug. 1 – Oct. 31.] there is an impact to the fishery. Point Road • No angling from a motor-propelled craft while motor is operating. (Ed Miranda, Jr.; Randy Rigdon; Reject Bridge to Kirk Sid Mathis; and members of the Bridge. Klamath County Guide
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79 343P Williamson • Open May [24] 23 – Oct. 31. The kill of redband trout on the Reclass River (Klamath • [1 trout per day.] lower part of the river is out of from C to Co.) • Catch and release only for trout. control, whether legal or illegal B Section 3. Kirk • [Catch and release for trout Aug. 1 – Oct. 31.] there is an impact to the fishery. Bridge upstream • No angling from a floating device. (Ed Miranda, Jr.; Randy Rigdon; Reject to headwaters. Sid Mathis; and members of the Klamath County Guide
67 344P Willow Valley • Bass catch limits, 1 per day 15 inches or longer. Create a quality largemouth bass New Category Reservoir fishery and warmwater fishery by Entry A (Klamath Co.) keeping numbers of bass high to keep the yellow perch population Adopt suppressed. (Paul Zuest, Klamath BassMasters)
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90 71S Warmwater 5 per day, 2 daily • No more than 3 bass over 15 inches in Open all Added note to reinforce new Category Gamefish: limits in length. year. rule. A Largemouth bass possession. • Note: See Special Regulations for bass Adopt and Smallmouth above McNary Dam. bass
91 357P Walleye 5 [10] per Day, 2 • No more than 5 per day over [18] 16 inches Open all A history of poor/sporadic Category daily limits in and only one may be over 24 inches. year. recruitment -- recent catches B possession of 8 to 11-inch Walleye Reject indicate at least one good spawning cycle -- these fish should be protected and allowed to grow to an acceptable size. (Bud Hartman) 91 8S Sturgeon 1 per day, • [42]-38 inch minimum and [60] 54-inch Open all Statewide conversion to Category 5 per year maximum length from river mouth upstream year, except sturgeon fork length as the A to The Dalles Dam. as noted standard sturgeon • [48] 43-inch minimum and [60] 54-inch under measurement in Oregon and Adopt maximum length from The Dalles Dam Special Washington. To be upstream to the Oregon-Washington Regulations. implemented January 1, 2009 border. NOTE: concurrent with Washington. • All oversize, undersize, and unwanted legal Sturgeon (John North) size sturgeon must be released fisheries are immediately unharmed into the water. managed on • Oversize sturgeon cannot be removed a quota totally or in part from the water. basis. • Only one single-point, barbless hook may Anglers be used for sturgeon angling in the lower should Willamette up to Willamette Falls including check the the Multnomah Channel. status of • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures regulations in streams. Se exceptions under Special prior to Regulations where use of bait is allowed. fishing.
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92 75S Columbia River: • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon, adipose fin-clipped coho Rule changes proposed by the Category 2. A line projected salmon and adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1 – March 31. Oregon/Washington Working B from Rocky Point • Open for adipose fin-clipped jack Chinook salmon and adipose fin-clipped Group in order to have Adopt on the Washington steelhead May 16 – July 31. concurrent fishing regulations bank through Red • Open for Chinook salmon, adipose fin-clipped coho salmon and adipose fin- for the Columbia River. Buoy 44 to the clipped steelhead Aug. 1 – Dec. 31. Minimum length for salmon navigation light at • Minimum length for salmon is 12 inches. and steelhead (and trout) in Tongue Point on • Angling from Big Creek railroad trestle bridge near mouth closed Sept. 1 – 30. Washington for this area is 12 the Oregon bank • See Health Advisory on page 18. inches. (John North) upstream to I-5 Bridge 92 75S Columbia River: • Closed for trout. Rule changes proposed by the Category 3. I-5 Bridge • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1 – March 31 and June 16 – Dec. Oregon/Washington Working B upstream to 31. Group in order to have Adopt Bonneville Dam • Open for adipose fin-clipped jack Chinook salmon June 16 – July 31. concurrent fishing regulations • Open for Chinook and adipose fin-marked coho salmon Aug. 1 – Dec. 31. for the Columbia River. • Closed: Minimum length for salmon 1. Between markers located 150 feet upstream and 450 feet downstream and steelhead (and trout) in from the mouth of Tanner Creek out to center of the Columbia River Aug. Washington for this area is 12 16 – Oct. 15; inches. (John North) 2. Inside the south navigation lock at Bonneville Dam from a marker on the westernmost point of Robins Island to a marker on the Oregon mainland shore. R • Bank angling prohibited: 1. From Bradford Island below Bonneville Dam from south shore between the dam and a line perpendicular to the shoreline marker at west end of riprap and from north shore between fishway entrance and a line perpendicular to the shoreline marker 850 feet downstream; 2. From Robins Island below Bonneville Dam downstream to a line perpendicular to the shoreline marker on mooring cell. • Angling from a floating device or using a floating device to set lines is prohibited in the area between Bonneville Dam and a line crossing the river downstream from the dam marked by a sign on the Oregon shore at the western-most tip of Robins Island to a sign approximately 50 feet upstream of the Hamilton Island boat ramp on the Washington shore (USACE Boat Restriction Zone). • Angling for sturgeon is prohibited from Marker 85 upstream to Bonneville Dam May 1 – July 31. Angling for salmon from a floating device is prohibited from Beacon Rock upstream to Bonneville Dam Nov. 1 – Dec. 31.
