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Fishing regulations at Glenn Creek, OR
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Fishing regulations in Oregon can change throughout the year. Make sure to check this page before fishing for the most up to date rules and regulations for the current season. Local regulations govern when you can fish, the max size of the fish you can keep, how many fish you can keep, and more.
Regulations for top species
Season open: year-round
Largemouth bass
Regulation boundaryOR Oregon Willamette Zone
The maximum number of individual fish legally harvested per harvester per day. Bag limits are only for properly licensed anglers actively harvesting the species. People who are not actively harvesting or are not properly licensed (if a license is required) may NOT be counted for the purpose of bag limits.
The maximum number of individual fish across an aggregate group of species legally harvested per harvester per day.
The maximum number of trophy individuals legally harvested per harvester per day. A trophy is any individual of a length greater than the max size limit. Trophy individuals are included in the daily bag limit unless stated otherwise.
Total length means the straight line distance from the most forward point of the head with the mouth closed, to the farthest tip of the tail with the tail compressed or squeezed, while the fish is lying on its side.
OR Use of drones and radios
It is unlawful to use drones/ radio controlled boats/ or other unmanned vehicles when angling or to aid in angling.
OR Snagging
It is unlawful to snag or attempt to snag gamefish.Additional anti-snagging gear restrictions:Fishing gear restricted to artificial fly, lure, or bait with one single-point hook.Unless otherwise specified, hook must measure 3/4 inch or less at the gap.Hook must be attached to or below any lure or bait.Weight cannot be less than 18 inches above the lure or bait.Consult exceptions to zone regulations for which leader length applies:Leader length: 18-36 inches or less than or equal to 6 feet
OR Unlawful Taking & Retention
It is unlawful to fish for or take and retain any legal species while possessing on board any species not allowed to be taken in that area at that time.
OR Use of More than One Rod or Line
It is unlawful to use more than one rod or line when angling except:with a Two-Rod Validation as a youth anglers (under 12 years of age) when angling outside of three miles from shore for offshore pelagic species, any number of rods or lines are allowed only if no species other than offshore pelagic species have been retained.
OR Ice hole size
Angling through a human-made ice hole larger than 12 inches in diameter or length is unlawful.
OR Use of chum
Taking or attempting to take any fish by chumming, or knowingly angle with the aid of chum is unlawful except when angling for offshore pelagic species outside of three miles from shore if no species other than offshore pelagic species have been retained.
OR Buying or selling fish and fish parts
Buying or selling fish or shellfish, or parts thereof, that were caught or taken for personal use. Except the skeletal remains of ocean food fish may be sold; and eggs from ocean-caught salmon may be sold to a licensed fish or bait dealer.
OR Fish with radio tags
It is unlawful to take a fish with a radio tag (identified by an antenna trailing from its mouth or body) except in the mainstem Columbia River and its tributaries, when consistent with all other applicable laws and regulations.
OR Fishways weirs and fish traps
It is unlawful to trespass on a fishway, weir or fish trap, or angle within 200 feet above and 200 feet below a weir or the entrance/exit of a private or public fishway or fish trap.
OR Transport of live fish and egs
Bringing live fish or live eggs into the state, transporting them overland, or from one waterbody to another without a permit from ODFW is unlawful.
OR Bait Restriction
The following may NOT be used as bait:• Live fish. Except live nongame fish maybe used in the ocean, bays and tidewaters when taken from the same waters in which they will be used as bait.• Goldfish. Nor can they be in an angler's possession while angling.• Lamprey.• Live crayfish.• Live leeches. Nor can they be in an angler'spossession while angling.
OR 3 Hook Maximum
No more than three hooks may be used when angling, except herring jigs may be used for marine food fish species.• A double or treble point hook is classified asone hook.• When angling with two rods (whereallowed and with a Two-Rod Validation), the general hook rule applies to each rod.
OR Daylight Hours
It is unlawful to angle for or take salmon, shad, steelhead, sturgeon, trout or whitefish except during daylight hours (one hour before sunrise until one hour after sunset). Unless there is an exception for specific waterbodies.
OR Game Fish Unlawful Methods
It is unlawful to take game fish other than those hooked inside the mouth. It is unlawful to: snag, spear, gaff, net, trap, club, shoot or ensnare any freshwater game fish. A hand-held landing net may be used to land a legally hooked fish. A gaff may not be used to land salmon, steelhead or other freshwater game fish in inland or ocean fisheries.
OR Removal of eggs
It is unlawful to remove eggs from any salmon, steelhead or sturgeon without retaining the carcass while in the field.
OR Field dressing of mutilating
It is unlawful to possess game fish in the field that have been dressed or mutilated so that size, species or fin clip cannot be determined. Fish may be dressed when the angler has reached their automobile (or principle means of land transportation) and has finished angling for the day.
OR Dip Net, Cast Net, Angling, Herring Jigs ONLY
May only be taken by dip net, cast net, angling and herring jigs.
OR Angling with Single Line or Spear
May be taken by angling with a single line, no more than 2 hooks; and by spear.
OR Angling Tag in Possession
All anglers need a valid Combined Angling Tag (authorizing harvest of 20 salmon or steelhead per year) in possession to angle for salmon, steelhead, sturgeon and halibut.Harvested adult wild salmon or steelhead must be immediately recorded on the Combined Angling Tag.
Lakes: 5 per day, 3 daily limits in possession unless noted under location exceptions.
Streams: No limit.
• No more than 3 over 15 inches in length in lakes.
• No minimum length in streams.
• Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures in streams. See location exceptions
where use of bait is allowed.
Lakes: Open all year.
Streams: Open during trout, salmon or steelhead seasons, except mainstem Willamette River and sloughs and tidewater areas of Columbia River tributaries downstream from Bonneville Dam are open all year.
For more information please see Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations
Micropterus nigricans
Exceptions to Willamette Zone Regulations
Abiqua Creek
Above Abiqua Falls
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Adair Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Airport Pond
- Closed.
Alton Baker Park Canoe Canal
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead over 24 inches in length.
- 5 trout per day, no minimum length for hatchery trout.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Two Rod Validation may be used.
Balch Creek
- Closed.
Bear Creek (Pudding River)
Above Shorty's Pond
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Blue River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead over 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day may be harvested above Blue River Dam only, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Bond Butte Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Breitenbush River
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Bull of the Woods Wilderness Area
The following lakes: Beth, Big Slide, Lenore, Pansy, Lower Twin and Upper Twin
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
Bull Run River
Mouth to Watershed Boundary
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead per day.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Closed from ODFW markers 75 ft below and 200 ft above the ODFW weir and fish trap in Dodge Park near mouth.
Butte Creek
Above Butte Cr Falls
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Canby Pond
- Youth angling (ages 17 and under) or Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit holders only.
Canyon Creek (South Santiam)
- Closed.
Cascade Lakes
The following Willamette National Forest Lakes: Blair, Blue, Corner, Lower and Upper Eddeeleo, Goose, Heart, Upper Horse, Linton, Nash, Otter, Pamelia, Penn, Porky, Upper Salmon, Separation, Spring, Spirit, Timpanogas, Lower Timpanogas
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
- Use of bait allowed.
Cedar Creek (Sandy River)
Mouth to markers 100 ft above hatchery water intake dam
- Closed.
Above markers 100 ft above intake dam
- Open for trout May 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed all year for salmon and steelhead.
