Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife has traditionally made the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving Free Fishing Days in Oregon. That means you can fish, crab or clam for free – no…
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Oregon’s commercial crab fishery opens December 1
For the first time since the 2014-15 season, the ocean commercial Dungeness crab fishery opens as scheduled Dec. 1 along the Oregon coast. Commercial crab vessels can set gear Nov. 28 (the…
OSP FISH & WILDLIFE TROOPERS GET ASSISTANCE FROM THE PUBLIC TO STOP A POACHER- CLATSOP COUNTY
News Release from Oregon State Police It often takes public assistance to catch a criminal. On October 11, 2021, a large Black-tail buck was reported injured in the reporting party’s yard within…
Black Bears Sightings throughout Tillamook County – It’s Apple Season!
Black bears have been sighted wandering neighborhoods from Manzanita to Neskowin – and places in-between. We have an annual visit from “generational” bears here on our acreage, and they are coming for…
Big Creek opens early (Oct. 1) for fishing due to large hatchery coho run
ASTORIA, Ore.—Big Creek (lower Columbia River tributary east of Astoria) will open to fishing more than two weeks early to allow anglers to access an expected large hatchery coho salmon run and…
Razor clamming reopens Oct. 1 on Clatsop beaches; Entire Oregon Coast to be open for razor clamming
(Monday, September 27, 2021, Astoria, Ore) – Following the annual conservation closure, Clatsop beaches reopen to razor clamming October 1 with good news: domoic acid levels are below the closure threshold and razor…
OREGON STATE POLICE FISH & WILDLIFE DIVISION REQUESTING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE WITH POACHING CASE OF A SPIKE ELK IN LINCOLN COUNTY
The Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division is seeking the public’s assistance to identify the person(s) responsible for the unlawful taking and wasting of spike elk in the Logsden area in…
Limited coastal wild coho seasons set to open Sept. 15 in four coastal river basins – Tillamook, Nestucca, Siletz and Coos
SALEM, Ore. – Wild coho seasons in four coastal river basins (Tillamook, Nestucca, Siletz, and Coos) will be open beginning Sept. 15 through mid-October. This will be the first opportunity in five…
ODFW announces changes to Pacific halibut sport fishery – Beginning Sept. 13 angling open 7 days week, daily bag limit of two halibut
NEWPORT, Ore – ODFW today announced changes in two subarea of the summer all-depth Pacific halibut sport fishery. Central Coast Subarea (Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain): Beginning Sept. 13, angling opens seven days per week…
Portions of mainstem Columbia downstream of Bonneville closing to all salmon fishing – Closure needed to protect lower river tule Chinook, but fishery managers hope to reopen
CLACKAMAS, Ore.—Portions of the mainstem Columbia River downstream of Bonneville Dam are closing to all salmon fishing due to higher than anticipated catch rates of ESA-listed lower river tule Chinook. Effective Saturday,…