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92 356P Columbia River: • See Health Advisory on page 18. Proposal is made to stop Category 4. Bonneville Dam • Closed for trout. snagging of the Endangered B upstream to • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1 – March 31 and June 16 – Dec. salmon and steelhead. (Jim Oregon/Washington 31. Anderson; Ken Schleicher; Reject border located • Open for adipose fin-clipped jack Chinook salmon June 16 – July 31. Kevin Horton; and Tony Rico, upstream of • Open for Chinook and coho salmon Aug. 1 – Dec. 31. Only adipose fin- Jr. McNary Dam. marked coho salmon may be retained between Bonneville Dam and the Hood River bridge at River mile 169. • Angling for sturgeon retention Jan. 1 – until quota reached, catch and release may continue after quota reached. • Angling for sturgeon is prohibited from the west end of the grain silo at Rufus upstream to John Day Dam May 1 – July 31. • When angling for salmon and adipose fin-clipped steelhead, a single-point hook is required for all nonbuoyant lures. Nonbuoyant lures sink in freshwater. • No vertical jigging, within existing commercial fishing boundaries 400 feet above and below tributary mouths Aug. 1 – Oct. 1. • Closed: 1. Bonneville Dam upstream to a line across the river 1,000 feet from the dam as indicated by USACE signs; 2. Interstate Hwy 197 bridge at The Dalles upstream to the upper line of The Dalles Dam, except bank angling is permitted upstream from the highway bridge for 1,100 feet to the cyclone fence; 3. John Day Dam downstream about 3,000 feet except that bank angling is permitted up to 600 feet below the fishway entrance; 4. From a floating Device in USACE designated hazard zones above and below Mc Nary Dam.
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92 Columbia River: • See Health Advisory on page 18. 4. Bonneville Dam • Closed for trout. upstream to • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1 – March 31 and June 16 – Dec. Oregon/Washington 31. border located • Open for adipose fin-clipped jack Chinook salmon June 16 – July 31. upstream of • Open for Chinook and coho salmon Aug. 1 – Dec. 31. Only adipose fin- 76S and 77S. Rule changes McNary Dam. marked coho salmon may be retained between Bonneville Dam and the Hood proposed by the River bridge at River mile 169. Oregon/Washington Working • Angling for sturgeon retention Jan. 1 – until quota reached, catch and release Group in order to have may continue after quota reached. concurrent fishing regulations • Angling for sturgeon is prohibited from the west end of the grain silo at Rufus for the Columbia River for upstream to John Day Dam May 1 – July 31. night fishing and hook restrictions (John North) • When angling for salmon and adipose fin-clipped steelhead, a single-point 77S hook with a gap size no larger than 3/4 inch is required for all nonbuoyant Category 71S. Consistent rules with lures August 1 – October 15 from Bonneville Dam to the B Washington. The rationale for Oregon/Washington border. Nonbuoyant lures sink in freshwater. Adopt the change in Washington is • Angling for salmon and adipose fin-marked steelhead would be as follows: The current allowed 24 hours/day above McNary Dam August 1 – October 15. statewide bass rule that Holders of a Washington angling license may launch from Oregon and 76S addresses both largemouth fish 24 hours/day in the Columbia River from McNary Dam upstream to Category and smallmouth bass is only the Oregon/Washington border during the August 1 – October 15 B effective in management of season. Adopt largemouth bass. It provides • too much harvest protection • When angling for bass above McNary Dam; for smallmouth bass. The 71S 1. Largemouth bass rule; 5 fish per day no minimum size limit. Only focus of increasing Category largemouth bass less than 12 inches may be retained, except 1 smallmouth bass harvest A over 17 inches may be retained. needs to be directed at fish Adopt 2. Smallmouth Bass rule; 10 fish per day, only 1 over 14 inches in less than 14 inches in length length may be retained. to avoid even greater • Closed: increases in abundance of this 5. Bonneville Dam upstream to a line across the river 1,000 feet from the smaller size group of dam as indicated by USACE signs; smallmouth bass. (Bill Duke 6. Interstate Hwy 197 bridge at The Dalles upstream to the upper line of The and Rhine Messmer) Dalles Dam, except bank angling is permitted upstream from the highway bridge for 1,100 feet to the cyclone fence; 7. John Day Dam downstream about 3,000 feet except that bank angling is permitted up to 600 feet below the fishway entrance; 8. From a floating Device in USACE designated hazard zones above and below Mc Nary Dam.
