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January 5, 2021 SALEM, Ore.—Learn how to fish for Oregon’s most popular game fish—trout! Three separate Trout 101 classes will be offered on Saturday, Jan. 16 at Sportsman’s Warehouse (1351 Waverly Drive SE) in Albany, staggered to start at different times (9 a.m., 11 a.m., and 1 p.m.) and...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday it plans to add tiger trout to its standard Diamond Lake rainbow trout stocking this June. These brook and brown trout hybrids are reproductively sterile and known to prey on smaller fish – biologists are banking on them to help keep tui...

September 8, 2020 NEWPORT, Ore.—Two men caught setting stolen crab traps in Cape Falcon Marine Reserve of the North Oregon coast await trial following a joint effort of citizen reporting and solid detective work. Bob Browning has fished Oregon waters all his life. He...

Hello friends, My fishing buddy recently committed a big no-no. He was salmon fishing and caught an out of season fish. He is a young guy (22) and has been fishing his whole life. There were people around him (all had suspended fishing licenses and incidents with ODFW) that he did not know...

What gave you more fish under many circumstances than anything else? Im talking for trout. For me, the all time best is a small bright yellow rooster tail spinner. Second place was the old super duper. Do they still make those?

If you like fishing in Oregon and support the broodstock programs I highly recommend supporting this group. https://hatchery-wild-coexist.com/

So I was searching around to find this topic but to no success. So have a gander at this. https://nwsportsmanmag.com/bank-fishing-only-on-washington-coast-steelhead-rivers-starting-in-mid-december/ With such sweeping regulation to Washington coastal fisheries is it safe to expect that oregon...

I've been through several amazon vacuum sealers now and I'm on the cusp of buying a commercial grade weston sealer. I was doing a bunch of research and came across an article on vacuum sealers which addressed all of the problems I have been having. The problem I had with previous sealers was...

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When the Beachie Creek Fire came roaring down the Santiam Canyon, staff from the Minto Fish Facility did what they could to keep the pumps running before they were forced to evacuate. The fire burned right around the facility, and the spawn-ready Spring Chinook salmon were spared. Staff were...

My heart has been broken yet again this year. My dear friend Darryl Jones from Oregon City Charters passed away recently. A.K.A. The barefoot fisherman. Sadly he had an allergic reaction to medicine used to treat his cancer; and it was a shorter fight that we had hoped for. His friend has now...

A bunch of the Garmin units (not Plus, but UHF, Ultras, some GPSmaps) and they added new color palettes amongst some other things. I went out to Hagg this past Sunday and I am really impressed. I can definitely see a ton more detail with the new palettes. With the old ones I was often either...

Hi folks. Long time no post from me and apologies to anyone who PM'd me in the interim and didn't get a reply. I'll get on to it soon! Anyway, last weekend I finally managed to get a chance to do what is my favourite kind of fishing: catch and release of wild trout on the Salmon River. We...

Question regarding harvest of jack salmon. I’ve never bothered keeping jacks because they’re small and tend to not cut well. However, I recently caught a decent sized jack coho that was clipped so I took it home and it cut very nicely. Since last Friday I’ve caught 15 jacks, all released and...

Anyone out here know where I can hit water on a kayak round Lincoln City? I’m going on two weekend trips in the following March and April and I have a sturdy kayak I was thinking about taking out to devils lake. I hear they have good trout that’s stocked, but I would primarily target warmwater...

Looking for a couple new spots to fish in the Beaverton/Aloha area… have been fishing Murray Hill Summer lake Progress lake (before it was closed of course) Bethany And Commonwealth pretty hard. I've heard of Witzig, anybody know what's in there? Just trying to deal with quarantine by fishing!

I bought three Ziplock bags full of old fishing lures at a thrift shop for $11 last year. There were quite a few old lures and homemade tackle amongst it all. The picture is of four spinners or some sort of gear that look useful for trout trolling maybe. Three of them have a spring that scoots...

I googled some blogs on other forums but haven't seen a recent discussion on the OFC club for a while (like over 10 years). I'm thinking of joining in the future and curious if any OFC members or those who have visited could provide some feedback on their experiences? I mostly wonder if OFC...

Food for thought, from a friends Facebook page: "After a compromise agreement between sport anglers, the fish regulators of Oregon and Washington, and the commercial fleet we find out the hard way that agreements mean nothing to the governor appointed fish commissioners of Washington State. The...

News Release from Oregon Marine Board Posted: September 9th, 2020; 3:30 PM The Oregon State Marine Board is urging boaters to stay off waterbodies near areas where there are active fires. With fires burning across the state and extensive evacuation orders, public health, safety, and protecting...