ODFW Takes Action to Help Native Fish
Thursday, July 16, 2015
SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife has curtailed fishing hours on most of Oregon’s rivers to
avoid additional stress on native fish already suffering from high
water temperatures and low stream flows from this year’s drought.
Effective Saturday, July 18, and until further notice,
all waterbodies defined as streams in the 2015 Oregon Sportfishing
Regulations are closed above tidewater (where applicable) to fishing
for trout salmon, steelhead and sturgeon from 2 p.m. to one hour before
sunrise.
Angling for these species will be prohibited at all
times in the Willamette River downstream of Willamette Falls, including
the Clackamas River up to the Interstate 205 Bridge, the Multnomah
Channel and the Gilbert River. The following sections of the John Day
River will also have complete closures: The mainstem of the John Day
River above Indian Creek near Prairie City; the Middle Fork of the John
Day River above Mosquito Creek near the town of Galena; the North Fork
of the John Day River above Desolation Creek and Desolation Creek.
Some streams will remain open for angling under normal
hours because they are less prone to high water temperature risks due
to springs, tides, cold water releases from some dams and high
elevations.
