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Northwest fishery managers say that some streams and stocks affected by summer’s unusually hot, low flows will reopen for fishing tomorrow, Sept. 1.
ODFW announced that the afternoon fishing ban on most flowing waters would be lifted and that the lower Willamette and Clackamas Rivers would reopen, and it and WDFW said that the sturgeon angling closure in the Columbia Basin would be rescinded as well.
“Our biologists in the field are reporting that water temperatures in most places are back to within the seasonal averages for this time of year,” said ODFW’S Mike Gauvin, who manages recreational fisheries, in a press release.
“The extreme conditions that was subjecting sturgeon to stress have passed,” WDFW’s Guy Norman in Vancouver said. “We believe it’s safe to reopen fishing in areas of the river closed since mid-July.”
Earlier this month, a drought update estimated that 180 dead sturgeon had been found, mostly around Tri-Cities but some down and below McNary Dam.
A number of Washington rivers and creeks remain closed or off-limits to afternoon fishing, but WDFW is considering rescinding those as well, Northwest Sportsman understands.
Northwest fishery managers say that some streams and stocks affected by summer’s unusually hot, low flows will reopen for fishing tomorrow, Sept. 1.
ODFW announced that the afternoon fishing ban on most flowing waters would be lifted and that the lower Willamette and Clackamas Rivers would reopen, and it and WDFW said that the sturgeon angling closure in the Columbia Basin would be rescinded as well.
“Our biologists in the field are reporting that water temperatures in most places are back to within the seasonal averages for this time of year,” said ODFW’S Mike Gauvin, who manages recreational fisheries, in a press release.
“The extreme conditions that was subjecting sturgeon to stress have passed,” WDFW’s Guy Norman in Vancouver said. “We believe it’s safe to reopen fishing in areas of the river closed since mid-July.”
Earlier this month, a drought update estimated that 180 dead sturgeon had been found, mostly around Tri-Cities but some down and below McNary Dam.
A number of Washington rivers and creeks remain closed or off-limits to afternoon fishing, but WDFW is considering rescinding those as well, Northwest Sportsman understands.