50 MARINE ZONE REGULATIONS
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90 Regulations for this zone: 1. The ocean is separated from rivers and bays by: a. Normal high tide lines along coastal beaches, where there are no jetties; b. The ends of jetties, where they exist, except for the Columbia River; c. A north-south line running through Buoy 10 in the Columbia River
2. License requirements for those 14 years and older for this zone are: a. An Oregon angling license is required to angle for or land marine fish except smelt; b. A license is required to harvest shellfish. Permits are required as listed under abalone, clams, mud and ghost shrimp, and intertidal invertebrates in the following table. Contact ODFW Newport 541-867-4741, Charleston 541-888-5515, or Astoria 503-325-2462 for information. 3. Persons coming ashore in Oregon with ocean caught fish or shellfish are subject to all Oregon sport fishing and licensing regulations. . 4. All areas are open except those listed under Season, Special Regulations or closed by a Public Health Advisory. . 5. Oregon Dept. of Agriculture Public Health Advisory for shellfish: a. Any estuary or beach with a health advisory will be closed immediately until the advisory is removed; b.. For current information concerning shellfish health advisories, call 503-986-4728 or 1-800-448- 2474.
6 Barbed hooks are allowed when angling for marine fish except as noted for salmon or steelhead. 7. In the waters of the Pacific Ocean and in the Columbia River from a north-south line upstream to a line projected from Rocky Point on the Washington bank through red buoy 44 to the navigation light at Shore based anglers have Tongue Point on the Oregon bank, each angler aboard a vessel may continue to use angling gear until been filleting fish to disguise the daily limit of fish for all legally licensed and juvenile anglers aboard has been achieved. However, short fish prior to departing the no individual angler may exceed any personal daily bag limit. fishing area. Rule change is 8. It is unlawful for any person to fish for, or take and retain any species of salmon, Pacific Halibut, or needed to enforce bag and Marine Fish while possessing on board any species not allowed to be taken in the area at the time. length limits for shore anglers. 9. These angling regulations apply within the state’s Fisheries Conservation Zone, which extends 50 Additionally remove the "any miles from shore. In addition, some fisheries are co-managed with the federal government, so the marine fish" reference to clarify 67S regulations may apply out to 200 miles from shore. that herring and other bait fish Category 19. It is unlawful for anglers fishing from a boat to mutilate fish so the size or species cannot be can be used, and are not A determined prior to landing or to transport mutilated fish across state waters and also unlawful limited by this rule. (Sgt. Todd Adopt for anglers fishing from shore to mutilate fish so that size or species cannot be determined prior Thompson, OSP) to reaching their automobile or principle means of land transportation, and having completed their daily angling.
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98 Marine Fish: • 22 inch minimum length for lingcod. Waters are open all New Rule language Lingcod (including 2 fish • 16 inch minimum length for cabezon year, 24 hours per day moved up into green colored • 10 inch minimum length for greenling unless noted under Regulations for Marine lingcod) • May be taken by angling, hand, bow and Special Regulations. Zone. Rockfish (“sea bass”, 6 fish in total arrow, spear, gaff hook, snag hook and In addition, ocean 67S snapper”) Greenling herring jigs. closed April 1 through Continued (“sea trout”), Retention of • [Unlawful to mutilate so that the size and Sept. 30 outside of the Category Cabezon, Skates and yelloweye species cannot be determined prior to 40-fathom curve A other marine species rockfish and landing, or to transport mutilated fish (defined by latitude Adopt not listed. canary rockfish across state waters.] and longitude) for is prohibited. these species. Flatfish, (Flounders, 25 fish in total Soles, Sandabs, Turbots and Halibuts except Pacific Halibut).
98 Surfperch (includes 15 fish in • May be taken by angling, hand, bow and Waters are open all 67S all marine perch aggregate arrow, spear, gaff hook, snag hook and year 24 hours per day Continued species) (total) herring jigs. unless noted under Category • [Unlawful to mutilate so that the size Special Regulations. A and species cannot be determined Adopt prior to landing, or to transport mutilated fish across state waters.] 99 Herring, Anchovy, 25 pounds in • May be taken by dip net, cast net, Waters are open all Smelt and Sardine aggregate angling and herring jigs. year 24 hours per day (total). • Herring jigs may have any number of unless noted under hooks. Special Regulations.
Offshore Pelagic 25 fish in • Methods as described below are only species (see aggregate allowed when fishing outside of three definition page 6) (total). White miles from shore for offshore pelagic Sharks and species. Only offshore pelagic species basking sharks may be in possession, and any other are prohibited species caught must be immediately and must be released while using these methods. immediately • Use of chum is allowed. Chum may be
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released live, dead, or cut up squid, herring, unharmed. sardine, anchovy, smelt or Pacific 67S mackerel. No restrictions on the number Continued of rods or lines fished per angler Category • [Unlawful to mutilate so that the size and A species cannot be determined prior to Adopt landing, or to transport mutilated fish across state waters.] • May be taken while angling, hand, bow and arrow, spear, gaff hook, snag hook and herring jigs.
