Best weekend fishing & hunting tips
Photo courtesy of Time Water Outfitters
From the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife:
Fall fishing continues for trout, salmon, and steelhead.
Steelhead are now distributed throughout the lower 100 miles of the Deschutes River. Anglers are reporting good fishing, with a chance at big B-Run Idaho fish that rest out in the first mile of the river around the mouth.
Nestucca, Tillamook, and Nehalem bays are all producing Fall Chinook. Fish are being caught regularly throughout the bays and tidewaters.
Yellow perch fishing on Tenmile Lake south of Umpqua River on the Oregon Coast continues to be excellent. While topwater lures, crankbaits, and wacky-rigged stick baits are all catching largemouth bass especially in the bays and arms of the lake.
Several lakes and ponds in the SW Zone recently have been stocked with fall trout – see the zone report for details.
On the McKenzie River below Leaburg Lake, trout released as part of an emergency fire evacuation are still hanging around downstream of the dam. Good fishing has resulted.
The mainstem Santiam River and the lower North Santiam are seeing a large influx of coho salmon right now- 10/21/20.
Warner Pond in Southeast Oregon near Harney was fishing great last week for rainbow trout in the 9- to 17-inch range.
Fishing has been excellent at some of the high elevation lakes in the Sky Lakes and Mountain Lakes Wilderness.
Take a hunter education class
Take the workbook or online version of the course, then sign up for a field day. Here’s everything you’ll need to know.
Duck hunting workshop, Nov. 14-15 in Coquille
Learn everything you need to know to go duck hunting in this two-day workshop that includes a bit of classroom instruction, more hands-on training, and a lot of an actual duck hunt. Learn more and register.
Hunting, fishing, and wildfire danger
Get the latest updates on access, closures, impacts
With the extreme season in Oregon, hunters and anglers should check ahead about possible closures, restrictions, and cancellations. We are updating access conditions as we can in the Recreation Report. However, conditions can change quickly, and in between updates.
To help you find the latest information regarding public access, closures, and other wildfire-related issues, we’ve created this webpage on MyODFW.com. Here you’ll find the latest ODFW closures and cancellations, as well as links to land management agencies and their current notices.
