ODFW continues Chetco River closure
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is extending the current angling closure on the Chetco River upstream of Highway 101 until further notice. The season was expected to reopen today, but will remain closed to protect spawning fall Chinook. Pa...
 3.0K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 978.0 Meetings will discuss future fishing
Fishery managers will seek public comments on issues affecting future fisheries for Columbia River white sturgeon and spring Chinook salmon at a meeting scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10 in Astoria. The meeting is sponsored by the Orego...
2.0K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 788.0 Take advantage of good crabbing
Salmon fishing on the Coquille River still is producing good catches of both coho and Chinook, and we ve taken about 35 percent of our quota of wild coho in this fishery. The bite is short lived and seems to be the best about an hour or so before hig...
3.9K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 766.0 Volunteers clean up crab pots
REEDSPORT A handful of boats in Oregon s crabbing fleet returned to sea last week for one last hurrah. Their quarries were the derelict pots and buoys left behind this year by commercial crab boats. During a volunteer effort held nearly seven weeks...
3.1K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 733.0 State wildlife officials propose killing more cougars
PORTLAND (AP) Oregon wildlife officials are recommending an expansion of a three-year effort to hunt and kill cougars to reduce conflicts with livestock, big game, people and pets. The state has paid for hunting cougars in three areas since 2006: n...
1.2K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 619.0 Oregon Outdoor Report: Emergency closure at wild coho fishery
Emergency closure: At 11:59 p.m. last night the wild coho fishery on the Coos River system was closed. We had a large number of coho caught on the bar and also in the river this past week, and we reached our 1,000 fish quota. The Coquille River has t...
4.4K - Sep. 19, 2009; scored 820.0 Port seeks golf course zoning change
Coos County s commissioners will have another chance to vote on one aspect of the local liquefied natural gas project. The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay has filed an application with Coos County to change the zoning of the Kentuck Golf Course...
3.2K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 423.0 Salmon group makes sense
In a struggle among fishermen over scarce salmon, cooperation among lower Columbia River county commissioners is timely. This summer s awesome returns of Chinook, coho and steelhead have temporarily alleviated some of the gruff feelings among commerc...
1.9K - Sep. 4, 2009; scored 554.0 Lamprey larvae studied for clues to their decline
PORTLAND (AP) Lampreys have survived for 350 million years. They ve adapted to the coming and going of ice ages, continental drift and predators that predate the dinosaurs. Yet, researchers attribute an alarming drop in a West Coast population of...
5.5K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 592.0 Oregon Outdoors Report: Halibut success good and bad news
Last Friday, Saturday and Sunday s all-depth halibut season was some of the best halibut fishing we ve seen on the Oregon coast. That s the good news. The bad news is that preliminary numbers indicate that we have over-fished our all-depth quota by a...
5.7K - Aug. 17, 2009; scored 1000.0 Oregon Outdoors Report: Halibut success good and bad news
Last Friday, Saturday and Sunday s all-depth halibut season was some of the best halibut fishing we ve seen on the Oregon coast. That s the good news. The bad news is that preliminary numbers indicate that we have over-fished our all-depth quota by a...
4.6K - Aug. 15, 2009; scored 1000.0 Oregon Outdoor Report Chinook numbers excellent
Column by Richard DeChambeau Chinook fishing on the lower Rogue River has remained strong and all indications are that this fishery has returned to its normal numbers this year. I ve had reports of numerous 20-pound fish, with some as large as 30 pou...
4.4K - Aug. 8, 2009; scored 978.0 Coho plan regulation has disastrous results
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is allowing fishing for fin-clipped coho salmon in the Pacific Ocean and it is a disaster. Only 29,108 have been caught to date with 39,860 wild and undersized coho released. At least 22,720 of those release...
1.3K - Aug. 8, 2009; scored 592.0 Oregon Outdoor Report: ODFW sets fall Chinook seasons
Column by Richard DeChambeau The 2009 coastal fall Chinook in-river salmon seasons have finally been set by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The fall Chinook season begins Aug. 1 and continues to the end of the year. The Coos and Rogue riv...
4.4K - Jun. 13, 2009; scored 793.0 State OKs coho season for local rivers
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission has approved a wild coho salmon season for the Coos and Coquille rivers this fall based on predictions of a large coho return to the coastal rivers and streams. Starting Sept. 1, anglers will be allowed to reta...
1.6K - Jun. 10, 2009; scored 548.0 Wyden, DeFazio blast Lane County timber money policy
GRANTS PASS (AP) Two members of Oregon s congressional delegation are afraid that they won t be able to win renewal of billions of dollars for rural counties hurt by national forest logging cutbacks unless Lane County spends some of its share to re...
3.9K - Jun. 3, 2009; scored 538.0 Port forms committee for marine reserves
Coos County residents are going to get a chance to voice their opinions about marine reserves thanks to a committee facilitated by the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay. The recommendation won't go so far as designating a marine reserve off Coos ...
3.8K - May. 28, 2009; scored 559.0 Taking a new course
COOS BAY ” The owners of a golf course just off the Kentuck Inlet of Coos Bay have found a possible buyer for their property: Jordan Cove Energy Project. The liquefied natural gas terminal developer has signed an option to purchase either ...
3.8K - May. 14, 2009; scored 461.0 Tribes protest nontribal fishing of spring Chinook
PORTLAND (AP) - Representatives of Columbia River tribes say Oregon and Washington have allowed too much nontribal fishing of upper Columbia spring Chinook at the probable expense of tribes depending on what may be an unexpectedly low run. The Columb...
3.2K - May. 4, 2009; scored 771.0 Oregon Outdoor Report: 2009 Chinook closures likely
Column by Richard DeChambeau The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife hosted the first of its public meetings in North Bend on Tuesday to solicit input on regulations for the 2009 fall Chinook salmon season and the wild coho fishery. The ODFW biolo...
5.0K - May. 2, 2009; scored 728.0 | 