99 Clams: • Razor clams may be taken by hand, Waters are open all Prevent the over- Razor Clams First 15 taken. shovel, or cylindrical gun or tube. The year 24 hours per day harvest of gaper clams opening of the gun/tube must be either except as noted under when anglers mistake 70S Bay Clams: 20 clams, of circular or elliptical with the circular Special Regulations them for geoduck Category Butter, Littleneck, which only 12 gun/tube having a minimum outside and Clatsop County clams. The same limit A Cockle, Geoduck and in aggregate dimension of 4 inches and the elliptical beaches north of for geoduck and gaper Adopt Gaper may be gaper gun/tube having a minimum dimension Tillamook head are clams would ensure that clams or of 4 inches ling and 3 inches wide closed to razor clams current enforcement Geoduck outside diameter. July 15 – Sept. 30. issues would be clams. • All other clams may be taken by hand or curtailed and that the hand-powered tools population would have Softshell and Others: First 36 taken. • Unlawful to remove clams from the shell some form of protection before leaving the clamming area. from over harvesting. • Each digger must have own container, (Jean McCrae) dig own clams, and may not possess more than one limit of clams while in clamming area except under a Disabled Clam Digger Permit. See Licenses, Tags and Permits, page 5. • Unbroken butter, cockle, or littleneck clams may be returned only in immediate digging area. All other clams must be retained regardless of size or condition.
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100 369P Crabs: 12 male crabs, • May be taken using crab rings, pots, or Bays, estuaries, 369P Enhance angler Category Dungeness Crab minimum size baited lines, (limited to 3 rings, pots or beaches, tide pools, access to a very B T is 5-3/4 inches. lines per person); by hand; dip net; or piers and jetties are abundant resource, rake. Pots may be left overnight. open all year, except particularly during the Reject • Female Dungeness crabs may not be as noted under August through October Red Rock Crab 24 crabs, any kept. Special Regulations. period when ocean 369S size and sex. • Size is measured in a straight line conditions are favorable Staff across the back (caliper measurement) [Ocean is closed for to small sport boats. modified immediately in front of, but not including Dungeness crab Aug. Reduces crowding and the points. See dawning on next page. 15 – Nov. 30.] conflicts in the popular Adopt • Undersize female Dungeness crabs and bay/estuary crabbing unwanted red rock crabs must be Ocean open year areas (Gary Kish) immediately released unharmed. round to sport • No holding pots, holding devices, or live crabbing. 369S This proposal is boxes in ocean. Holding pots, holding being submitted by devices or live boxes in bays and Ocean is closed for ODFW staff as a estuaries cannot retain more than 24 Dungeness crab Oct. compromise to the Dungeness or 48 red rock crabs per 15 – Nov. 30. proposal to open the holding container. ocean to sport • No more than 1 daily limit per day. No crabbing all year. more than 2 daily catch limits in possession. • Crabs may not be mutilated so that sex, size or species cannot be determined prior to landing. Mutilated crabs may not be transported across state waters.
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24 132P Trout Lakes: 5 per • 8-inch minimum length. Lakes: Open entire To continue provide Category day, 2 daily limits • Only 1 trout over 20 inches may be kept per year. angling opportunities B in possession. day. Streams: including for sea-run Coastal Streams: • Rainbow trout over 16inches are tidewaters and bays: Cutthroat trout and at Reject (including considered steelhead in streams. Open May [24] 23 – the same time protect tidewaters and • Salmon under 15 inches are considered Oct. 31. [ and conserve bays): trout, except coho salmon, which are depleted populations [Neskowin Creek always considered salmon regardless of of these State and north size. Sensitive fish. Our (including Lower • Angling restricted to artificial flies and Coastal Cutthroat Columbia River lures in streams above tidewater, May [24] trout angling proposal tributaries). 23 – Aug. 31. See exceptions under provides for Catch and Special Regulations where use of bait is enhanced angling release only. allowed. opportunity, caters to Salmon River the satisfaction level and south, 2 per • Bait is not allowed at anytime when of the bulk of day 2 daily limits angling for trout in Bays, Tidewater, or Oregon's trout in possession.] Streams. anglers, is biologically sound and, most Catch and importantly, will help release only for return the Sea-run non fin-clipped Coastal Cutthroat trout. trout population to healthy levels. (Walt Weber)
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38 132P Warmwater • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures Staff Note: It is Game Fish: in streams above tidewater, May [24] 23 – unclear if proposal Largemouth and Aug. 31. See exceptions under Special 132P would eliminate Smallmouth Bass Regulations where use of bait is allowed. using bait for bass Bluegill, Catfish, and other warmwater crappie, other gamefish in streams. Sunfish, Walleye, Enforcement of the and Yellow perch no bait for trout rules Other Fish would be difficult in Sturgeon areas where bass Sucker, Northern and other warmwater Pikeminnow, gamefish and trout Carp, Chub, co-exist or could co- Sculpin, other occur. Nongame fish
