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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.

March 10, 2025 RECREATIONAL OCEAN SALMON INFORMATION UPDATE:

ACTION TAKEN (no action): The planned ocean Chinook salmon season (all-salmon-except coho) will open as scheduled from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt. from March 15 through May 15. The bag limit will be two salmon, except closed to retention of coho, with minimum size limits of 24” for Chinook and 20” for steelhead.

RATIONALE: The recreational ocean salmon fishery off Oregon in March, April, and early May typically has very low effort and Chinook catch. Fishery managers and industry representatives agreed that this opening would not create any difficulty in developing the remainder of the ocean seasons for the 2025 fishing year.  Seasons from May 16, 2025 through May 15, 2026 are currently being developed. Season alternatives will be reviewed and a final season recommendation made at the Pacific Fishery Management Council public meeting in San Jose, CA from April 10-15, 2025. Interested members of the public should visit www.pcouncil.org for information on how to participate in the April meeting.

Mar. 19, 2025

Includes updates to fishing, crabbing and clamming

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New and beginning adult hunters can learn everything they need to know about pursuing wild turkeys. Several workshops have been scheduled for NW, Central and SW Oregon, as well as youth clinics in Central Point and White River.

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Trout stocking is underway

Several more waterbodies have been stocked in the NW, SW, Willamette and Central zones, and other zones will see stocking later this month. Check the trout stocking schedule and trout stocking maps for a location near you.

Best bets for weekend fishing

With high water, steelhead fishing this weekend might be tough. But early spring trout fishing for holdover or stocked fish could be excellent.

• The ice has been melting on several SE Zone reservoirs – like Beulah, Chickahominy, Malheur and Pole Creek – and fishing the open water for holdover trout should be very good.
• Anglers are starting to turn their attention to spring Chinook on the Columbia, Willamette and Lower Rogue rivers.
• Kokanee fishing continues to be excellent on Lake Billy Chinook with fish averaging 13 inches. Tips for catching more kokanee
• Fishing for redband trout continues to improve in Agency and Upper Klamath lakes.
• Herring have spawned in Yaquina Bay and there could be yet another spawning event on its way.

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

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