The lower columbia river has been closed to sturgeon retention since 2014 due to concerns about population status. Sturgeon invade astoria from june through september to eat anchovy and other baitfish that migrate to the estuary in the summer. Sturgeon fishing columbia river 2017 by hunting crew team mallard. Lake rufus woods is the columbia river reservoir backed up behind chief joseph dam. Theres always a bitter sweet feeling at the end of the year. A valid columbia river basin endorsement must be in possession when fishing for salmon, steelhead, or sturgeon in the mainstem columbia river from buoy. Sturgeon in the columbia river 2014 season by trev gowdy. Fish and game recently opened up a new part of the river for anglers to keep white sturgeon within a certain size. During this season, recreational fishermen will be allowed to harvest legalsized white sturgeon three days a week mondays, wednesdays and saturdays. Fishery managers from oregon and washington added a day to the lower columbia river spring chinook season and approved several recreational white sturgeon fisheries, including a 10day season from the wauna power lines to buoy 10 at the river mouth. Josh doesnt let the team down and hooks up a beautiful.
Buoy 10 line up to a line projected from rocky point on the washington bank through red buoy 44 to the navigation light at tongue. The number of legalsized sturgeon has been increasing since then. Here are the final fishes for our first sturgeon fishing trip out to the columbia river. In june 2017 washington and oregon fish and wildlife departments. The revised guideline should provide some additional retention opportunity for 2018. Odfw is putting the weekly recreation report on hiatus for a few weeks. Following the sturgeon retention closure in the dalles pool, the annual harvest guideline for that pool was modified from 100 to 5 fish based on the 2017 population assessment. Anglers on the columbia river had two days last weekend to catch sturgeon. Description the columbia river zone is all waters of the columbia river upstream from a northsouth line through buoy 10 at the river mouth and includes those portions of tributaries including lakes downstream from the mainline railroad bridges near the tributaries mouths except for the willamette including multnomah channel, sandy, hood, deschutes and umatilla river systems. Huge sturgeon caught from columbia river at rufus, oregon. Fishing report columbia zone oregon department of fish. States set sturgeon season closures in bonneville, john.
Bonneville pool has a split wintersummer sturgeon retention season. Number of anglers, harvested white sturgeon overwhelming on. Higher than expected effort and catch prompted fishery managers to close the sturgeon season planned for saturday june 17 from the wauna power lines downstream to the river mouth. In february, angler groups asked the fish and wildlife commissions from both states to investigate the possibility of reopening the fishery. Columbia river fishery managers today closed one recreational white sturgeon season and scheduled another. Oregon and washington state fishery managers announced thursday that the river will be open for retention fishing of white sturgeon on mondays, wednesdays and saturdays from may through june 5. In late may, the states adopted a sixday sturgeon retention season. The season opened june 5 on the columbia river, and for the first time in three years anglers. Fishery managers from oregon and washington scheduled two days of recreational white. Fishery managers from oregon and washington today set recreational white sturgeon seasons for the columbia river estuary and bonneville pool. Today fishery managers from oregon and washington set an 11day recreational sturgeon fishing season during may june 5 on the lower columbia river. Well resume our weekly updates when conditions improve. Mondays, wednesdays, and saturdays, from may th through june 5th, will be open for retention of.
Sturgeon fishing to open on lower columbia river local news. North said sturgeon retention seasons in the lower columbia and lower willamette rivers will be addressed later in the year after preliminary results of 2017 population research are available. Locations vary according to weather and hot fishing action. Bonneville pool sturgeon retention in the bonneville pool of the columbia river will be open june 23. Columbia river catch and release sturgeon leave a reply. Except for salmon and steelhead fishing on the columbia river. Here we are again almost at seasons end for sturgeon fishing on the fraser river, british columbia.
Columbia river zone oregon fishing regulations 2020. Sturgeon spring season january 1through june 15 timeframe columbia river, buoy 10 upstream to tongue pointrocky point line permanent regulations in effect, including closed for salmon and steelhead, open for shad see eregulations. Sturgeon released in columbia rivers lake rufus woods the. Sturgeon fishing to open on lower columbia river local. Sturgeon fishing columbia river 2017 by travis meade. Fishing about 1,400 white sturgeon averaging 10inches long were released as an experiment into rufus woods lake on. Columbia river catch and release sturgeon the outdoor line blog. Upper columbia river white sturgeon fishing we catch some giants. Its november 20th and time for reflection on the 2017 sturgeon fishing season and preparation for 2018. Willamette zone oregon fishing regulations 2020 eregulations. States ok columbia river chinook, sturgeon seasons. States open two days of columbia river sturgeon fishing below. Sturgeon fishing is year round fun, from the willamette river, in the heart of downtown portland,oregon or the columbia river in the scenic columbia river gorge. Abundance estimates for white sturgeon in the lower columbia river are.
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