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26 132P Deadwood Creek (Siuslaw • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1 – March 31. 132P. Would eliminate Reclass Basin, Lane Co.): • Open for trout angling May [24] 23 – Sept. 30 below the confluence with consumptive trout angling from C – 1. Mainstem Deadwood Creek. for wild cutthroat trout B • Trout angling restricted to artificial flies and lures, [8-inch minimum length, adopted by the Commission Reject 2 fish per day.] in 2006. • Closed April 1 - May [24] 23 and Oct. 1 – Dec. 31
27 132P Gnat Creek(Clatsop): • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead and adipose fin-clipped coho the 132P. Clarification of Reclass 2. Upstream from Aldrich entire year. proposed zone rule that from C – Pt. Road Bridge to Barrier • Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon Jan. 1 – July 31. prohibits use of bait when B Falls which s located ¼ • Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1 – Aug. 31 and Oct. 1 –Dec. 31. trout angling. Reject mile upstream from Hwy • Use of bait allowed, but bait is not allowed when angling for trout. 30.. • Open for adipose fin-clipped coho salmon Aug. 1 – 31 and Oct. 1 – Dec. 31. • Closed Sept. 1 – 30. 132P Indian Creek (Siuslaw • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1 – March 31. 132P. Would eliminate Reclass Basin, Lane Co.): • Open for trout angling May [24] 23 – Sept. 30 below the confluence with consumptive trout angling from C – 1. Mainstem the West Fork of Indian Creek. for wild cutthroat trout B • Trout angling restricted to artificial flies and lures, [8-inch minimum length, adopted by the Commission Reject 2 fish per day.] in 2006. • Closed April 1 - May [24] 23 and Oct. 1 – Dec. 31
132P John Day River (Clatsop • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1 – March 31 and May 24] 23 132P. Clarification of Reclass Co.) – Dec. 31. proposed zone rule that from C – • Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon Jan. 1 – July 31. prohibits use of bait when B • Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1 – Dec. 31. trout angling. Reject • Open for adipose fin-clipped coho salmon Aug. 1 – 31 and Oct. 31. • Use of bait allowed, but bait is not allowed when angling for trout.
132P Klaskanine River upstream • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead the entire year. 132P. Clarification of Reclass from the confluence with • Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon Jan. 1 – July 31. proposed zone rule that from C – Youngs River, North Fork • Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1 – Dec. 31. prohibits use of bait when B upstream to Klaskanine • Closed on the North Fork from 200 feed below hatchery holding pod trout angling. Reject Hatchery angling deadline fishway upstream to hatchery dam. and South Fork upstream • North Fork Klaskanine is closed upstream of Olney Lane Bridge from to the first falls Sept. 1 – Oct. 15. (approximately Rivermile • Use of bait allowed, but bait is not allowed when angling for trout. 4.7) (Clatsop Co.)
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27 132P Lewis and Clark River • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead the entire year. 132P. Clarification of Reclass upstream to fish ladder • Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon Jan. 1 – July 31. proposed zone rule that from C – located 200 feet • Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1 – Dec. 31. prohibits use of bait when B downstream from • Use of bait allowed, but bait is not allowed when angling for trout. trout angling. Reject Warrenton Reservoir Dam (Clatsop Co.) 28 132P Lobster Creek (Alsea • Open for trout angling May [24] 23 – Sept. 30. 132P. Would eliminate Reclass Basin, Benton and Lincoln • Trout angling restricted to artificial flies and lures, [8-inch minimum length, consumptive trout angling from C – Co.): 2 fish per day.] for wild cutthroat trout B 1. Mouth upstream to adopted by the Commission Reject confluence with Little in 2006. Lobster Creek. 28 132P Nehalem River • Restricted to artificial flies and lures May 24 – Aug 31 above tidewater (at 132P. Clarification of Reclass 1. Mainstem upstream upstream end of Mohler Sand and Gravel). proposed zone rule that from C – form Miami River-Foley • Aug.31-October 31restricted to artificial flies and lures for trout. prohibits use of bait when B Creek Road bridge • Closed upstream from Hwy 26 bridge located at Elsie Sept. 1- Oct 31. trout angling. Reject including tidewater • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead upstream to Hwy 26 bridge at Elsie Jan. 1 – March 31, May [24] 23 – Aug. 31 and Nov. 1 – Dec. 31. • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead upstream from Hwy 26 bridge at Elsie entire year. • Open for spring Chinook salmon May [24] 23– July 31. • Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1 – Dec. 31; 2 adult Chinook salmon per day, 4 in any 7 consecutive days, 10 pr season in aggregate from all Nehalem, Tillamook, and Nestucca bays and streams.
