SALEM, Ore.—It’s easy to #OptOutside in Oregon on the Friday or Saturday after Thanksgiving—you can fish, crab or clam for free anywhere in the state! Oregon Fish and Wildlife hosts annual Free…
Category: Oregon Dept. Fish & Wildlife
Commercial Dungeness Crab Season Delayed
NEWPORT, Ore. – Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Wednesday November 12th that the opening of the commercial Dungeness crab season will be delayed from Dec. 1 until at least Dec….
Trask Hatchery closed due to construction
Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 TILLAMOOK, Ore. – Recreational fishermen who are planning to fish the Trask River at the popular “hatchery hole’ adjacent to the Trask River Hatchery when it opens on…
Ocean coho fishing expands to all week on central coast
NEWPORT, Ore.—From Friday, Sept. 20 through Sunday, Sept. 29, anglers can keep any legal sized salmon they catch in the ocean on the central Oregon coast after fishery managers increased the popular…
Sport bottomfish opens to all-depth fishing beginning Sept. 3
NEWPORT, Ore.—Anglers will be able to fish for bottomfish at any depth beginning Tuesday, Sept. 3. The rule limiting fishing to inshore of 40 fathoms, which keeps yelloweye rockfish mortality below the…
Wyden, Merkley Announce Investment in Conservation Program to Protect Whales Off Oregon Coast
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced a $26,205 federal grant awarded to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for its program to improve environmental conditions for…
Juvenile whale that washed ashore near Waldport is euthanized mid-day today, Aug. 15th
Waldport, Ore., Thursday, August 15, 2019 – A 20’ juvenile humpback whale that washed ashore north of the Alsea River near Waldport on Wednesday, August 14 was euthanized around mid-day today, August…
LIVE JUVENILE WHALE WASHES ASHORE NEAR WALDPORT
Waldport, Ore., Thursday, August 15, 2019 – A 20’ juvenile humpback whale washed shore north of the Alsea River near Waldport on Wednesday, August 14. A team organized by the Oregon State…
Free fishing weekend Aug. 17-18
SALEM, Ore.— It’s free to fish, crab or clam in Oregon on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 17-18. During these two days, no fishing licenses or tags (including a Combined Angling Tag or…
ODFW sets temporary wild fall Chinook salmon seasons for coastal rivers: Reduced bag limits, closures this year due to poor returns of wild Chinook salmon
SALEM, Ore.—For the second year in a row, fishing for wild fall Chinook salmon will be restricted in coastal rivers, due to poor escapement in 2018 and poor forecasted returns this year….
