SPOrT FISHIng regulaTIOnS - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Description:
The Northeast Zone is all waters draining into the Columbia River east of the Deschutes River and all waters draining into the Snake
River system up to Hells Canyon Dam. This zone does not include any portion of the mainstem Columbia and Snake rivers. Regulations
for the Columbia River can be found in the Columbia River Zone, pages 96-99, and regulations for the Snake River can be found in the
Snake River Zone, pages 90-91.
Instructions:
1. Read the Special Regulations for this zone. Special Regulations apply to specific bodies of water or portions of water within a
zone. If specific references to a body of water, species, catch limits, length limits, seasons, or other specifications are not made in
the Special Regulations for this zone, then Zone Regulations apply.
2. Read the following Regulations for this zone.
3. Always read the General Regulations, pages 5-12, which apply to all zones, for information about licenses; tags and permits;
definitions; catch and possession limits; gear and bait restrictions; and harvest methods and hours, before going fishing.
4. Emergency or permanent rules adopted since these rules were printed may supersede these regulations. Anglers may call ODFW
headquarters or regional offices at the numbers on page 4 of these regulations, or check the ODFW web site, www.dfw.state.or.us
for these rules, or call 503-947-6000 during normal business hours.
Regulations for this zone:
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Species Name Catch Limits Length Limits and Other Specifications Season
Trout 5 per day, 2
daily limits in
possession.
Northeast
• 8 inch minimum length.
• Only 1 trout over 20 inches in length may be taken per day.
• Rainbow trout over 20 inches are considered steelhead in streams.
• Closed to angling for bull trout. See exceptions for catch and release
angling under Special Regulations for Imnaha and Wenaha
rivers.
• No limit on size or number of brook trout taken from lakes, except in
Magone Lake and Bull Prairie Reservoir.
• Kokanee included in trout limits except as noted under Special
Regulations.
Salmon • See Umatilla River listed alphabetically under Special Regulations.
• There is no annual limit on adipose or otherwise fin-clipped salmon as long as the ap-
propriate number of Hatchery Harvest Tags have been purchased to record the catch.
Steelhead 3 per day. • Only adipose fin-clipped steelhead may be taken. Unmarked
steelhead must be released unharmed.
• There is no annual limit on adipose fin-clipped steelhead so long
as the appropriate number of Hatchery Harvest Tags have been
Warmwater
Game Fish:
Largemouth and
Smallmouth Bass
Bluegill, Catfish,
Crappie, Other
Sunfish, Walleye,
and Yellow Perch
Other Fish:
Sturgeon
5 per day, 2
daily limits in
possession.
No limit. • None.
NORTHEAST ZONE
purchased to record the catch.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Lakes: Open all year.
Streams: Open
May 25-Oct. 31
Closed in all
waters unless
noted by species
under Special
Regulations.
• No more than 3 over 15 inches in length. Lakes: Open all year.
Streams: Open
during trout, salmon
Catch and release. • Angling restricted to one single-point, barbless hook for sturgeon.
• Sturgeon may not be removed from the water and must be immedi-
or steelhead
seasons only,
except portions of
Columbia River
tributaries flooded
by John Day and
McNary dams are
open all year.
Sucker, Carp,
Chub, Northern
Pikeminnow,
Sculpin,
Whitefish,
Shad and other
Nongame Fish
No limit.
ately released unharmed.
• None.
Bullfrogs No limit. • An angling license is not required. Open all year.
Crayfish 100 per day, 2 • Neither an angling nor a shellfish license is required.
daily limits in • All streams are open to crayfish harvest including streams listed as
possession. closed under Special Regulations.
Freshwater Harvest prohibited • It is illegal to harvest or possess any freshwater mussels or clams Closed.
Clams and
unless authorized by a specific permit issued by the Oregon Fish
Mussels
and Wildlife Commission (Scientific Take Permit).
Protected Fish:
• It is unlawful to angle for or possess all or any part of these fish
Margined Sculpin (Umatilla and because they are listed on the state’s sensitive species list for
Walla Walla river systems)
conservation purposes.
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Text highlighted in blue is new or changed from 2012