28 132P Nestucca River and Bay • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year. 132P. Clarification of Reclass (Tillamook Co.): • Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon April 1 – July 31. proposed zone rule that from C – 1. Mainstem upstream to • Open for fall Chinook salmon mouth to Cloverdale Bridge, including prohibits use of bait when B Farmer Creek and entire upstream to Hwy 101 bridge on Little Nestucca River, Aug. 1 – Dec. 31; 2 trout angling. Reject bay including upstream to adult Chinook salmon per day, 4 in any 7 consecutive days, 10 pr season Hwy 101 bridge on Little in aggregate from all Nehalem, Tillamook, and Nestucca bays and streams. Nestucca River • Open for fall Chinook salmon Cloverdale Bridge to Farmer Creek Sept. 16 – Dec. 31, 2 adult Chinook salmon per day, 4 in any 7 consecutive days, 10 pr season in aggregate from all Nehalem, Tillamook, and Nestucca bays and streams. • Use of bait allowed, but bait is not allowed when angling for trout.
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29 132P Nestucca River and Bay • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year. 132P. Clarification of Reclass (Tillamook Co.): • Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon April 1 – July 31. proposed zone rule that from C – 2. From Farmer Creek to • Open for fall Chinook salmon Sept. 16 - Dec. 31; 2 adult Chinook salmon prohibits use of bait when B Moon Creek located at per day, 4 in any 7 consecutive days, 10 per season in aggregate from all trout angling. Reject Blane Nehalem, Tillamook, and Nestucca bays and streams. • Use of bait allowed, but bait is not allowed when angling for trout.
29 132P Siletz River and Bay • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year. 132P. Clarification of Reclass (Lincoln Co.) • Open for adipose Chinook salmon April 1 –Dec. 31, upstream to deadline proposed zone rule that from C – 1. Mainstem upstream to marker at the Moonshine Park boat ramp. prohibits use of bait when B painted boulder located • Use of bait allowed, but bait is not allowed when angling for trout. trout angling. Reject 900 feet downstream from Siletz Falls at Rivermile 64.5, including tidewater.
30 132P Three Rivers (Nestucca • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year. (See special area 132P. Clarification of Reclass Basin, Tillamook/Yamhill closure below.) proposed zone rule that from C – Co): • Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon April 1 – June 30. prohibits use of bait when B 1. Mainstem • Open for fall Chinook salmon Oct. 1 - Dec. 31; 2 adult Chinook salmon per trout angling. Reject day, 4 in any 7 consecutive days, 10 per season in aggregate from all Nehalem, Tillamook, and Nestucca bays and streams. • Closed from mouth upstream to hatchery weir deadline July 1 – Sept. 30. • Use of bait allowed, but bait is not allowed when angling for trout.
30 132P Trask River (Tillamook • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year. 132P. Clarification of Reclass Co.): • Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon April 1 – July 31. proposed zone rule that from C – 1. Mainstem up to North • Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 except closed for adult prohibits use of bait when B and South forks, (at Trask Chinook salmon upstream from Hwy 101 bridge Aug. 1 – Sept. 15. Two trout angling. Reject County Park) including adult Chinook salmon per day, 4 in any 7 consecutive days, 10 per season tidewater. in aggregate from all Nehalem, Tillamook, and Nestucca bays and streams. • Open for adipose fin-clipped coho salmon Aug. 1 – Oct. 31 • Use of bait allowed, but bait is not allowed when angling for trout. • Closed from marker below Dam Hole located at Milepost 7 upstream to Blue Ridge Creek Sept. 1 – Nov. 30. • Closed from Gold Creek, at hatchery, 200 feet upstream and 900 feet downstream June -1 – Nov. 30.
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30 132P Wilson River (Tillamook • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year. 132P. Clarification of Reclass Co): • Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon April 1 – July 31. proposed zone rule that from C – 1. Mainstem upstream to • Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 except closed for salmon prohibits use of bait when B South Fork including upstream railroad bridge Aug. 1 – Sept. 15; 2 adult Chinook salmon per trout angling. Reject tidewater day, 4 in any 7 consecutive days, 10 per season in aggregate from all Nehalem, Tillamook, and Nestucca bays and streams. • Open for adipose fin-clipped coho salmon Aug. 1 – Oct. 31 downstream from Hwy 101 bridge. • Use of bait allowed, but bait is not allowed when angling for trout.
