ODFW Recreation Report: Best Bets for Weekend Fishing
From Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Recreation Report:
Best bets for weekend fishing
The best fishing opportunities continue to be for trout and winter steelhead.
Anglers are catching winter steelhead from the coast to Hood River when conditions allow. Keep an eye on water levels, and hit the river once they begin to drop.
The spring trout stocking season is underway in the Willamette and Southwest zones with several waterbodies being stocked this week.
Native trout and mountain whitefish are available year-round in central and eastern Oregon rivers. Consider the Deschutes, Fall, Metolius, Blitzen, and Wallowa.
Columbia River Spring Chinook seasons
The spring Chinook fishery below Bonneville Dam will open on Friday, March 1. Get more details here.
Learn to hunt turkey
Just in time for the spring turkey season, ODFW is offering several turkey hunting workshops. Participants will learn how to set decoys and blinds, spring hunting tactics, shotgun safety, field dressing and cooking wild turkey, and turkey behavior, biology and conservation.
Big game harvest statistics
Click the link here for information about population, harvest and point summary reports that can help you decide what hunts to apply for.
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