From Sportfishing
Fish Report for 9-22-2023
ODFW Recreation Report
9-22-2023
OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
Keep dogs away from salmon carcasses
Whether it's spawned out salmon or dead fish placed for stream enrichment, letting your dog eat or lick salmon carcasses can have dire consequences. Salmon poisoning is caused when dogs eat a salmon carcass infected with an organism in the blood called Neorickettsia helminthoeca. Symptoms include severe vomiting and diarrhea. Fortunately, with treatment most dogs will survive this potentially fatal infection.
Oct. 6 last day to buy bear tag
If you're hoping to bag a bear while hunting this fall, Friday, Oct. 6 is the last day to buy a fall bear tag. Sports Pac holders, don't forget to redeem your voucher.
Best bets for weekend fishing
This could be a beautiful weekend for fishing. Here are just some of your options:
- Chinook and coho salmon are entering rivers from the coast to the Willamette Valley.
- This could be the best time of the year to fish the high lakes for trout. Fish are feeding heavily in preparation for the winter, and fishing should be good until snow limits access.
- Brook and brown trout are starting to gather up in preparation for spawning.
- Crabbing has been good to great out of Depoe Bay, Newport and Waldport.
Check the zone reports for more details and locations.
E-tagging tips for hunters and anglers
It's important for both hunters and anglers to tag their harvest immediately, which means they'll need to know how to navigate the MyODFW app outside of cell phone range. Here are some tips for e-tagging in the field.
CWD check stations, other ways to get your animal tested
ODFW continues to monitor hunter harvested deer and elk for CWD – a fatal, highly infectious disease. What can hunters do to help combat CWD?
- If you pass a CWD check station, stop and have your animal tested. It takes only 10 minutes and is legally required.
- If you don't find a check station, learn the other ways you can have your animal tested.
Find out more about CWD, check station locations and the ways to have your animal tested.
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More Reports
OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Wednesday, September 20th, 2023Deschutes River- Lower: Chinook fishing at Sherars has been good the past few weeks
Laurance Lake: Laurance Lake closes to fishing Nov. 1
Alton Baker Canoe Canal: Will be stocked again this week with 900 hatchery rainbow trout
Foster Reservoir: The reservoir is still mostly full
Gold Lake: Gold Lake is open for fishing
Green Peter Reservoir: The water level has dropped below the toe-slope of Thistle Creek boat ramp
Henry Hagg Lake: The best time to catch bass during fall is typically early morning or late evening
Quartzville Creek: Currently it is at 15 cfs
Santiam River (South Fork): Currently flows are around 1,200 cfs at the Waterloo gauge
Alsea River: Fall Chinook is open on the Alsea
Nehalem River: Chinook fishing slowed this week
Salmon River: Fall Chinook is open and picking up in the Salmon River
Siletz River: Siletz will be your best bet for any summer steelhead coming back into the basin
Siuslaw River: Fall Chinook has started to pick up the last two weeks on the Siuslaw river!
Yaquina River: The tides have been affecting the fishery a great deal
OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Thursday, September 14th, 2023• Recreational ocean salmon in-season changes between Cape Falcon and Humbug Mt.
• ODFW Recreation Report
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