SPOrT FISHIng regulaTIOnS - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Water Special Regulations
Crooked River mainstem (Jefferson/
Crook Co.)
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• Open all year.
• Use of bait allowed May 25-Oct. 31.
• Closed for 150 feet downstream from Bowman Dam.
• Rainbow trout over 20 inches are considered steelhead and must be released
unharmed.
Crystal Creek (Odell Lake, Klamath Co.) • Closed.
Cultus Lake (Deschutes Co.) • Trout daily catch limit may include only 1 lake trout, which must be at least 8 inch
minimum length.
Davis Lake and Odell Creek Channel
up to boat ramp at West Davis Lake
campground (Klamath Co.)
Deschutes River:
1. Mouth (North side of I-84 bridge)
upstream to the northern boundary
of the Warm Springs Reservation
(including White River upstream to
first falls) (Wasco Co.)
2. Northern boundary of the Warm
Springs Reservation upstream to
Pelton Regulating Dam (Wasco/
Jefferson Co.)
3. a. Lake Billy Chinook upstream
to Benham Falls (Jefferson/
Deschutes Co.)
4.
b. Mirror Pond (Deschutes River
in Bend) from North Canal Dam
upstream to Bill Healy Bridge (Reed
Market Road)
Benham Falls upstream to Wickiup
Reservoir (Deschutes Co.)
5. Wickiup Reservoir upstream to Crane
Prairie Dam (Deschutes Co.)
6. Crane Prairie Reservoir upstream to
Little Lava Lake (Deschutes Co.)
Eagle Creek upstream from the mainline
railroad bridge (Columbia River near
Bonneville Dam, Hood River Co.)
• 2 trout per day, 10 inch minimum length and 13 inch maximum length.
• No limit on size or number of warmwater game fish.
• Restricted to fly angling only with barbless hooks (see fly angling definition, page 8).
• Closed from 1 hour after sunset until 1 hour before sunrise.
Note: Chinook salmon angling closed entire river. Emergency regulations opening Chinook
angling may be adopted after the printing of these regulations. Up-to-date changes can be
obtained by calling 1-503-947-6000 or at our internet site: www.dfw.state.or.us.
• Open for coho salmon Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
• Open for trout all year.
• 2 rainbow trout per day, 10 inch minimum and 13 inch maximum length.
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead all year.
• Restricted to artificial flies and lures, except bait may be used from Sherars Falls
downstream to upper trestle (about 3 miles).
• No angling from a floating device.
• Sherars Falls downstream to Buck Hollow Creek (about 1 mile) closed to angling
April 1-July 31.
• See Special Regulations for Warm Springs Reservation at end of this zone.
• Open for coho salmon Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
• Open to trout April 27-Oct. 31.
• 2 rainbow trout per day, 10 inch minimum and 13 inch maximum length.
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead April 27-Dec. 31.
• No angling from a floating device.
• Restricted to artificial flies and lures.
• Closed from Pelton Regulating Dam downstream about 600 feet to ODFW markers.
• Open for trout all year.
• 2 trout per day, which may include 1 bull trout, 24 inch minimum length.
• Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures.
• Rainbow trout over 20 inches are considered steelhead and must be released
unharmed.
• Open all year.
• 2 trout per day.
• Use of bait allowed.
• Open for trout May 25-Oct. 31, 5 trout per day, which may include 2 non fin-clipped
rainbow trout.
• Use of bait allowed.
• Open May 25-Aug. 31.
• Open May 25-Sept. 30.
• Catch and release only for rainbow trout, 5 brook trout per day.
• Catch and release only for trout May 25-Oct. 31.
• Open for Chinook and adipose fin-clipped coho salmon May 25-Aug. 15.
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-March 31, May 25-Aug. 15, and
Dec. 1-31.
• Use of bait allowed.
• See Columbia River Zone, page 99, for regulations concerning the area down stream
from the mainline railroad bridge.
East Lake (Deschutes Co.) • Open April 27-Oct. 31.
• 16 inch maximum length on brown trout. All brown trout over 16 inches must be released
unharmed.
• Catch and release on non-adipose fin-clipped rainbow trout.
• See Health Advisory on page 20.
Elk Lake (Deschutes Co.) • 25 kokanee per day (no size limits) in addition to other trout species catch limit.
Fall River (Deschutes Co.):
• Open May 25-Sept. 30.
1. Downstream from the falls
• Restricted to fly angling only with barbless hooks (see fly angling definition, page 8).
2. Upstream from the falls • Open all year.
• Restricted to fly angling only with barbless hooks (see fly angling definition, page 8).
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Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
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