Clackamas River
Mouth to River Mill Dam
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead per day.
- Use of bait allowed.
- No angling from a floating device between River Mill Dam and the ODFW markers approx. 100 ft above the Clackamas Hatchery water intake.
Mainstem and tributaries (except Oak Grove Fork) above Faraday Diversion (Cazadero) Dam, excluding North Fork Reservoir and Faraday Lake
- Harvest of bull trout prohibited.
- No angling from a floating device or from the west shore for the length of the Three Lynx Powerhouse (111 ft).
Oak Grove Fork and tributaries between markers at upper end of Harriet Lake and Timothy Lake Dam
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of brook or brown trout.
Commonwealth Lake
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Cox Creek
Within the boundaries of Timber Linn Park
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Detroit Reservoir
- 5 kokanee per day in addition to daily troutlimit.
Dog Creek
- Closed.
E.E. Wilson Pond
- Open all year.
Eagle Creek (Clackamas River)
Mouth to markers 200 ft below hatchery ladder outlet
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead per day.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Anti-Snagging Gear Restriction: Leader length must be between 18 and 36 inches Aug 1 - Dec 31 (See Anti-Snagging Gear Restriction Rules pg 18).
- Closed from 200 ft above and 300 ft below fish ladder ½ mi below Eagle Fern Park.
East Salish Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Erma Bell Lakes and Tributaries
- Open May 22 - Oct 31.
- 2 rainbow trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
- Use of bait allowed.
Estacada Lake
Clackamas River, River Mill Dam upstream to Faraday Diversion (Cazadero) Dam
- Open for trout May 22 - Oct 31.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Trout over 20 inches are considered steelhead.
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily bag limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead.
- Closed between markers 400 ft above and 126 ft below the downstream corner of the Faraday Powerhouse Jun 16 - Oct 31.
- Closed from the entrance of the fishway/fish trap at the Faraday Diversion (Cazadero) Dam downstream approx. 275 ft to the ODFW deadline markers.
Fall Creek and Tributaries (Middle Fork Willamette)
- Open all year for trout.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Below Fall Cr Dam: Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed within 200 ft of entrance to the Fall Cr fish ladder.
Faraday Lake
- Only hatchery trout may be harvested.
Foster Reservoir
- 5 hatchery trout or kokanee per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of bass.
Frazier Creek
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Gales Creek
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31 from mouth to NW Clapshaw Hill Rd.
Gilbert River
From the upstream end of the Gilbert River Fishing Pier located near the confluence of the Multnomah Channel upstream to Sturgeon Lake
- Open Apr 16 - Sep 30 for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Use of bait allowed except artificial flies and lures only Apr 16 - May 15.
- Closed to all angling Jan 1 - Apr 15 and Oct1 - Dec 31.
- Closed for sturgeon the entire year including catch and release.
Gold Lake
- Open May 22 - Oct 31.
- Catch-and-release for rainbow trout.
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
- Fly fishing only, barbless hooks required.
- Closed from Gold Lake boat ramp 300 ft down Salt Cr.
Green Peter Reservoir
- 25 kokanee per day in addition to daily trout limit. No size limits.
Haldeman Pond
- Closed Jan 1 - Apr 15 and Oct 1 - Dec 31.
Henry Hagg Lake
- Open all year.
- 1 bass per day.
- 25 crappie per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Hills Creek and Hills Creek Tributaries
Above Hills Cr Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Hills Creek Reservoir
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released.
- Hatchery salmon less than 24 inches in length are considered trout.
Horn Creek
- Closed.
Leaburg Canal and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- Catch-and-release for trout.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
- Closed within the Leaburg powerhouse tailrace.
- Closed from Leaburg Dam to below fish screens (approx. 600 ft.).
Leaburg Lake
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Two Rod Validation may be used.
- Closed within 200 ft above Leaburg Dam.
Little Fall Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- From mouth to 200 ft below fish ladder: Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Long Tom River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Use of bait allowed.
Lookout Creek and Tributaries
- Closed.
Lost Creek and Tributaries (Middle Fork Willamette River)
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Lost Lake (Santiam Pass)
- 5 trout per day, no minimum length.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Luckiamute River (Mainstem) and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Luckiamute River, Little
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Marys River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Use of bait allowed.
McKenzie River and Tributaries
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released, including brook trout.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon in the mainstem.
- See Mohawk River & Tributaries.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon in the mainstem.
- Gear Restriction: Bait allowed May 1 - Jun 15 when angling for salmon and steelhead with hooks 5/8 inch gap or larger.
- See Walterville Canal.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon in the mainstem.
- Bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31 in the mainstem.
- Gear Restriction: Leaburg Dam downstream to Trout Cr (approx. 1 Mi) any attached weight may be no more than 6 ft from the lowermost hook, in addition to statewide Hook and Weight Regulations (pg 19).
- See Leaburg Canal & Tributaries and Walterville Canal & Tributaries.
- Closed within 200 ft downstream of Leaburg Dam.
- Bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31 in the mainstem.
- See Leaburg Lake and Blue River & Tributaries.
- Closed within the Carmen Spawning Channel and in the McKenzie River from Trail Bridge Dam to 200 ft below the Carmen Spawning Channel entrance.
Above Tamolitch Falls (Blue Pool) including Carmen Reservoir and Clear Lake
- Willamette Zone regulations apply, including no limit on the size or number of
- Closed from Cougar Dam downstream 700 ftto concrete supports of the old adult fish trap.
Mill Creek and Tributaries (Marion Co.)
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimumlength, remainder of year catch-and-release
Mohawk River and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Molalla River
Mouth to Turner Cr Bridge
- Open for any steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmonhatchery steelhead, and coho salmon.
- Use of bait allowed May 15 - Jul 15.
Moose Creek
Mouth to Moose Lake
- Closed.
Mt Hood Pond
- Youth angling (ages 17 and under) and Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit holders Apr 1 - Aug 31.
Muddy Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest and bait allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
North Fork Reservoir (Clackamas River)
North Fork Dam up to MP 32 on Hwy 224
- Open for trout May 22 - Oct 31.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of brook or brown trout.
Quartzville Creek
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Rainbow Lake (Charles Metzger County Park)
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
Rickreall Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimumlength, remainder of year catch-and-release
Round Lake (Collawash River)
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Row River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed to salmon and steelhead angling in Mosby Cr and Mosby Cr tributaries.
Salmon Creek and Tributaries (Middle Fork Willamette River)
- Open all year.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Salmon River (Sandy River Basin)
Above Final Falls
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Salt Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed in mainstem from Gold Lake boat ramp downstream 300 ft.
Sandy River
Mouth to ODFW markers at Salmon River confluence
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead all year.
- Combined daily bag limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Two rod validation may be used all year.
- No angling from a floating device from 200 ft below Oxbow Park boat ramp upstream.
- Closed within 200 ft of Chinook salmon spawning areas in Oxbow Park where posted by ODFW markers Sep 16 - Nov 15.
- Closed to sturgeon angling including catch-and-release.
Santiam River (Mainstem)
- Open for hatchery trout May 22 – Oct 31, 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead and coho salmon.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for hatchery Chinook salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Santiam River, Little North Fork
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and
Santiam River, Middle Fork and Tributaries
Above Green Peter Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Santiam River, North Fork
The following apply to open sections from mouth to Big Cliff Dam: *- Open for hatchery trout May 22 – Oct 31, 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for hatchery Chinook salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Open all year for coho salmon.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed from the ODFW markers (between the foot bridge and the 1st Ave Bridge in Mill City) up to the falls.
