Good sturgeon fishing in Bonneville Pool, and excellent boat steelhead fishing ...
The Seattle Times
Sturgeon angling is good for boat anglers in the Bonneville Pool (which closes for retention fishing on Feb. 18) when the weather cooperates. Anglers in the John Day Pool are also catching a few legals. Steelhead fishing is excellent for boat anglers ...

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Washington Examiner
Water Under The Bridge: Feb. 8, 2012
Daily Astorian
"This is the most serious threat to the Columbia River salmon fishing industry's existence it has ever faced," Secretary JH Cellars of the Columbia River Salmon and Tuna Packers' Association declared Monday. Cellars expressed this opinion after ...
Fishing ReportBandon Western World

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Columbia River region fishing reports show steelhead in Cowlitz, and first ...
The Seattle Times
The Dalles Pool - No legals were sampled last week. John Day Pool - Boat anglers are catching some legals; fishing was slow from the bank. Fishery managers from Washington and Oregon are scheduled to assess sturgeon seasons in all three pools Feb. 7.

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Statesman Journal (blog)
Do something wild this Saturday
Statesman Journal (blog)
Auction of the Oregon Statewide Elk Tag is one of the highlights of the fundraiser. Other items include local and international guided hunting and fishing trips, original wildlife- and hunting-themed artwork, guns and non-sporting items.

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Bellingham Herald
OUTDOORS: Lower Columbia fishing set, halibut hold line
Bellingham Herald
Early 2012 salmon, steelhead and sturgeon fishing seasons are now set for the lower Columbia River, giving anglers some hard information on which to plan trips. Expectations rate as good for the lower Columbia's early returning chinook fishery this ...
OUTDOORS: Seasons set but check for changesTheNewsTribune.com

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Wildlife viewing, upcoming bird count makes for family-oriented fun
Columbia Basin Herald
Steelheaders planning to try fishing in the coming weeks these two rivers, which remain open until further notice, should keep the following rules in mind: Mandatory retention of hatchery steelhead, those with the adipose fin clipped, ...

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Outdoors calendar: Week of Feb. 5
OregonLive.com
503-396-0076 Targeting Trophy Steelhead: With Chris Vertopoulos. 6:30-8 pm Feb. 16. Fisherman's Marine & Outdoor, Oregon City. 503-557-3313 Clackamas Fly Fishers: Mark Bachmann of The Fly Fishing Shop on "Winter Steelhead on the Fly." 6:15 pm Feb. 21.

TheRecordLive.com
Fishing Report: Feb. 3, 2012
Mail Tribune
COASTWIDE - Double-digit swells again are forecast for the Southern Oregon coast this weekend, making it look bleak to plan a coast ocean-fishing trip. Locals, however, might find a calm morning to slip out for black rockfish and lingcod, ...
Bandon fishing reportBandon Western World

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The Fishing Report: Smith River delivers on steelhead
Napa Valley Register
Bill Ryan scored six of the boat's eight steelhead on a recent trip to the Smith River, including four in the 10-pound class. Photo courtesy of Bill Ryan The Smith River delivered steelhead big time this week. My long time St. Helena fishing buddy, ...

Bandon fishing report
Bandon Western World
Fishing for holdover rainbow trout and resident cutthroat trout can be good throughout the winter. When conditions warrant a fishing trip, check out Garrison, Floras or Bradley lakes. Empire Lakes in Coos Bay has been producing some nice holdover trout ...

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The Guide's Forecast: Feb. 2-8
OregonLive.com
By Special to The Oregonian Willamette Valley/Metro: Under permanent rule, the mainstem Columbia is open now to spring chinook fishing, but effort will be very low, at least until March brings more promise. Sport seasons were recently set through the ...
Allen Thomas column: Tribes offer states advice in managing salmon fisheriesThe Columbian
Chinook season looks strong for 2012TheNewsTribune.com
Chinook season on the Columbia holds plenty of promiseHeraldNet

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Allen Thomas column: Tribes offer states advice in managing salmon fisheries
The Columbian
By Allen Thomas It long was practice by the Columbia River treaty tribes to avoid telling Washington and Oregon — at least in public — how to manage salmon fishing for non-Indians. For decades, the tribes' testimony was "you manage your fishermen, ...
Chinook season on the Columbia holds plenty of promiseHeraldNet
Chinook season looks strong for 2012TheNewsTribune.com

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Chinook season on the Columbia holds plenty of promise
HeraldNet
Washington and Oregon biologists have predicted a run of 314200 springers (compared to a forecast of 198400 last year), to include 277000 4-year old fish, 36000 larger 5-year olds, and a scattering of big 6-year olds. The larger fish, according to ...

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Columbia River region fishing reports show excellent boat fishing action in ...
The Seattle Times
Winter steelhead fishing is excellent for boat anglers in The Dalles pool. This section of the Columbia River is currently open seven days per week to the retention of adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook, adipose fin-clipped steelhead, ...

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Umpqua Post
Eel Creek is also open for steelhead fishing, except for a short section that runs along the west side of US Highway 101 a couple of hundred yards above where the stream enters Tenmile Creek; Eel Creek is very difficult to fish during high water due to ...

Oregon: No ordinary row with the wife
New Zealand Herald
Many of his books were penned in a hut - which we were able to visit - set just back from the banks of the Rogue, where he spent many hours fishing for brown trout, steelhead and the occasional sturgeon. But ROW Adventures - recognised by National ...

The "Rudest" Trout Rivers in America
Field and Stream (blog)
The North Umpqua in Oregon: This river is drop-dead gorgeous, but such a shameless tease. To earn even a peck on the cheek during winter steelhead season is enough to drive anyone crazy. 9.) The Yellowstone in Montana: Nearby, the Madison and the ...

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Talent's pipe dream
Ashland Daily Tidings
The entities applied for the grant through the Oregon Water Resources Department's Water Conservation, Re-use and Storage Grant Program. And like the WISE project applicants, the commission is waiting to learn Monday whether a review team recommends ...

The Idaho Statesman
How would a new approach to managing endangered salmon affect Idaho?
The Idaho Statesman
NOAA and Fish and Wildlife also had different rules for protecting salmon and bull trout habitat from logging. Managing fish in the Columbia River Basin, an area the size of France that covers most of Oregon, Idaho and Washington and parts of Montana, ...

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Duck, goose hunting ends this Sunday
Columbia Basin Herald
Fishery managers from Washington and Oregon will meet Jan. 26 in Portland to set this year's fishing seasons for sturgeon and spring chinook salmon on the lower Columbia River. Later in the year, the states' plan to begin a public process involving ...

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