Fish Report for 8-18-2022
ODFW Recreation Report
by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
8-18-2022
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Fishing in hot water
With extreme temperatures in the forecast, fish will start feeling the heat. Give them a break by remembering these five tips for fishing when water temperatures are high.
Buy your black bear tag
While the fall black bear season doesn’t end until Dec. 31, the last day to buy a tag is Sept. 30.
Bear and cougar check-ins at ODFW offices
Remember the days when you had to check-in your harvested bear and/or cougar at an ODFW office. Well, those days are back. Here are reminders of how to check in bear and cougar.
“How-to” go fishing this weekend
As the hot, dry conditions continue fishing is getting tough. But there are some bright spots and we’ve put together some tips and techniques to help you take advantage of them:
- High elevation, hike-in lakes for trout. These lakes stay cooler and will be fishable until they’re snowed in. Fishing Oregon’s hike-in lakes.
- Ocean coho salmon. The season north of Cape Falcon is open until Sept. 30 or until quota is met. 10 tips for targeting ocean coho.
- Coastal cutthroat trout. These trout are aggressive, willing to take a variety of bait, flies and lures, and are found in many coastal rivers and streams. 7 tips for catching coastal cutthroat.
- Dungeness crab. Crabbers have been doing well. How to crab.
- Surfperch. There are hundreds of places to fish along Oregon’s sandy beaches, and there are plenty of fish within an easy cast from shore. How to fish for surfperch.
- Buoy 10. This popular late-summer, early-fall salmon fishery just kicked off and will be heating up in the next few weeks. 10 tips for Buoy 10 fishing.
- Bass. You’ll find smallmouth bass in ponds, reservoirs and rivers throughout the state. Check the Rec Report for locations and consider these tips How to fish for bass.
Be sure to check the zone reports for more options!
Sign up for youth pheasant hunts
Youth Pheasant Hunts give young hunters a chance to hunt in a controlled setting with a focus safety and success. Five reasons these hunts are so popular:
- No adult competition.
- Emphasis on safety.
- Increased chance of success.
- Available statewide.
- They're free!
More Reports
OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Tuesday, August 16th, 2022: ODFW announces in-season changes to Pacific halibut sport fishery
Heart Lake: ODFW to host public meetings on plans to treat Heart Lake
OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Thursday, August 11th, 2022Willamette River: Willamette River Fishing Report
Nehalem River: The best bites have been between the Hwy 101 bridge and the Confluence with the North Fork
Salmon River: Fall Chinook fishing opened on August 1st on the Salmon River
Siletz River: Cutthroat trout are also abundant and available throughout the Siletz basin
Siuslaw River: The Siuslaw basin is closed for the entire 2022 salmon season
Wilson River: Summer steelhead are throughout the fishery
Yaquina River: Fall Chinook fishing opened on the Yaquina on August 1st
Rogue River- Upper: Chinook fishing above Dodge Bridge closed Aug 1
Lake Of The Woods: Lake of The Woods Fishing Report
Miller Lake: The lake has been heavily stocked this week
Sprague River: Fishing is slow throughout the river
Williamson River: Williamson River Fishing Report
Wood River: Fishing for brown trout and redband trout should be good this week
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