- Closed within the Stayton power canal.
ODFW markers at Packsaddle Park to MintoDam
- Closed.
- Closed from Big Cliff Dam downstream 400 ft.
North Fork and Tributaries above Big Cliff Dam
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Santiam River, South Fork
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open for hatchery trout May 22 – Oct 31, 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for hatchery Chinook salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Open all year for coho salmon.
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Gear Restriction: Angling restricted to fly fishing or bobber fishing (See Salmon/Steelhead Bobber Fishing Rule pg 18).
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Closed from Foster Dam downstream approx. 1/4 mi to ODFW markers.
Sauvie Island Wildlife Area
- Open 4:00 AM - 10:00 PM.
- Closed all areas Jan 1 - Apr 15 and Oct 1 - Dec 31, except Columbia River beaches, the Gilbert River boat ramp, and the Disabled Anglers Fishing Pier which are open all year.
Silver Creek
Above Silverton Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Small Fry Lake
- Open all year for trout.
- 2 trout per day, no minimum length.
- Youth angling (ages 17 and under) only.
Smith and Bybee Lakes and Canals
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Smith River and Tributaries Above Smith Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Spring Creek Pond (Maxwell Pond)
- Closed.
Springfield Mill Race
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
St. Louis Ponds
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
- Unlawful to use any floating craft.
- Apr 1 - Sep 30 Open 6:00AM - 9:00PM.
- Oct 1 - Mar 31 Open 6:00AM - 7:00PM.
Sturgeon Lake
- Closed for sturgeon.
Tanner Creek
Above mainline railroad bridge
- Open for hatchery steelhead Jan 1 - Mar 31 and Dec 1-31.
Timothy Lake
- 25 kokanee per day, no size limit, in addition to daily trout bag limit.
- No minimum length on hatchery trout.
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
Trail Bridge Reservoir
- Wild trout must be released.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Tualatin River and Tributaries
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Walterville Canal and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- Catch-and-release for trout.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
- Closed - between the salmon weir and the downstream confluence with the McKenzieRiver.
- Closed - within the Walterville Bypass Canal from the salmon weir upstream to the McKenzie River.
Willamette River (Mainstem)
Mouth to Willamette Falls including Multnomah Channel
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Catch-and-release for sturgeon.
- Sturgeon angling is prohibited from the Lake Oswego-Oak Grove RR bridge up to Willamette Falls May 1 - Aug 31.
- Use of bait allowed.
- See Gilbert River.
- Closed: Oregon City Wall Bank Closure Area; see picture/diagram for closure area.
- Closed: Willamette Falls Closure Area; see picture/diagram for closure area.
Willamette Falls to Hwy 20 bridge in Albany
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon, coho salmon, and hatchery steelhead.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Hwy 99 bridge at Harrisburg to McKenzie River mouth and tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, and hatchery steelhead.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
Mouth of McKenzie River to Coast Fork and tributaries not listed
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2 per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Willamette River, Coast Fork and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- See Row River and Tributaries.
- Closed to Chinook salmon and steelhead angling on tributaries.
Willamette River, Middle Fork and Tributaries
Mouth to Dexter Dam
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Angling gear may be cast within 200 ft of fish ladder at base of Dexter Dam.
- Gear Restriction: Dexter Dam downstream approx. 700 ft to markers: Only one single point hook with 5/8 inch gap or smaller maybe used. No angling from the north shore, from a floating device, or while wading.
- Gear Restriction: From Dexter Dam downstream to power lines (approx. 1/2Mi):any attached weight may be no more than 6 ft above lower most hook, in addition to statewide Hook and Weight Regulations
Above Lookout Point Reservoir (including above Hills Creek Reservoir)
- Open all year for trout.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released, including brook trout.
- See Hills Creek and Hills Creek Tributaries, Salmon Creek and Tributaries, Salt Creek and Tributaries.
Willamette River, North Fork Middle Fork and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Fly fishing only, barbless hooks required.
Willamina CreekMouth to 200ft below Lower Willamina Falls
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
200 ft below Lower Willamina Falls to UpperWillamina Falls
- Open for trout May 22-Oct 31.
Above Upper Willamina Falls
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Wilsonville Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Winberry Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Woodburn Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
- Closed 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise.
Yamhill River and Tributaries
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
*Tributaries and river sections not listed
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Exceptions to Willamette Zone Regulations
Abiqua Creek
Above Abiqua Falls
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Adair Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Airport Pond
- Closed.
Alton Baker Park Canoe Canal
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead over 24 inches in length.
- 5 trout per day, no minimum length for hatchery trout.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Two Rod Validation may be used.
Balch Creek
- Closed.
Bear Creek (Pudding River)
Above Shorty's Pond
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Blue River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead over 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day may be harvested above Blue River Dam only, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Bond Butte Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Breitenbush River
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Bull of the Woods Wilderness Area
The following lakes: Beth, Big Slide, Lenore, Pansy, Lower Twin and Upper Twin
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
Bull Run River
Mouth to Watershed Boundary
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead per day.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Closed from ODFW markers 75 ft below and 200 ft above the ODFW weir and fish trap in Dodge Park near mouth.
Butte Creek
Above Butte Cr Falls
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Canby Pond
- Youth angling (ages 17 and under) or Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit holders only.
Canyon Creek (South Santiam)
- Closed.
Cascade Lakes
The following Willamette National Forest Lakes: Blair, Blue, Corner, Lower and Upper Eddeeleo, Goose, Heart, Upper Horse, Linton, Nash, Otter, Pamelia, Penn, Porky, Upper Salmon, Separation, Spring, Spirit, Timpanogas, Lower Timpanogas
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
- Use of bait allowed.
Cedar Creek (Sandy River)
Mouth to markers 100 ft above hatchery water intake dam
- Closed.
Above markers 100 ft above intake dam
- Open for trout May 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed all year for salmon and steelhead.
Clackamas River
Mouth to River Mill Dam
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead per day.
- Use of bait allowed.
- No angling from a floating device between River Mill Dam and the ODFW markers approx. 100 ft above the Clackamas Hatchery water intake.
Mainstem and tributaries (except Oak Grove Fork) above Faraday Diversion (Cazadero) Dam, excluding North Fork Reservoir and Faraday Lake
- Harvest of bull trout prohibited.
- No angling from a floating device or from the west shore for the length of the Three Lynx Powerhouse (111 ft).
Oak Grove Fork and tributaries between markers at upper end of Harriet Lake and Timothy Lake Dam
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of brook or brown trout.
Commonwealth Lake
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Cox Creek
Within the boundaries of Timber Linn Park
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Detroit Reservoir
- 5 kokanee per day in addition to daily troutlimit.
Dog Creek
- Closed.
E.E. Wilson Pond
- Open all year.
Eagle Creek (Clackamas River)
Mouth to markers 200 ft below hatchery ladder outlet
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead per day.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Anti-Snagging Gear Restriction: Leader length must be between 18 and 36 inches Aug 1 - Dec 31 (See Anti-Snagging Gear Restriction Rules pg 18).
- Closed from 200 ft above and 300 ft below fish ladder ½ mi below Eagle Fern Park.
