Category Outdoors

Salmon & steelhead … The spring chinook and summer steelhead migration over the Willamette Falls at Oregon City slowed to a trickle at the end of July. The final season tally came in at a respectable 36,500 chinook, which is about 6,500 more fish than…

The Oregon Secretary of State’s office confirmed that Initiative Petition 28 (IP28) failed to secure the required signatures to qualify for the November ballot, handing a major victory to Oregon’s conservationists, sportsmen, and agricultural communities. The state’s final verification counted 104,262 valid signatures, falling short…

Out in West Lane Out of Florence, ocean salmon fishing has been good, and that abundance should be reflected in the bay fishing season that kicks off in August. West Lane County also has a number of small streams, mostly in the Siuslaw River basin,…

On June 26, the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife Commission convened in Redmond to address a range of fisheries and wildlife-related topics. The outlook from the meeting was largely optimistic for local anglers, signaling a promising fall salmon season ahead with expanded opportunities for…

Spring chinook, also known as “springers,” are built for the long haul. Unlike their genetically identical counterparts, the fall chinook, which enter the river beginning in September and are already sexually mature, spring chinook start their freshwater migration in early March while still immature. They…