SPOrT FISHIng regulaTIOnS - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Water Special Regulations
Three Rivers (Nestucca Basin,
• Closed.
Tillamook/Yamhill Co):
2. Tributaries
Tillamook Bay (Tillamook Co.) • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead all year.
• Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon during any authorized ocean
Chinook salmon seasons prior to August 1 in the Tillamook Spring Chinook Terminal
Area (ocean) from the jetty tips seaward to the 15 fathom line offshore from Twin Rocks
(45* 35’ 54” N. lat.) to Pyramid Rock (45* 29’ 48” N. lat.).
• Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon April 1-July 31 in Tillamook Bay
inside the jetty tips.
• 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.
Note: Changes to salmon regulations in the Tillamook Fall Terminal Area are adopted
by June of each year and are posted on the ODFW website: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/
resources/fishing/. Check for new regulations before you fish.
Tillamook Bay tributaries not listed • Closed.
Tillamook River (Tillamook Co.):
1. Tidewater
Text highlighted in blue is new or changed from 2012
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead all year.
• Open for adipose fin-clipped 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.
2. Mainstem, upstream from tidewater • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-March 31 and May 25-Dec. 31.
• 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.
3. Tributaries
• Closed.
Town Lake (Tillamook Co.) • Limit one bass per day, any size, 2 daily limits in possession.
Trask River (Tillamook Co.):
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead all year.
1. Mainstem up to North and South • Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon April 1-July 31.
forks, (at Trask County Park)
• Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1-Dec. 31; except closed for adult Chinook salmon
including tidewater
upstream from Hwy 101 Bridge Aug. 1-Sept. 15. Two adult Chinook per day, 4 in any
7 consecutive days, 10 per season in aggregate from all Nehalem, Tillamook, and
Nestucca bays and streams.
• Use of bait allowed.
• Closed from marker below Dam Hole upstream to Blue Ridge Creek Sept. 1-Nov. 30.
The Dam Hole is located near Milepost 7 on the Trask River Road.
• Closed from Gold Creek, at hatchery, 200 feet upstream and 900 feet downstream
June 1-Nov. 30.
Gear Restrictions:
• From Cedar Creek wooden boat slide (RM 10.9) downstream to Loren’s Drift wooden
boat slide (RM 9.0) from May 1 to July 31 angling is restricted to fly angling and bobber
angling only. Bobber angling gear must include a bobber and a leader no longer than
36 inches in length. Any weight (except the bobber) may be no more than 36 inches
from the lowermost hook when suspended vertically. The leader below the bobber must
remain suspended in the water column and not resting on the river bottom.
2. North Fork • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-March 31 and Dec. 1-31, upstream to
Bark Shanty Creek.
• Open for trout May 25-June 15 only.
3. South Fork
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-March 31 and Dec. 1-31, upstream to
Edwards Creek.
• Open for trout May 25-June 15 only.
4. East Fork
• Open for trout May 25-June 15 only.
5. Tributaries not listed
• Closed.
Vernonia (Pond) Lake (Columbia Co.) • Limit one bass per day, any size, 2 daily limits in possession.
• Limit ten Crappie per day, no minimum length.
Whittaker Creek (Lane Co.) • Closed.
Wilson River (Tillamook Co.):
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead all year.
1. Mainstem upstream to South Fork • Open for adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook salmon April 1-July 31.
including tidewater
• Open for fall Chinook salmon Aug. 1-Dec. 31; except closed for Chinook salmon
upstream from railroad 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.
• Use of bait allowed.
2. Little North Fork • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-March 31 and Dec. 1-31.
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