Author: umpqua.rock

September 12, 2022 CHARLESTON, Oregon – ODFW biologists are radio-tagging smallmouth bass in the Coquille River to learn more about these invasive non-native fish negatively impacting fall chinook salmon. Captured…
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Salmon angling in the Umpqua river may not be red hot but with our 2022 STEP salmon derby just a week away there have been a number of Chinook salmon…
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SALEM, Oregon. —Several coastal river basins (Nehalem, Tillamook, Nestucca, Siletz, Yaquina, Beaver Cr., Alsea, Umpqua, Coos) will be open to some wild coho harvest this year beginning as early as…
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August 18, 2022 ROSEBURG, Ore – Numbers of wild summer steelhead returning to the North Umpqua River are showing improvement. As of July 19, 1,094 wild summer steelhead crossed Winchester…
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August 17, 2022: Jim with a 30-pound Chinook today with Rippin Drag Guide Service. Photo credit: Salmon Harbor Tackle.

August 16, 2022 NEWPORT, Ore – ODFW today announced changes in two subareas of the Pacific halibut sport fishery. Central Coast Subarea (Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain):Beginning Sept. 1, the summer…
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August 5, 2022 Commission approves emergency fall Chinook conservation hatchery program for Coquille River SALEM, Ore.—ODFW and the Coquille Indian Tribe will cooperatively implement an emergency fall Chinook hatchery program…
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STEP volunteers released over 3,500 young steelhead in Lake Marie on Wednesday July 20th. Part of the “Eggs to Fry Program” coordinated with ODFW these juvenal fish will grow in…
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Previously, wild Fall Chinook salmon returns averaged about 8,000 – 10,000 fish yearly. With the extremely low number of wild fall Chinook adults returning to spawn since 2018, the ability…
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