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2025 Recreational Bottomfish Season Set

On Friday, December 13, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission finalized the 2025 recreational bottomfish season and regulations. Changes from 2024 are in italics.

Bag Limits

General Marine Species:
4-fish bag limit January 1 through June 30
5-fish bag limit July 1 through December 31
Canary rockfish: 1-fish sub-bag limit
Cabezon: 1-fish sub-bag limit
Opens July 1, 2024
16-inch minimum size limit
Lingcod: 2-fish bag limit
22-inch minimum size limit
Flatfish: 25-fish bag limit
Sablefish: 10-fish bag limit
Longleader gear fishery: 10-fish bag limit
Canary rockfish: 1-fish sub-bag limit
For a 10-fish bag limit to apply, longleader gear must be used outside (seaward) of the 40-fathom regulatory line
10 midwater rockfish species only

Retention of yelloweye and quillback rockfishes remain prohibited.

The bottomfish fishery will again be open at all-depths year-round (no seasonal depth restriction).

Additional information on the recreational bottomfish fishery can be found on the ODFW sport bottomfish webpage.

Mar. 5, 2025

Includes updates to fishing, crabbing and clamming, wildlife viewing

Sign up for turkey hunting workshops

New and beginning adult hunters can learn everything they need to know about pursuing wild turkeys.

Northwest Oregon workshops, April 5 and April 6 in Salem.
Central and eastern Oregon workshop, April 5 in Bend.
Youth Turkey Hunting Clinic, April 5 in White River.

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Learn more about hunting in Oregon

If you're new to hunting, or new to Oregon, these two-hour clinics provide an overview of the hunting opportunities and regulations in Oregon. Clinics will be held March 19 and April 17 in Tualatin.

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Best bets for weekend fishing

Steelhead fishing continues while trout fishing is picking up.

After big rains hit rivers on the north coast last month, rivers have dropped into good shape for steelhead fishing.
Several recently frozen lakes and reservoirs are now ice-free, and can provide excellent fishing for holdover trout.
This weekend should bring fair to good steelhead fishing in the SW Zone in places like the Illinois and Main, North and South Umpqua rivers
Striper fishing has been good on the Smith River.
Kokanee fishing has been excellent on Lake Billy Chinook with fish averaging 13 inches. Tips for catching more kokanee
Fishing for redband trout has been picking up in Agency and Upper Klamath lakes.
Spring trout stocking is underway in the SW and Willamette zones.

These examples are for demonstration purposes only. Refer to the zone reports for more details and possibilities.

Come see us at the Redmond Sportsmen's Show

The Central Oregon Sportsmen's Show is taking place at the Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center in Redmond March 6-9. Stop by the ODFW booth to talk to experts and pick-up an ODFW passport. Then go to all 8 stations around the show to collect stamps and return for a free prize!

Find big game statistics

Find all the numbers you'll need – big game populations, harvest and point summary reports – to plan your tag application strategy.

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Our promise

It is our desire to pass on to you, our members the best and latest fishing news in the state of Oregon. We look forward to your comments and suggestions on how to improve your fishing site. Send us your stories of success and yes even failure. Let us hear about the Big one you caught, as well as the one that got away. Serious stories or hilarious stories, We all want to hear them. Help us make this your favorite fishing site!

Lake Fishing

Oregon has some of the most beautiful lakes. From small mountain cascade lakes filled with ice cold water and mountain cutthroat trout. Large natural lakes Like the Klamath with giant Landlocked Steelhead, Lake Trout, Bass and Catfish. Lakes in

every corner of the state filled with Bass, Perch, sunfish, catfish and every species of trout. The lower cascade lakes offer Rainbow, Brown and Kokanee ( a landlocked salmon variety). Some larger reservoirs offer lake trout and bass. Many of the lowland and eastern Oregon lakes and reservoirs offer bass, sunfish, crappie, catfish and some even have Walleye.

Rivers and Streams

From the mighty Columbia River to our gorgeous mountain streams. Oregon offers a wide variety of fishing pleasure. Trolling or drifting the Columbia for Salmon, Striped Bass or the fighting Sturgeon. Drift or shore fishing the beautiful Rogue, Umpqua, Mckenzie, Deschues and Snake for Salmon and Steelhead is both exciting and relaxing. Whether fly fishing or bait fishing our mountaiin streams filled with cutthroat, brook or rainbow trout you will find it not only rewarding but peaceful. Spring and Summer Steelhead fill the coastal rivers and streams, as well as Salmon. Coast Sea run cutthoats are a pleasure to catch and eat.

Deep Sea Fishing

From the Chetco/Brookings Harbor to the Mighty Columbia Oregon offers 363 miles of Pacific Ocean Coastline. The more famous and possibly safer ports are Brookings Harbor on the Chetco near the California Border; Port of Bandon, Coos Bay/Charleston, Winchester Bay on the Umpqua River all south coast; Newport/Yaquina Bay, Depot Bay ( Worlds smallest Port) and Tillamook/Garibaldi central Coast; and finally Columbia River with Warrenton and Astoria. Oregon coast offers great Rock and bottom fishing, World classs Salmon fishing. Lingcod, Halibut and Tuna. Many ports for you to put your own craft out or join the many Commercial charter fishing vessels.

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