31 132P Youngs River including • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead entire year. 132P. Clarification of Reclass tidewater (Clatsop Co.) • Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon Jan. 1 – July 31. proposed zone rule that from C – 1. From confluence of • Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1 - Dec. 31. prohibits use of bait when B Youngs Bay and • Open for adipose fin-clipped coho salmon Aug. 1 – Oct. 31. trout angling. Reject Klaskanine River upstream • Use of bait allowed, but bait is not allowed when angling for trout. to Youngs River Falls
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38 132P Trout Lakes: 5 per • 8-inch minimum length. Lakes: Open entire To continue provide R Reject day, 2 daily limits • Only 1 trout over 20 inches may be kept per year. angling opportunities for in possession. day. Streams: including sea-run Coastal See Streams: tidewaters and bays: Cutthroat trout and at • Rainbow trout over 16inches are the same time protect attachment (including considered steelhead in streams. Open May [24] 23 – 6a for a and conserve depleted tidewaters and • Salmon under 15 inches are considered Oct. 31. [ populations of these complete bays): [2 per day, list of rule trout, except coho salmon, which are State Sensitive fish. Our changes for 2 daily catch always considered salmon regardless of Coastal Cutthroat trout this limits in size. angling proposal proposal. possession.] • Angling for restricted to artificial flies and provides for enhanced angling opportunity, lures in streams above tidewater, May [24] caters to the satisfaction Catch and 23 – Aug. 31. See exceptions under release only for level of the bulk of Special Regulations where use of bait is Oregon's trout anglers, non fin-clipped allowed. is biologically sound trout. and, most importantly, • Bait is not allowed at anytime when will help return the Sea- angling for trout in Bays, Tidewater, or run Coastal Cutthroat Streams. trout population to healthy levels. (Walt Weber)
38-39 132P Warmwater • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures Staff Note: It is Category Game Fish: in streams above tidewater May [24] 23 – unclear if proposal Reclass Largemouth and Aug. 31. See exceptions under Special 132P would eliminate from C –B Smallmouth Bass Regulations where use of bait is allowed. using bait for bass Bluegill, Catfish, and other warmwater Reject Crappie, other gamefish in streams. Sunfish, Walleye, Enforcement of the and Yellow Perch no bait for trout rules Other Fish: would be difficult in Sturgeon areas where bass and other warmwater Striped Bass gamefish and trout Sucker, Umpqua co-exist or could co- Pikeminnow, occur. Carp, Chub, Sculpin, other Nongame Fish, and Shad
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39 132P Applegate River • Open for trout Jan. 1 – March 31 and May [24] 23 – Dec. 31. 132P Rule would prohibit the Category (Josephine/Jackson Co.): • 2 adipose fin-clipped rainbow trout per day, 8-inch minimum length. use of bait in all trout fisheries. Reclass 1. Mainstem upstream to • Nonadipose fin-clipped rainbow and cutthroat trout must be released from C –B Applegate Dam unharmed. • [Use of bait allowed.] Reject • Use of bait allowed, but bait is not allowed when angling for trout. No angling from a floating device. • Closed from USGS cable crossing, located ¼ mile downstream from Applegate Dam, upstream to the Dam.
39 132P Applegate River • Open April [26] 25 – Oct. 31 132P Rule would prohibit use Category (Josephine/Jackson Co.): • [Use of bait allowed.] of bait on resident trout Reclass 2. Tributaries upstream to • Use of bait allowed, but bait is not allowed when angling for trout. fisheries. No sea-run cutthroat from C –B Applegate Dam. • Catch and release only for unmarked trout. present. • Steelhead not present. Rainbow trout are always considered trout Reject regardless of size.
39 132P Ashland Creek (Jackson • Open April [26] 25 – Oct. 31 132P Consumptive fishery Category Co.): East and West • [Use of bait allowed.] which allows use of bait on Reclass Forks, including all • Use of bait allowed, but bait is not allowed when angling for trout. resident trout would be lost. from C –B tributaries upstream from • Catch and release only for unmarked trout. Reeder Dam Reject
39 132P Big Butte Creek (Rogue • Open April [26] 25– Oct. 31 132P Consumptive fishery on Category system, Jackson Co.) and • Open to trout angling per Zone Regulations. resident trout would be lost. Reclass tributaries upstream from • Catch and release only for unmarked trout. from C –B Cobleigh Road Bridge
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40 132P Elk River (Curry Co.) • Open for trout May [24] 23 – Oct. 31 catch-and-release only, [2 trout 132P Loss on consumptive Reclass Mainstem inland from the per day, 8-inch minimum]; open for adipose fin-clipped rainbow trout trout fishery. from C – B mouth of the river (half-ponders), 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, Jan. 1 – March 31 Reject upstream to Bald and Nov. 1 – Dec. 31. Mountain Creek, • Open for Chinook salmon and steelhead Jan. 1 – March 31 and May including tidewater [24] 23 – Dec. 31. • Nonadipose fin-clipped steelhead may be taken; 1 per day, 5 per year as part of daily or annual salmon/steelhead catch limit. 40 132P Emigrant Creek and • Open year round. 132P Consumptive fishery
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Reclass tributaries upstream from • [Use of bait allowed.] which allows use of bait on from C – B Emigrant Dam (Jackson • Use of bait allowed, but bait is not allowed when angling for trout. resident trout would be lost. Reject Co.) • Catch and release only for unmarked trout. • Steelhead not present. Rainbow trout are always considered trout regardless of size. 41 132P Glade Creek (Little • Open to trout angling above the lower crossing of Forest Service Road 132P Consumptive fishery on Reclass Applegate River 2030 April [26] 25 – Oct. 31; catch-and-release only. resident trout would be lost. from C – B Tributary) • [2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length] Reject • Restricted to artificial flies and lures.
