Oregon fishing changes

The temporary rule sets a one-fish daily limit and a five-fish seasonal limit for adult wild Chinook in the listed reach.

From December 1 through December 31, angling for and retention of all Chinook salmon is closed in the listed reach.

ODFW set a one-fish daily and five-fish seasonal adult wild Chinook limit. Wild coho retention is now open three days per week in the lower mainstem, bay, and North Fork reaches.

Angling for and retention of all Chinook salmon closes December 1 through December 31 in the listed upper reach.

ODFW set a shared adult wild Chinook limit across the bay and listed river reaches. Wild coho retention is now open three days per week in the lower bay and tidewater reaches.

Angling for and retention of all Chinook salmon closes December 1 through December 31 in the listed waters.

ODFW set a shared two-fish seasonal limit for adult wild Chinook in the listed basin reaches. Three Rivers has a separate October 1 start in the reach from the mouth to the hatchery deadline.

Angling for and retention of all Chinook salmon closes December 1 through December 31. Wild coho retention is limited to three days per week in the lower Nestucca and Little Nestucca reaches.

ODFW set a two-fish daily limit and ten-fish seasonal limit for adult wild Chinook across the two listed Salmon River reaches.

Chinook retention is open in the lower listed reaches beginning August 1. On October 7, the open Siletz reach expands from the marker above Ojalla Bridge to Illahee boat ramp.

Wild coho retention follows the same October 7 reach expansion and remains open through November 7.

ODFW set the basin's adult wild Chinook seasonal limit and split wild coho retention into two periods.

The tracked wild coho season is not open October 26 through October 31.

ODFW set a two-fish daily limit and a shared ten-fish seasonal limit for adult wild Chinook across the listed Alsea River, bay, and Drift Creek reaches.

ODFW set a one-fish daily limit and two-fish seasonal limit for adult wild Chinook in the listed Yachats River reach.

ODFW opened the listed Beaver Creek reach to wild coho retention for November.

ODFW increased the adult wild Chinook seasonal limit to five and set a 25-day wild coho retention period in the listed reaches.

Bait is allowed year round in the listed Coquille waters. Spears and spear guns may be used to harvest smallmouth bass during the effective period.

ODFW opened the listed mainstem reach to wild coho retention and hatchery Chinook retention for 30 days.

Wild Chinook retention remains closed in the Coquille Basin.

ODFW set a temporary ten-fish daily kokanee limit with no size limit at both waters.

The daily adult salmon bag is three fish, with no more than two wild fish during the coho season and no more than two wild Chinook outside it.

ODFW set separate Chinook and wild coho reaches and date windows for Floras Creek and New River.

ODFW set the 2026 adult wild Chinook daily and seasonal limits for the listed Sixes River reach.

The reach from Hughes House Boat Ramp upstream to the mouth of Crystal Creek closes October 1 through November 3 under the coastal low-flow rule.

ODFW set a three-month adult wild Chinook retention season in the listed Hunter Creek reach.

ODFW set the same adult wild Chinook daily and seasonal limits across the three listed south-coast reaches.

Angling for and retention of steelhead is closed throughout the listed North Umpqua reach.

The temporary rule sets a one-fish daily limit and a five-fish seasonal limit across the listed Umpqua and Smith River reaches.

Anglers with a valid 2026 Two-Rod Validation may use up to two fishing rods in the listed waters.

The allowance does not apply when angling for sturgeon.

Eagle Creek and the lower Deschutes from Moody Rapids to the I-84 Bridge are closed to angling through September 15.

Beginning August 15, additional Deschutes sections close to angling for and retention of salmon, steelhead, or coho through December 31.

Rainbow trout and bass may be taken by hand, dip net, or angling. Anglers with a valid Two-Rod Validation may use any number of rods.

Rainbow trout are catch-and-release only, and anglers may use only flies and artificial lures for all species in the listed waters.

ODFW closes angling for and retention of all steelhead throughout the John Day system, superseding annual booklet openings in several reaches.

The temporary rule sets the adult Chinook bag limit for the listed Snake River reach.

ODFW closes all angling inside three Columbia River thermal sanctuaries during the warmest part of summer.

Do not fish inside any listed sanctuary through September 15. Nearby mainstem water follows its own current Columbia River rules.

Three hatchery coho per day are now allowed below west Puget Island. Wild coho retention is now allowed above Warrior Rock through September 15. The west Puget Island-to-Warrior Rock salmon and steelhead closure continues through September 30.

Steelhead must be released through October 31 from Buoy 10 to The Dalles Dam. Upstream of The Dalles Dam, the steelhead release period begins September 1. Wild coho release rules also vary by reach.

Sturgeon retention is closed.

Catch-and-release sturgeon fishing is allowed.

Most recreational anglers fishing in the ocean need an Ocean Endorsement.

These rockfish are prohibited at all times and in all waters.

A functional descending device must be onboard, regardless of depth.

Use the descending device to release any rockfish outside of 30 fathoms.

ODFW and ODA closed mussel harvest from Cape Blanco south to the California border because samples exceeded the safety threshold for domoic acid. Mussel harvest remains open from Cape Blanco north to the Washington border.

ODA requires two consecutive samples below the closure limit, taken at least one week apart, before reopening a biotoxin closure.

Razor clams are closed from the Washington border to Tillamook Head for the annual conservation closure, open from Tillamook Head to Cape Blanco, and closed from Cape Blanco to the California border.

The Clatsop Beaches conservation closure runs through September 30 and is scheduled to reopen October 1 unless a toxin closure applies.

ODA lists bay clams as open coastwide for marine biotoxins, but ODFW separately advises against harvesting softshell and bay clams in Alsea Bay because of the Eckman Lake toxin advisory.

ODFW recommends avoiding harvest and consumption after OHA found cyanobacteria and very high saxitoxin levels in Eckman Lake, which drains into the Alsea Bay estuary.

Saxitoxin can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. This is an ODFW health advisory tied to the upstream lake, separate from ODA's coastwide marine biotoxin status.

Crabs are open coastwide.

ODFW directs harvesters to call ODA's shellfish safety hotline or check the ODA shellfish closures page before clamming or crabbing.

ODA tests for shellfish toxins at least twice per month when tides and weather allow; closed areas require two clean tests before reopening.