SPOrT FISHIng regulaTIOnS - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Water Special Regulations
Rickreall Creek and tributaries
• Open for trout May 25-Oct. 31, 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
(Polk Co.)
• Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures only.
Round Lake (Collawash River, Marion • 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Co.)
• Restricted to artificial flies and lures.
Row River and tributaries, including: • Open Jan. 1-April 26 and Nov. 1-Dec. 31, catch and release for trout.
Sharps Creek, Brice Creek, Layng • Restricted to artificial flies and lures Jan. 1-April 26 and Nov. 1-Dec. 31.
Creek, Mosby Creek, Rat Creek and • Open April 27-Oct. 31, 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Teeter Creek (Lane Co.)
• Use of bait allowed April 27-Oct. 31.
• Open all year for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon, adipose fin-clipped steelhead,
and non-adipose fin-clipped steelhead greater than 24 inches in length in the mainstem
from the mouth upstream to Dorena Dam (tributaries are closed to angling for salmon
and steelhead).
St. Louis Ponds (Marion Co.) • One bass per day.
• Ten crappie per day
• 2 channel catfish per day.
• Unlawful to use any floating craft on any pond.
• Closed from 1 hour after sunset until 1 hour before sunrise.
Salmon Creek and tributaries (Lane Co.) • Catch and release for trout Jan. 1-April 26 and Nov. 1-Dec. 31, artificial flies and lures
only.
• Open for trout April 27-Oct. 31, 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
• Use of bait allowed April 27-Oct. 31.
• No limit on size or number of brook trout taken above Salmon Creek Falls April 27-
Oct. 31.
Salt Creek and tributaries (Lane Co.) • Catch and release for trout Jan. 1-April 26 and Nov. 1-Dec. 31, artificial flies and lures
only.
• Open for trout April 27-Oct. 31, 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
• Use of bait allowed April 27-Oct. 31.
• No limit on size or number of brook trout taken above Salt Creek Falls April 27-Oct. 31.
• Closed to angling from Gold Lake boat ramp down Salt Creek 100 yards Jan. 1-June 30
and Nov. 1-Dec. 31.
Sandy River (Multnomah/Clack. Co.): • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead all year.
1. Mainstem and tributaries upstream • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon Feb. 1-Oct. 31.
to ODFW markers at the mouth of • Open for adipose fin-clipped coho salmon all year.
Salmon River
• Closed within 200 feet of Chinook salmon spawning areas located in Oxbow Park
where posted by ODFW markers Sept. 16-Nov. 15.
• No angling from a floating device upstream from a point that is 200 feet below the
Oxbow Park boat ramp.
• Use of bait allowed.
2. Mainstem and tributaries upstream • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead and non-adipose fin-clipped steelhead harvest
from ODFW markers at the mouth of July 1-Aug. 31.
Salmon River, including the Salmon • Open for trout above Final Falls on the Salmon River May 25-Oct. 31, 2 trout per day,
River
8 inch minimum length.
• Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures with a single point hook no larger than 1/2inch
gap (size 1) and multiple point hook no larger than 3/8-inch gap (size 4).
• No limit on size or number of brook trout taken. Catch limits on other trout species do
not apply to brook trout.
Santiam River (Marion Co.):
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead all year and non-adipose fin-clipped steelhead
1. Mainstem
may be retained July 1-Aug. 31.
• Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon Jan. 1-Aug. 15 and Nov. 1-Dec. 31.
• Open for coho salmon all year.
• Open for trout May 25-Oct. 31, 2 adipose fin-clipped trout per day, no minimum length.
• Use of bait allowed.
2. Little North Fork • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead all year and non-adipose fin-clipped steelhead
may be retained July 1-Aug. 31.
• Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures only.
3. North Fork up to Big Cliff Dam • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead all year and non-adipose fin-clipped steelhead
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may be retained July 1-Aug. 31.
• Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon Jan. 1-Aug. 15 and Nov. 1-Dec. 31.
• Open for trout May 25-Oct. 31, 2 adipose fin-clipped trout per day, no minimum length.
Coho Salmon Seasons
• Mouth up to Stayton-Scio bridge in Stayton: Open for coho salmon all year.
• Stayton-Scio bridge in Stayton up to Big Cliff Dam: Open for coho salmon Jan. 1-Aug. 15
and Nov. 1-Dec. 31.
• Closed:
1. From the ODFW markers located near foot bridge upstream to the falls located
upstream from the highway bridge in Mill City;
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Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
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