East Salish Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Erma Bell Lakes and Tributaries
- Open May 22 - Oct 31.
- 2 rainbow trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
- Use of bait allowed.
Estacada Lake
Clackamas River, River Mill Dam upstream to Faraday Diversion (Cazadero) Dam
- Open for trout May 22 - Oct 31.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Trout over 20 inches are considered steelhead.
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily bag limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead.
- Closed between markers 400 ft above and 126 ft below the downstream corner of the Faraday Powerhouse Jun 16 - Oct 31.
- Closed from the entrance of the fishway/fish trap at the Faraday Diversion (Cazadero) Dam downstream approx. 275 ft to the ODFW deadline markers.
Fall Creek and Tributaries (Middle Fork Willamette)
- Open all year for trout.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Below Fall Cr Dam: Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed within 200 ft of entrance to the Fall Cr fish ladder.
Faraday Lake
- Only hatchery trout may be harvested.
Foster Reservoir
- 5 hatchery trout or kokanee per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of bass.
Frazier Creek
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Gales Creek
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31 from mouth to NW Clapshaw Hill Rd.
Gilbert River
From the upstream end of the Gilbert River Fishing Pier located near the confluence of the Multnomah Channel upstream to Sturgeon Lake
- Open Apr 16 - Sep 30 for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Use of bait allowed except artificial flies and lures only Apr 16 - May 15.
- Closed to all angling Jan 1 - Apr 15 and Oct1 - Dec 31.
- Closed for sturgeon the entire year including catch and release.
Gold Lake
- Open May 22 - Oct 31.
- Catch-and-release for rainbow trout.
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
- Fly fishing only, barbless hooks required.
- Closed from Gold Lake boat ramp 300 ft down Salt Cr.
Green Peter Reservoir
- 25 kokanee per day in addition to daily trout limit. No size limits.
Haldeman Pond
- Closed Jan 1 - Apr 15 and Oct 1 - Dec 31.
Henry Hagg Lake
- Open all year.
- 1 bass per day.
- 25 crappie per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Hills Creek and Hills Creek Tributaries
Above Hills Cr Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Hills Creek Reservoir
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released.
- Hatchery salmon less than 24 inches in length are considered trout.
Horn Creek
- Closed.
Leaburg Canal and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- Catch-and-release for trout.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
- Closed within the Leaburg powerhouse tailrace.
- Closed from Leaburg Dam to below fish screens (approx. 600 ft.).
Leaburg Lake
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Two Rod Validation may be used.
- Closed within 200 ft above Leaburg Dam.
Little Fall Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- From mouth to 200 ft below fish ladder: Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Long Tom River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Use of bait allowed.
Lookout Creek and Tributaries
- Closed.
Lost Creek and Tributaries (Middle Fork Willamette River)
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Lost Lake (Santiam Pass)
- 5 trout per day, no minimum length.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Luckiamute River (Mainstem) and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Luckiamute River, Little
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Marys River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Use of bait allowed.
McKenzie River and Tributaries
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released, including brook trout.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon in the mainstem.
- See Mohawk River & Tributaries.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon in the mainstem.
- Gear Restriction: Bait allowed May 1 - Jun 15 when angling for salmon and steelhead with hooks 5/8 inch gap or larger.
- See Walterville Canal.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon in the mainstem.
- Bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31 in the mainstem.
- Gear Restriction: Leaburg Dam downstream to Trout Cr (approx. 1 Mi) any attached weight may be no more than 6 ft from the lowermost hook, in addition to statewide Hook and Weight Regulations (pg 19).
- See Leaburg Canal & Tributaries and Walterville Canal & Tributaries.
- Closed within 200 ft downstream of Leaburg Dam.
- Bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31 in the mainstem.
- See Leaburg Lake and Blue River & Tributaries.
- Closed within the Carmen Spawning Channel and in the McKenzie River from Trail Bridge Dam to 200 ft below the Carmen Spawning Channel entrance.
Above Tamolitch Falls (Blue Pool) including Carmen Reservoir and Clear Lake
- Willamette Zone regulations apply, including no limit on the size or number of
- Closed from Cougar Dam downstream 700 ftto concrete supports of the old adult fish trap.
Mill Creek and Tributaries (Marion Co.)
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimumlength, remainder of year catch-and-release
Mohawk River and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Molalla River
Mouth to Turner Cr Bridge
- Open for any steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmonhatchery steelhead, and coho salmon.
- Use of bait allowed May 15 - Jul 15.
Moose Creek
Mouth to Moose Lake
- Closed.
Mt Hood Pond
- Youth angling (ages 17 and under) and Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit holders Apr 1 - Aug 31.
Muddy Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest and bait allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
North Fork Reservoir (Clackamas River)
North Fork Dam up to MP 32 on Hwy 224
- Open for trout May 22 - Oct 31.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of brook or brown trout.
Quartzville Creek
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Rainbow Lake (Charles Metzger County Park)
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
Rickreall Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimumlength, remainder of year catch-and-release
Round Lake (Collawash River)
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Row River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed to salmon and steelhead angling in Mosby Cr and Mosby Cr tributaries.
Salmon Creek and Tributaries (Middle Fork Willamette River)
- Open all year.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Salmon River (Sandy River Basin)
Above Final Falls
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Salt Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed in mainstem from Gold Lake boat ramp downstream 300 ft.
Sandy River
Mouth to ODFW markers at Salmon River confluence
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead all year.
- Combined daily bag limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Two rod validation may be used all year.
- No angling from a floating device from 200 ft below Oxbow Park boat ramp upstream.
- Closed within 200 ft of Chinook salmon spawning areas in Oxbow Park where posted by ODFW markers Sep 16 - Nov 15.
- Closed to sturgeon angling including catch-and-release.
Santiam River (Mainstem)
- Open for hatchery trout May 22 – Oct 31, 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead and coho salmon.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for hatchery Chinook salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Santiam River, Little North Fork
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and
Santiam River, Middle Fork and Tributaries
Above Green Peter Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Santiam River, North Fork
The following apply to open sections from mouth to Big Cliff Dam: *- Open for hatchery trout May 22 – Oct 31, 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for hatchery Chinook salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Open all year for coho salmon.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed from the ODFW markers (between the foot bridge and the 1st Ave Bridge in Mill City) up to the falls.
- Closed within the Stayton power canal.
ODFW markers at Packsaddle Park to MintoDam
- Closed.
- Closed from Big Cliff Dam downstream 400 ft.
North Fork and Tributaries above Big Cliff Dam
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Santiam River, South Fork
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open for hatchery trout May 22 – Oct 31, 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for hatchery Chinook salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Open all year for coho salmon.
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Gear Restriction: Angling restricted to fly fishing or bobber fishing (See Salmon/Steelhead Bobber Fishing Rule pg 18).
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Closed from Foster Dam downstream approx. 1/4 mi to ODFW markers.
Sauvie Island Wildlife Area
- Open 4:00 AM - 10:00 PM.
- Closed all areas Jan 1 - Apr 15 and Oct 1 - Dec 31, except Columbia River beaches, the Gilbert River boat ramp, and the Disabled Anglers Fishing Pier which are open all year.
Silver Creek
Above Silverton Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Small Fry Lake
- Open all year for trout.
- 2 trout per day, no minimum length.
- Youth angling (ages 17 and under) only.
