SPOrT FISHIng regulaTIOnS - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Water Special Regulations
Lewis and Clark River (Clatsop Co.) • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead all year.
1. Upstream to fish ladder located 200 • Open for fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon Jan. 1-July 31.
feet downstream from Warrenton • Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
Reservoir Dam
• Use of bait allowed.
2. Upstream of Saddle Mt. State Park • Catch and release trout angling open all year, angling restricted to artificial flies and
access road Bridge
lures only.
Lily Lake (Lane Co.) • Catch and release only for all fish.
• Restricted to artificial flies and lures.
Lobster Creek (Alsea Basin, Benton and • Open to trout angling May 25-Sept. 30.
Lincoln Co.)
• Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures, 8 inch minimum length, 2 fish per day.
1. Mouth upstream to confluence with
Little Lobster Creek
2. Above confluence with Little Lobster • Closed.
Creek and tributaries
Miami River (Tillamook Co.):
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-March 31 and May 25-Dec. 31.
1. Mainstem only, including tidewater • Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon May 25-July 31.
• Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1-Dec. 31; 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. Tributaries • Closed.
Necanicum River (Clatsop Co.) down- • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-March 31 and Sept. 1-Dec. 31.
stream of Hwy 53 bridge at Necanicum • Open for Chinook salmon Sept. 1-Dec. 31.
Jct., including Neawanna Creek tide- • Open for marine fish and other fish all year below the 12th Avenue Bridge located in
water downstream of 12th Avenue bridge Seaside. See Marine Zone, pages 101-109.
Nehalem Bay up to Miami River-Foley • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead all year
Creek Road bridge (Tillamook Co.) • Open for spring Chinook salmon April 1-July 31.
• Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1-Dec. 31; 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.
Nehalem River:
• Restricted to artificial flies and lures May 25-Aug. 31 above tidewater (at upstream end
1. Mainstem upstream from Miami River- of Mohler Sand and Gravel).
Foley Creek Road bridge including • Closed upstream from Hwy 26 Bridge located at Elsie Sept. 1-Oct. 31.
tidewater
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead upstream to Hwy 26 Bridge at Elsie all year.
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead upstream from Hwy 26 Bridge at Elsie
Jan. 1-March 31, May 25-Aug. 31 and Nov. 1-Dec. 31.
• Open for spring Chinook salmon May 25-July 31.
• Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1-Dec. 31; 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.
• Closed to angling for Chinook salmon above the railroad bridge (RM 22.3) located
above the mouth of the Salmonberry River all year.
2. North Fork up to 4th bridge on Hamlet • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-March 31 and May 25-Dec. 31.
Road located near Milepost 6
• Open for spring Chinook salmon May 25-July 31.
• Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1-Dec. 31; 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.
• Fishing is authorized during open fishing seasons from the Nehalem Hatchery Barrier
Free Fishing Platform by those individuals who possess one of the following Departmentissued
licenses: Blind Angler License; Wheelchair Angling License; Disabled War
Veteran Angling License, or Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit. A person
may assist a Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit holder in angling, provided
that conditions of the permit are followed (see page 7).
• Closed to angling for Chinook salmon above Hwy 53 Bridge all year.
• Closed to all angling 200 feet upstream and 260 feet downstream (to marked deadline)
at Fall Creek Falls adult fish trap (RM 16.5).
Neskowin Creek (Tillamook Co.): • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-March 31 and Nov. 1-Dec. 31.
1. Mainstem including tidewater
• Closed April 1-Oct. 31.
2. Tributaries • Closed.
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All trout, salmon and steelhead that are released must be unharmed and should not
be removed from the water.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Text highlighted in blue is new or changed from 2012