41 132P Jenny Creek and • Open April [26] 25 – Oct. 31; catch-and-release only. Loss of consumptive fishery on Reclass tributaries (Jackson Co.) • Restricted to artificial flies and lures. resident trout. from C – B • Steelhead not present. Rainbow trout are always considered trout Reject regardless of size.
41 132P Little Butte Creek and • Trout catch and release [, except no limit on size or number of brook Loss of consumptive fishing on Reclass tributaries, upstream from trout taken.] introduced brook trout. from C – B the forks (Rogue Basin, • Restricted to artificial flies and lures. Reject Jackson Co.)
42 132P Pistol River (Curry Co.) • Open for trout May [24] 23 – Oct. 31 catch-and-release only, [2 trout Loss of consumptive trout Reclass Mainstem including per day, 8-inch minimum]; open for adipose fin-clipped rainbow trout fishery. from C – B tidewater (half-ponders), 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, Jan. 1 – March 31 Reject and Nov. 1 – Dec. 31. • Open for steelhead Jan. 1 – march 31 and May [24] 23 – Dec. 31. • Nonadipose fin-clipped steelhead may be taken; 1 per day, 5 per year as part of daily or annual salmon/steelhead catch limit. • Open for Chinook salmon downstream of Deep Creek Oct. 1 – Dec. 31; 1 adult or jack Chinook per day, 5 per year.
43 132P Rogue River • Open April [26] 25 – Oct. 31, 5 trout per day, 8-inch minimum length. 132P Consumptive fishery Reclass 6. Mainstem and • [No limit on size or number of brook trout taken in addition to catch which allows use of bait on
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from C – B tributaries above Lost limits for other trout species.] resident trout and introduced Reject Creek Dam • Use of bait allowed, but bait is not allowed when angling for trout. brook trout would be lost. • Steelhead not present. Rainbow trout are always considered trout regardless of size.
43 132P Sixes River (Curry Co.) • Open May [24] 23 – Oct. 31 catch-and-release only, [2 trout per day, 132P Loss of consumptive Reclass Mainstem upstream to 8-inch minimum], and trout opportunity. from C – B South Fork, including • Open for adipose fin-clipped rainbow trout (half ponders), 2 per day, 8- Reject tidewater inch minimum length, Jan. 1 – march 31 and Nov. 1 – Dec. 31. • Nonadipose fin-clipped steelhead may be taken; 1 per day, 5 per year as part of daily or annual salmon/steelhead catch limit. • Open for Chinook salmon May [24] 23 – Dec. 31.
44 132P Umpqua River Basin • Open for trout in tributaries below fly area boundary, except Rock 132P Loss of consumptive Reclass 8. North Umpqua River Creek May [24] 23 – Sept. 15; catch-and-release only, trout opportunity, from C – B tributaries from mouth • Restricted to artificial flies and lures. Reject upstream to Soda • Rock Creek and all tributaries above fly area boundary are closed to Springs Dam angling.
45 132P Umpqua River Basin • Open for trout April [26] 25 – Oct. 31; catch-and-release only... 132P Consumptive fishery Reclass 9. North Umpqua River • [No limit on size or number of brook trout taken in addition to catch which allows use of bait on from C – B mainstem and tributaries limits for other trout species.] resident trout and introduced Reject upstream from Soda • Use of bait allowed, but bait is not allowed when angling for trout. brook trout would be lost. Springs Reservoir
45 132P Umpqua River Basin • Open for adipose fin-clipped salmon Jan. 1 – April 30 and Dec. 1 – 31. 132P Consumptive fishery Reclass 10. South Umpqua River • Open for trout May [24] 23 – Sept. 15; catch-and-release only... which allows use of bait on from C – B from mouth upstream to • Use of bait allowed, but bait is not allowed when angling for trout. trout would be lost. Reject Jackson Creek Bridge 45 132P Umpqua River Basin • Open for trout May [24] 23 – Sept. 15; catch-and-release only... 132P Loss of consumptive Reclass 12. South Umpqua River • Jackson Creek closed to all angling. trout angling. from C – B and Tributaries below • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures. Reject Jackson Creek Bridge
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45 132P Umpqua River Basin • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1 – April 30 and Dec. 1 – 132P Loss of consumptive Reclass 13. Cow Creek mainstem 31. trout angling. from C – B (South Umpqua) from • Open for trout May [24] 23 – Sept. 15; catch-and-release only... Reject mouth upstream to Middle • Restricted to artificial flies and lures, May [24] 23 – Sept. 15. Creek Bridge • Use of bait is allowed Jan. 1 – May 23 and Dec. 1 – 31.
45 132P Umpqua River Basin • Open for trout May [24] 23 – Sept. 15; catch-and-release only... 132P Loss of consumptive Reclass 14. Tributaries to Cow • Restricted to flies and lures. trout angling. from C – B Creek and mainstem Cow Reject Creek upstream from Middle Creek Bridge
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