Smith and Bybee Lakes and Canals
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Smith River and Tributaries Above Smith Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Spring Creek Pond (Maxwell Pond)
- Closed.
Springfield Mill Race
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
St. Louis Ponds
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
- Unlawful to use any floating craft.
- Apr 1 - Sep 30 Open 6:00AM - 9:00PM.
- Oct 1 - Mar 31 Open 6:00AM - 7:00PM.
Sturgeon Lake
- Closed for sturgeon.
Tanner Creek
Above mainline railroad bridge
- Open for hatchery steelhead Jan 1 - Mar 31 and Dec 1-31.
Timothy Lake
- 25 kokanee per day, no size limit, in addition to daily trout bag limit.
- No minimum length on hatchery trout.
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
Trail Bridge Reservoir
- Wild trout must be released.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Tualatin River and Tributaries
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Walterville Canal and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- Catch-and-release for trout.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
- Closed - between the salmon weir and the downstream confluence with the McKenzieRiver.
- Closed - within the Walterville Bypass Canal from the salmon weir upstream to the McKenzie River.
Willamette River (Mainstem)
Mouth to Willamette Falls including Multnomah Channel
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Catch-and-release for sturgeon.
- Sturgeon angling is prohibited from the Lake Oswego-Oak Grove RR bridge up to Willamette Falls May 1 - Aug 31.
- Use of bait allowed.
- See Gilbert River.
- Closed: Oregon City Wall Bank Closure Area; see picture/diagram for closure area.
- Closed: Willamette Falls Closure Area; see picture/diagram for closure area.
Willamette Falls to Hwy 20 bridge in Albany
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon, coho salmon, and hatchery steelhead.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Hwy 99 bridge at Harrisburg to McKenzie River mouth and tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, and hatchery steelhead.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
Mouth of McKenzie River to Coast Fork and tributaries not listed
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2 per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Willamette River, Coast Fork and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- See Row River and Tributaries.
- Closed to Chinook salmon and steelhead angling on tributaries.
Willamette River, Middle Fork and Tributaries
Mouth to Dexter Dam
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Angling gear may be cast within 200 ft of fish ladder at base of Dexter Dam.
- Gear Restriction: Dexter Dam downstream approx. 700 ft to markers: Only one single point hook with 5/8 inch gap or smaller maybe used. No angling from the north shore, from a floating device, or while wading.
- Gear Restriction: From Dexter Dam downstream to power lines (approx. 1/2Mi):any attached weight may be no more than 6 ft above lower most hook, in addition to statewide Hook and Weight Regulations
Above Lookout Point Reservoir (including above Hills Creek Reservoir)
- Open all year for trout.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released, including brook trout.
- See Hills Creek and Hills Creek Tributaries, Salmon Creek and Tributaries, Salt Creek and Tributaries.
Willamette River, North Fork Middle Fork and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Fly fishing only, barbless hooks required.
Willamina CreekMouth to 200ft below Lower Willamina Falls
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
200 ft below Lower Willamina Falls to UpperWillamina Falls
- Open for trout May 22-Oct 31.
Above Upper Willamina Falls
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Wilsonville Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Winberry Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Woodburn Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
- Closed 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise.
Yamhill River and Tributaries
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
*Tributaries and river sections not listed
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Season open: year-round
Smallmouth bass
Regulation boundaryOR Oregon Willamette Zone
The maximum number of individual fish legally harvested per harvester per day. Bag limits are only for properly licensed anglers actively harvesting the species. People who are not actively harvesting or are not properly licensed (if a license is required) may NOT be counted for the purpose of bag limits.
The maximum number of individual fish across an aggregate group of species legally harvested per harvester per day.
The maximum number of trophy individuals legally harvested per harvester per day. A trophy is any individual of a length greater than the max size limit. Trophy individuals are included in the daily bag limit unless stated otherwise.
Total length means the straight line distance from the most forward point of the head with the mouth closed, to the farthest tip of the tail with the tail compressed or squeezed, while the fish is lying on its side.
OR Use of drones and radios
It is unlawful to use drones/ radio controlled boats/ or other unmanned vehicles when angling or to aid in angling.
OR Snagging
It is unlawful to snag or attempt to snag gamefish.Additional anti-snagging gear restrictions:Fishing gear restricted to artificial fly, lure, or bait with one single-point hook.Unless otherwise specified, hook must measure 3/4 inch or less at the gap.Hook must be attached to or below any lure or bait.Weight cannot be less than 18 inches above the lure or bait.Consult exceptions to zone regulations for which leader length applies:Leader length: 18-36 inches or less than or equal to 6 feet
OR Unlawful Taking & Retention
It is unlawful to fish for or take and retain any legal species while possessing on board any species not allowed to be taken in that area at that time.
OR Use of More than One Rod or Line
It is unlawful to use more than one rod or line when angling except:with a Two-Rod Validation as a youth anglers (under 12 years of age) when angling outside of three miles from shore for offshore pelagic species, any number of rods or lines are allowed only if no species other than offshore pelagic species have been retained.
OR Ice hole size
Angling through a human-made ice hole larger than 12 inches in diameter or length is unlawful.
OR Use of chum
Taking or attempting to take any fish by chumming, or knowingly angle with the aid of chum is unlawful except when angling for offshore pelagic species outside of three miles from shore if no species other than offshore pelagic species have been retained.
OR Buying or selling fish and fish parts
Buying or selling fish or shellfish, or parts thereof, that were caught or taken for personal use. Except the skeletal remains of ocean food fish may be sold; and eggs from ocean-caught salmon may be sold to a licensed fish or bait dealer.
OR Fish with radio tags
It is unlawful to take a fish with a radio tag (identified by an antenna trailing from its mouth or body) except in the mainstem Columbia River and its tributaries, when consistent with all other applicable laws and regulations.
OR Fishways weirs and fish traps
It is unlawful to trespass on a fishway, weir or fish trap, or angle within 200 feet above and 200 feet below a weir or the entrance/exit of a private or public fishway or fish trap.
OR Transport of live fish and egs
Bringing live fish or live eggs into the state, transporting them overland, or from one waterbody to another without a permit from ODFW is unlawful.
OR Bait Restriction
The following may NOT be used as bait:• Live fish. Except live nongame fish maybe used in the ocean, bays and tidewaters when taken from the same waters in which they will be used as bait.• Goldfish. Nor can they be in an angler's possession while angling.• Lamprey.• Live crayfish.• Live leeches. Nor can they be in an angler'spossession while angling.
OR 3 Hook Maximum
No more than three hooks may be used when angling, except herring jigs may be used for marine food fish species.• A double or treble point hook is classified asone hook.• When angling with two rods (whereallowed and with a Two-Rod Validation), the general hook rule applies to each rod.
OR Daylight Hours
It is unlawful to angle for or take salmon, shad, steelhead, sturgeon, trout or whitefish except during daylight hours (one hour before sunrise until one hour after sunset). Unless there is an exception for specific waterbodies.
OR Game Fish Unlawful Methods
It is unlawful to take game fish other than those hooked inside the mouth. It is unlawful to: snag, spear, gaff, net, trap, club, shoot or ensnare any freshwater game fish. A hand-held landing net may be used to land a legally hooked fish. A gaff may not be used to land salmon, steelhead or other freshwater game fish in inland or ocean fisheries.
OR Removal of eggs
It is unlawful to remove eggs from any salmon, steelhead or sturgeon without retaining the carcass while in the field.
