SPOrT FISHIng regulaTIOnS - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Water Special Regulations
Tualatin River (Clack./Washington Co.) • Open for trout May 25-Oct. 31, 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
1. From mouth upstream to Hwy 47 • Use of bait allowed May 25-Oct. 31.
bridge at Gaston
• Open for coho salmon Aug. 1-Oct. 31.
2. Mainstem and Tributaries upstream • Open for trout May 25-Oct. 31, 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
from Hwy 47 bridge, and Tualatin River • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures.
Basin tributaries not listed
Walterville Canal (McKenzie River) • Open for trout all year, catch and release only.
• Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures, as per Zone Regulations.
• Closed:
1. Between the salmon weir and the downstream confluence with the McKenzie River
(the salmon weir is approximately 1/3 mile up the canal from the McKenzie River); and
2. Within the Walterville bypass canal from salmon weir upstream to the McKenzie River.
Willamette River:
• See Health Advisory on page 20.
1. Mouth upstream to Willamette Falls • Open for adipose fin-clipped coho salmon Aug. 1-Oct. 31.
(including Multnomah Channel/ • Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon and adipose fin-clipped steelhead all
Willamette Slough and Gilbert River) year.
• 10 walleye per day, no more than 5 per day over 18 inches and only one may be over
24 inches, 2 daily limits in possession.
• Use of bait allowed.
• Bank angling is prohibited from the east shore of the Willamette River the entire year
at the “Oregon City Wall” defined as the area beginning west of Hwy 99E, at the
northern-most extent of the parking area near the intersection of 8th Street and Hw y
99E in Oregon City, approximately 290 feet downstream of the Oregon City/West Linn
bridge (Hwy 43) and extending upstream approximately 1,715 feet to the retaining wall
extending into the Willamette River at the NW corner of the Blue Heron Paper Mill.
Note: Sturgeon fisheries are managed on a quota basis. Anglers should check the status
of regulations prior to fishing as modifications will be made in-season if necessary to
remain within catch guidelines.
• Angling for sturgeon (including catch-and-release) is prohibited seven days per week
from May 1-Aug. 31 from Willamette Falls downstream to the I-205 Bridge.
• Anglers are restricted to one annual limit of white sturgeon combined from the Columbia
River and the lower Willamette River including Multnomah Channel and the Gilbert
River, even if licensed in Oregon and Washington.
• Closed from 200 feet upstream from the fishway at Oregon City Falls to an imaginary
line downstream from fishway described as follows:
1. Beginning 54 feet below the southwesterly corner of electric plant on Black Point; then
2. To the northeasterly corner of Mill A grinder room on the west side of river; then
3. Straight downstream 20 feet below the grinder room arches; then
4. West to the bank of the river.
5. No angling from a boat while any part of the boat is inside this closed area.
• Closed in the tailrace of the West Linn Paper Company and described as follows:
1. Beginning at the south of the tailrace on the south bank; then
2. Extending across the tailrace following the line established by the bridge across the
tailrace to the north bank; then.
3. In a westerly, southerly and easterly direction around the bank of the tailrace to the
place of beginning.
4. No angling from a boat while any part of the boat is inside the closed area.
Note: Refer to General (Statewide) Regulations on page 11 for regulations covering the
harvest of Pacific lamprey.
2. Willamette Falls upstream to Hwy 20 • See Health Advisory on page 20
bridge located at Albany
• Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon and adipose fin-clipped steelhead all
year.
• Open for coho salmon all year.
• Retention of white sturgeon allowed all year.
• Use of bait allowed.
3. Hwy 20 bridge located at Albany • See Health Advisory on page 20.
upstream to Hwy 99 bridge at
• Open for adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon, coho salmon and adipose fin-clipped
Harrisburg and tributaries except for steelhead all year in the mainstem.
the Calapooia system. (See listings • Tributaries are closed to angling for salmon and steelhead.
for the Marys, Long Tom, Frazier and • Open Jan. 1-April 26 and Nov. 1-Dec. 31, catch and release for trout.
Muddy Creek systems.)
• Jan. 1-Apr. 26 and Nov. 1-Dec. 31 bait allowed on single point hooks 3/4” or larger
when angling for sturgeon in the mainstem Willamette River.
• Open April 27-Oct. 31, 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
• Use of bait allowed April 27-Oct. 31.
• Retention of white sturgeon allowed all year.
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Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
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