SPOrT FISHIng regulaTIOnS - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Water Special Regulations
Drift Creek upstream to Sampson Creek • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-March 31 and May 25-Dec. 31.
(Siletz Basin, Lincoln Co.)
• Open for Chinook salmon May 25-Dec. 31.
Ecola (Elk) Creek including tidewater up- • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-March 31 and Nov. 1-Dec. 31.
stream to forks located 1 mile upstream
from Hwy 101 bridge (Clatsop Co.)
• Closed April 1-Oct. 31.
Fall Creek upstream to Carns Creek
(Alsea Basin, Lincoln Co.)
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-March 31 and Dec. 1-31.
Five Rivers (Alsea Basin, Lincoln, Lane, • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-March 31 and Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
and Benton Co.)
• Open for Chinook salmon Aug. 1-Dec. 31, except closed for Chinook salmon upstream
1. Upstream to Buck Creek
from Cascade Creek.
2. Tributaries not listed and mainstem
and tributaries upstream from Buck
Creek.
• Closed. (See Lobster Creek for available trout angling.)
Fishhawk Lake (near Birkenfeld on the • Open for trout May 25-Oct. 31, 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Nehalem River, Columbia Co.)
• Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures only May 25-Aug. 31.
Gnat Creek (Clatsop Co.):
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead all year.
1. Upstream from railroad bridge to the • Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon Jan. 1-Jul. 31.
Aldrich Pt. Road Bridge
• Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
• See Special Regulations for Blind Slough/Knappa Slough, page 99.
2. Upstream from Aldrich Pt. Road
Bridge to Barrier Falls which is
located 1/4 mile upstream from
Hwy 30.
Hunt Creek (Clatsop Co.):
1. Upstream to Hunt Creek Falls
2. Above Hunt Creek Falls at mouth
(RM 0.2)
Indian Creek (Siuslaw Basin, Lane Co.):
1. Mainstem
Text highlighted in blue is new or changed from 2012
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-Aug. 31 and Oct. 1-Dec. 31.
• Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon Jan. 1-July. 31.
• Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1-Aug. 31 and Oct. 1-Dec. 31.
• Use of bait allowed.
• Closed Sept. 1-30.
• Open to trout angling as per Northwest Zone trout regulations.
• Open to catch-and-release trout angling all year.
• Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures only.
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-March 31.
• Open to trout angling May 25-Sept. 30 below the confluence with the West Fork Indian
Creek.
• Trout angling restricted to artificial flies and lures, 8 inch minimum length, 2 fish per day.
• Closed April 1-May 24 and Oct. 1-Dec. 31.
2. Tributaries • Closed.
John Day River (Clatsop Co.) • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead all year.
• Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon Jan. 1-July 31.
• Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
• Use of bait allowed.
Kilchis River (Tillamook Co.)
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead all year.
1. Upstream to North Fork, including • Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon April 1-July 31.
tidewater
• Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1-Dec. 31; except closed for Chinook salmon
upstream from old Hwy 101 bridge Aug. 1-Sept. 15; 2 adult Chinook salmon per day,
4 in any 7 consecutive days, 10 per season in aggregate from all Nehalem, Tillamook,
and Nestucca bays and streams.
• Catch and release only for chum salmon Sept. 16-Nov. 15.
2. Upstream from North Fork and all • Closed.
tributaries including North Fork and
South Fork
Klaskanine River upstream from marker
immediately above the confluence with
Youngs River, North Fork upstream to
Klaskanine Hatchery angling deadline
and South Fork upstream to the first falls
(approximately Rivermile 4.7) (Clatsop
Co.)
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead all year.
• Open for fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon Jan. 1-July 31.
• Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
• Closed on the North Fork from 200 feet below hatchery holding pond fishway upstream
to hatchery dam.
• North Fork Klaskanine is closed to salmon and steelhead angling upstream of Olney
Lane Bridge (near fire station) from Sept. 1-Oct. 15.
• South Fork Klaskanine is closed to salmon and steelhead angling from Sept. 1-Oct. 15.
• Use of bait allowed.
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-March 31 and May 25-Dec. 31.
• Open for Chinook salmon May 25-Dec. 31
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-March 31 and Dec. 1-31.
• Closed Oct. 1-Nov. 30.
Lake Creek (Lane Co.):
1. Upstream to Deadwood Creek
2. From Deadwood Creek upstream to
the mouth of Fish Creek
3. Tributaries not listed
• Closed.
Lake Lytle (Tillamook Co.) • Limit 1 bass per day, any size, 2 daily limits in possession.
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