OR Field dressing of mutilating
It is unlawful to possess game fish in the field that have been dressed or mutilated so that size, species or fin clip cannot be determined. Fish may be dressed when the angler has reached their automobile (or principle means of land transportation) and has finished angling for the day.
OR Dip Net, Cast Net, Angling, Herring Jigs ONLY
May only be taken by dip net, cast net, angling and herring jigs.
OR Angling with Single Line or Spear
May be taken by angling with a single line, no more than 2 hooks; and by spear.
OR Angling Tag in Possession
All anglers need a valid Combined Angling Tag (authorizing harvest of 20 salmon or steelhead per year) in possession to angle for salmon, steelhead, sturgeon and halibut.Harvested adult wild salmon or steelhead must be immediately recorded on the Combined Angling Tag.
Lakes: 5 per day, 3 daily limits in possession unless noted under location exceptions.
Streams: No limit.
• No more than 3 over 15 inches in length in lakes.
• No minimum length in streams.
• Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures in streams. See location exceptions
where use of bait is allowed.
Lakes: Open all year.
Streams: Open during trout, salmon or steelhead seasons, except mainstem Willamette River and sloughs and tidewater areas of Columbia River tributaries downstream from Bonneville Dam are open all year.
For more information please see Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations
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Exceptions to Willamette Zone Regulations
Abiqua Creek
Above Abiqua Falls
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Adair Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Airport Pond
- Closed.
Alton Baker Park Canoe Canal
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead over 24 inches in length.
- 5 trout per day, no minimum length for hatchery trout.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Two Rod Validation may be used.
Balch Creek
- Closed.
Bear Creek (Pudding River)
Above Shorty's Pond
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Blue River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead over 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day may be harvested above Blue River Dam only, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Bond Butte Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Breitenbush River
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Bull of the Woods Wilderness Area
The following lakes: Beth, Big Slide, Lenore, Pansy, Lower Twin and Upper Twin
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
Bull Run River
Mouth to Watershed Boundary
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead per day.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Closed from ODFW markers 75 ft below and 200 ft above the ODFW weir and fish trap in Dodge Park near mouth.
Butte Creek
Above Butte Cr Falls
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Canby Pond
- Youth angling (ages 17 and under) or Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit holders only.
Canyon Creek (South Santiam)
- Closed.
Cascade Lakes
The following Willamette National Forest Lakes: Blair, Blue, Corner, Lower and Upper Eddeeleo, Goose, Heart, Upper Horse, Linton, Nash, Otter, Pamelia, Penn, Porky, Upper Salmon, Separation, Spring, Spirit, Timpanogas, Lower Timpanogas
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
- Use of bait allowed.
Cedar Creek (Sandy River)
Mouth to markers 100 ft above hatchery water intake dam
- Closed.
Above markers 100 ft above intake dam
- Open for trout May 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed all year for salmon and steelhead.
Clackamas River
Mouth to River Mill Dam
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead per day.
- Use of bait allowed.
- No angling from a floating device between River Mill Dam and the ODFW markers approx. 100 ft above the Clackamas Hatchery water intake.
Mainstem and tributaries (except Oak Grove Fork) above Faraday Diversion (Cazadero) Dam, excluding North Fork Reservoir and Faraday Lake
- Harvest of bull trout prohibited.
- No angling from a floating device or from the west shore for the length of the Three Lynx Powerhouse (111 ft).
Oak Grove Fork and tributaries between markers at upper end of Harriet Lake and Timothy Lake Dam
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of brook or brown trout.
Commonwealth Lake
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Cox Creek
Within the boundaries of Timber Linn Park
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Detroit Reservoir
- 5 kokanee per day in addition to daily troutlimit.
Dog Creek
- Closed.
E.E. Wilson Pond
- Open all year.
Eagle Creek (Clackamas River)
Mouth to markers 200 ft below hatchery ladder outlet
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead per day.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Anti-Snagging Gear Restriction: Leader length must be between 18 and 36 inches Aug 1 - Dec 31 (See Anti-Snagging Gear Restriction Rules pg 18).
- Closed from 200 ft above and 300 ft below fish ladder ½ mi below Eagle Fern Park.
East Salish Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Erma Bell Lakes and Tributaries
- Open May 22 - Oct 31.
- 2 rainbow trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
- Use of bait allowed.
Estacada Lake
Clackamas River, River Mill Dam upstream to Faraday Diversion (Cazadero) Dam
- Open for trout May 22 - Oct 31.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Trout over 20 inches are considered steelhead.
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily bag limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead.
- Closed between markers 400 ft above and 126 ft below the downstream corner of the Faraday Powerhouse Jun 16 - Oct 31.
- Closed from the entrance of the fishway/fish trap at the Faraday Diversion (Cazadero) Dam downstream approx. 275 ft to the ODFW deadline markers.
Fall Creek and Tributaries (Middle Fork Willamette)
- Open all year for trout.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Below Fall Cr Dam: Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed within 200 ft of entrance to the Fall Cr fish ladder.
Faraday Lake
- Only hatchery trout may be harvested.
Foster Reservoir
- 5 hatchery trout or kokanee per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of bass.
Frazier Creek
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Gales Creek
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31 from mouth to NW Clapshaw Hill Rd.
Gilbert River
From the upstream end of the Gilbert River Fishing Pier located near the confluence of the Multnomah Channel upstream to Sturgeon Lake
- Open Apr 16 - Sep 30 for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Use of bait allowed except artificial flies and lures only Apr 16 - May 15.
- Closed to all angling Jan 1 - Apr 15 and Oct1 - Dec 31.
- Closed for sturgeon the entire year including catch and release.
Gold Lake
- Open May 22 - Oct 31.
- Catch-and-release for rainbow trout.
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
- Fly fishing only, barbless hooks required.
- Closed from Gold Lake boat ramp 300 ft down Salt Cr.
Green Peter Reservoir
- 25 kokanee per day in addition to daily trout limit. No size limits.
Haldeman Pond
- Closed Jan 1 - Apr 15 and Oct 1 - Dec 31.
Henry Hagg Lake
- Open all year.
- 1 bass per day.
- 25 crappie per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Hills Creek and Hills Creek Tributaries
Above Hills Cr Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Hills Creek Reservoir
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released.
- Hatchery salmon less than 24 inches in length are considered trout.
Horn Creek
- Closed.
Leaburg Canal and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- Catch-and-release for trout.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
- Closed within the Leaburg powerhouse tailrace.
- Closed from Leaburg Dam to below fish screens (approx. 600 ft.).
Leaburg Lake
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Two Rod Validation may be used.
- Closed within 200 ft above Leaburg Dam.
Little Fall Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- From mouth to 200 ft below fish ladder: Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Long Tom River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Use of bait allowed.
Lookout Creek and Tributaries
- Closed.
Lost Creek and Tributaries (Middle Fork Willamette River)
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Lost Lake (Santiam Pass)
- 5 trout per day, no minimum length.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Luckiamute River (Mainstem) and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Luckiamute River, Little
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Marys River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Use of bait allowed.
McKenzie River and Tributaries
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released, including brook trout.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon in the mainstem.
- See Mohawk River & Tributaries.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon in the mainstem.
- Gear Restriction: Bait allowed May 1 - Jun 15 when angling for salmon and steelhead with hooks 5/8 inch gap or larger.
- See Walterville Canal.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon in the mainstem.
- Bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31 in the mainstem.
- Gear Restriction: Leaburg Dam downstream to Trout Cr (approx. 1 Mi) any attached weight may be no more than 6 ft from the lowermost hook, in addition to statewide Hook and Weight Regulations (pg 19).
- See Leaburg Canal & Tributaries and Walterville Canal & Tributaries.
- Closed within 200 ft downstream of Leaburg Dam.
- Bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31 in the mainstem.
- See Leaburg Lake and Blue River & Tributaries.
- Closed within the Carmen Spawning Channel and in the McKenzie River from Trail Bridge Dam to 200 ft below the Carmen Spawning Channel entrance.
Above Tamolitch Falls (Blue Pool) including Carmen Reservoir and Clear Lake
- Willamette Zone regulations apply, including no limit on the size or number of
- Closed from Cougar Dam downstream 700 ftto concrete supports of the old adult fish trap.
Mill Creek and Tributaries (Marion Co.)
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimumlength, remainder of year catch-and-release
Mohawk River and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Molalla River
Mouth to Turner Cr Bridge
- Open for any steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmonhatchery steelhead, and coho salmon.
- Use of bait allowed May 15 - Jul 15.
Moose Creek
Mouth to Moose Lake
- Closed.
Mt Hood Pond
- Youth angling (ages 17 and under) and Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit holders Apr 1 - Aug 31.
Muddy Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest and bait allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
North Fork Reservoir (Clackamas River)
North Fork Dam up to MP 32 on Hwy 224
- Open for trout May 22 - Oct 31.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of brook or brown trout.
Quartzville Creek
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Rainbow Lake (Charles Metzger County Park)
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
Rickreall Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimumlength, remainder of year catch-and-release
Round Lake (Collawash River)
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Row River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed to salmon and steelhead angling in Mosby Cr and Mosby Cr tributaries.
Salmon Creek and Tributaries (Middle Fork Willamette River)
- Open all year.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Salmon River (Sandy River Basin)
Above Final Falls
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Salt Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed in mainstem from Gold Lake boat ramp downstream 300 ft.
Sandy River
Mouth to ODFW markers at Salmon River confluence
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead all year.
- Combined daily bag limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Two rod validation may be used all year.
- No angling from a floating device from 200 ft below Oxbow Park boat ramp upstream.
- Closed within 200 ft of Chinook salmon spawning areas in Oxbow Park where posted by ODFW markers Sep 16 - Nov 15.
- Closed to sturgeon angling including catch-and-release.
Santiam River (Mainstem)
- Open for hatchery trout May 22 – Oct 31, 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead and coho salmon.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for hatchery Chinook salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Santiam River, Little North Fork
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and
Santiam River, Middle Fork and Tributaries
Above Green Peter Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Santiam River, North Fork
The following apply to open sections from mouth to Big Cliff Dam: *- Open for hatchery trout May 22 – Oct 31, 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for hatchery Chinook salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Open all year for coho salmon.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed from the ODFW markers (between the foot bridge and the 1st Ave Bridge in Mill City) up to the falls.
- Closed within the Stayton power canal.
ODFW markers at Packsaddle Park to MintoDam
- Closed.
- Closed from Big Cliff Dam downstream 400 ft.
North Fork and Tributaries above Big Cliff Dam
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Santiam River, South Fork
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open for hatchery trout May 22 – Oct 31, 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for hatchery Chinook salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Open all year for coho salmon.
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Gear Restriction: Angling restricted to fly fishing or bobber fishing (See Salmon/Steelhead Bobber Fishing Rule pg 18).
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Closed from Foster Dam downstream approx. 1/4 mi to ODFW markers.
Sauvie Island Wildlife Area
- Open 4:00 AM - 10:00 PM.
- Closed all areas Jan 1 - Apr 15 and Oct 1 - Dec 31, except Columbia River beaches, the Gilbert River boat ramp, and the Disabled Anglers Fishing Pier which are open all year.
Silver Creek
Above Silverton Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Small Fry Lake
- Open all year for trout.
- 2 trout per day, no minimum length.
- Youth angling (ages 17 and under) only.
Smith and Bybee Lakes and Canals
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Smith River and Tributaries Above Smith Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Spring Creek Pond (Maxwell Pond)
- Closed.
Springfield Mill Race
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
St. Louis Ponds
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
- Unlawful to use any floating craft.
- Apr 1 - Sep 30 Open 6:00AM - 9:00PM.
- Oct 1 - Mar 31 Open 6:00AM - 7:00PM.
Sturgeon Lake
- Closed for sturgeon.
Tanner Creek
Above mainline railroad bridge
- Open for hatchery steelhead Jan 1 - Mar 31 and Dec 1-31.
Timothy Lake
- 25 kokanee per day, no size limit, in addition to daily trout bag limit.
- No minimum length on hatchery trout.
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
Trail Bridge Reservoir
- Wild trout must be released.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Tualatin River and Tributaries
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Walterville Canal and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- Catch-and-release for trout.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
- Closed - between the salmon weir and the downstream confluence with the McKenzieRiver.
- Closed - within the Walterville Bypass Canal from the salmon weir upstream to the McKenzie River.
Willamette River (Mainstem)
Mouth to Willamette Falls including Multnomah Channel
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Catch-and-release for sturgeon.
- Sturgeon angling is prohibited from the Lake Oswego-Oak Grove RR bridge up to Willamette Falls May 1 - Aug 31.
- Use of bait allowed.
- See Gilbert River.
- Closed: Oregon City Wall Bank Closure Area; see picture/diagram for closure area.
- Closed: Willamette Falls Closure Area; see picture/diagram for closure area.
Willamette Falls to Hwy 20 bridge in Albany
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon, coho salmon, and hatchery steelhead.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Hwy 99 bridge at Harrisburg to McKenzie River mouth and tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, and hatchery steelhead.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
Mouth of McKenzie River to Coast Fork and tributaries not listed
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2 per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Willamette River, Coast Fork and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- See Row River and Tributaries.
- Closed to Chinook salmon and steelhead angling on tributaries.
Willamette River, Middle Fork and Tributaries
Mouth to Dexter Dam
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Angling gear may be cast within 200 ft of fish ladder at base of Dexter Dam.
- Gear Restriction: Dexter Dam downstream approx. 700 ft to markers: Only one single point hook with 5/8 inch gap or smaller maybe used. No angling from the north shore, from a floating device, or while wading.
- Gear Restriction: From Dexter Dam downstream to power lines (approx. 1/2Mi):any attached weight may be no more than 6 ft above lower most hook, in addition to statewide Hook and Weight Regulations
Above Lookout Point Reservoir (including above Hills Creek Reservoir)
- Open all year for trout.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released, including brook trout.
- See Hills Creek and Hills Creek Tributaries, Salmon Creek and Tributaries, Salt Creek and Tributaries.
Willamette River, North Fork Middle Fork and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Fly fishing only, barbless hooks required.
Willamina CreekMouth to 200ft below Lower Willamina Falls
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
200 ft below Lower Willamina Falls to UpperWillamina Falls
- Open for trout May 22-Oct 31.
Above Upper Willamina Falls
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Wilsonville Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Winberry Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Woodburn Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
- Closed 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise.
Yamhill River and Tributaries
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
*Tributaries and river sections not listed
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Exceptions to Willamette Zone Regulations
Abiqua Creek
Above Abiqua Falls
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Adair Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Airport Pond
- Closed.
