Author: umpqua.rock

The 2023 Fall Chinook Salmon spawning season is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, November 1st at the GRWB STEP hatchery at 9:00am. The public is invited to attend. It’s an…
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October 2nd. A dozen STEP volunteers joined in to release our remaining 60,000 Fall Chinook Smolt on Monday. Together with the 40,000 + we released in the late spring that…
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Dan Vasquz landed this 26.6-pound Chinook opening morning of the derby. It held on to 1st place throughout the derby even though several larger fish were caught but not registered…
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With the GRWB STEP Derby just 10 days away these ladies show us there are salmon in the lower river and they can catch em’. Clair & Chris, Makena, and…
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The lower Umpqua River 2023 salmon season is off to a good start with anglers catching a number of fish in the 20 pound range so far during August. The…
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Though the discovery was initially announced in the fall of 2019, a November 2021 study published in Ecology and Evolution provides greater detail about the rare phenomenon. The researchers confirmed that the hybrid salmon…
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April 7, 2023 NEWPORT, Ore – The Pacific Fisheries Management Council (PFMC) yesterday finalized the 2023 ocean salmon seasons. These include ocean waters off Oregon. Columbia Basin hatchery coho salmon…
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Our Class of 2023 Juvenile Chinook Salmon have reached the Fry Stage and developed Parr markings. (400 per pound, 1&1/2 to 2 inches in length) These vertical lines help the…
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