Alton Baker Park Canoe Canal
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead over 24 inches in length.
- 5 trout per day, no minimum length for hatchery trout.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Two Rod Validation may be used.
Balch Creek
- Closed.
Bear Creek (Pudding River)
Above Shorty's Pond
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Blue River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead over 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day may be harvested above Blue River Dam only, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Bond Butte Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Breitenbush River
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Bull of the Woods Wilderness Area
The following lakes: Beth, Big Slide, Lenore, Pansy, Lower Twin and Upper Twin
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
Bull Run River
Mouth to Watershed Boundary
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead per day.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Closed from ODFW markers 75 ft below and 200 ft above the ODFW weir and fish trap in Dodge Park near mouth.
Butte Creek
Above Butte Cr Falls
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Canby Pond
- Youth angling (ages 17 and under) or Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit holders only.
Canyon Creek (South Santiam)
- Closed.
Cascade Lakes
The following Willamette National Forest Lakes: Blair, Blue, Corner, Lower and Upper Eddeeleo, Goose, Heart, Upper Horse, Linton, Nash, Otter, Pamelia, Penn, Porky, Upper Salmon, Separation, Spring, Spirit, Timpanogas, Lower Timpanogas
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
- Use of bait allowed.
Cedar Creek (Sandy River)
Mouth to markers 100 ft above hatchery water intake dam
- Closed.
Above markers 100 ft above intake dam
- Open for trout May 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed all year for salmon and steelhead.
Clackamas River
Mouth to River Mill Dam
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead per day.
- Use of bait allowed.
- No angling from a floating device between River Mill Dam and the ODFW markers approx. 100 ft above the Clackamas Hatchery water intake.
Mainstem and tributaries (except Oak Grove Fork) above Faraday Diversion (Cazadero) Dam, excluding North Fork Reservoir and Faraday Lake
- Harvest of bull trout prohibited.
- No angling from a floating device or from the west shore for the length of the Three Lynx Powerhouse (111 ft).
Oak Grove Fork and tributaries between markers at upper end of Harriet Lake and Timothy Lake Dam
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of brook or brown trout.
Commonwealth Lake
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Cox Creek
Within the boundaries of Timber Linn Park
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Detroit Reservoir
- 5 kokanee per day in addition to daily troutlimit.
Dog Creek
- Closed.
E.E. Wilson Pond
- Open all year.
Eagle Creek (Clackamas River)
Mouth to markers 200 ft below hatchery ladder outlet
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead per day.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Anti-Snagging Gear Restriction: Leader length must be between 18 and 36 inches Aug 1 - Dec 31 (See Anti-Snagging Gear Restriction Rules pg 18).
- Closed from 200 ft above and 300 ft below fish ladder ½ mi below Eagle Fern Park.
East Salish Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Erma Bell Lakes and Tributaries
- Open May 22 - Oct 31.
- 2 rainbow trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
- Use of bait allowed.
Estacada Lake
Clackamas River, River Mill Dam upstream to Faraday Diversion (Cazadero) Dam
- Open for trout May 22 - Oct 31.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Trout over 20 inches are considered steelhead.
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily bag limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead.
- Closed between markers 400 ft above and 126 ft below the downstream corner of the Faraday Powerhouse Jun 16 - Oct 31.
- Closed from the entrance of the fishway/fish trap at the Faraday Diversion (Cazadero) Dam downstream approx. 275 ft to the ODFW deadline markers.
Fall Creek and Tributaries (Middle Fork Willamette)
- Open all year for trout.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Below Fall Cr Dam: Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed within 200 ft of entrance to the Fall Cr fish ladder.
Faraday Lake
- Only hatchery trout may be harvested.
Foster Reservoir
- 5 hatchery trout or kokanee per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of bass.
Frazier Creek
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Gales Creek
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31 from mouth to NW Clapshaw Hill Rd.
Gilbert River
From the upstream end of the Gilbert River Fishing Pier located near the confluence of the Multnomah Channel upstream to Sturgeon Lake
- Open Apr 16 - Sep 30 for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Use of bait allowed except artificial flies and lures only Apr 16 - May 15.
- Closed to all angling Jan 1 - Apr 15 and Oct1 - Dec 31.
- Closed for sturgeon the entire year including catch and release.
Gold Lake
- Open May 22 - Oct 31.
- Catch-and-release for rainbow trout.
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
- Fly fishing only, barbless hooks required.
- Closed from Gold Lake boat ramp 300 ft down Salt Cr.
Green Peter Reservoir
- 25 kokanee per day in addition to daily trout limit. No size limits.
Haldeman Pond
- Closed Jan 1 - Apr 15 and Oct 1 - Dec 31.
Henry Hagg Lake
- Open all year.
- 1 bass per day.
- 25 crappie per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Hills Creek and Hills Creek Tributaries
Above Hills Cr Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Hills Creek Reservoir
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released.
- Hatchery salmon less than 24 inches in length are considered trout.
Horn Creek
- Closed.
Leaburg Canal and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- Catch-and-release for trout.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
- Closed within the Leaburg powerhouse tailrace.
- Closed from Leaburg Dam to below fish screens (approx. 600 ft.).
Leaburg Lake
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Two Rod Validation may be used.
- Closed within 200 ft above Leaburg Dam.
Little Fall Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- From mouth to 200 ft below fish ladder: Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Long Tom River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Use of bait allowed.
Lookout Creek and Tributaries
- Closed.
Lost Creek and Tributaries (Middle Fork Willamette River)
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Lost Lake (Santiam Pass)
- 5 trout per day, no minimum length.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Luckiamute River (Mainstem) and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Luckiamute River, Little
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Marys River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Use of bait allowed.
McKenzie River and Tributaries
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released, including brook trout.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon in the mainstem.
- See Mohawk River & Tributaries.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon in the mainstem.
- Gear Restriction: Bait allowed May 1 - Jun 15 when angling for salmon and steelhead with hooks 5/8 inch gap or larger.
- See Walterville Canal.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon in the mainstem.
- Bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31 in the mainstem.
- Gear Restriction: Leaburg Dam downstream to Trout Cr (approx. 1 Mi) any attached weight may be no more than 6 ft from the lowermost hook, in addition to statewide Hook and Weight Regulations (pg 19).
- See Leaburg Canal & Tributaries and Walterville Canal & Tributaries.
- Closed within 200 ft downstream of Leaburg Dam.
- Bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31 in the mainstem.
- See Leaburg Lake and Blue River & Tributaries.
- Closed within the Carmen Spawning Channel and in the McKenzie River from Trail Bridge Dam to 200 ft below the Carmen Spawning Channel entrance.
Above Tamolitch Falls (Blue Pool) including Carmen Reservoir and Clear Lake
- Willamette Zone regulations apply, including no limit on the size or number of
- Closed from Cougar Dam downstream 700 ftto concrete supports of the old adult fish trap.
Mill Creek and Tributaries (Marion Co.)
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimumlength, remainder of year catch-and-release
Mohawk River and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Molalla River
Mouth to Turner Cr Bridge
- Open for any steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmonhatchery steelhead, and coho salmon.
- Use of bait allowed May 15 - Jul 15.
Moose Creek
Mouth to Moose Lake
- Closed.
Mt Hood Pond
- Youth angling (ages 17 and under) and Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit holders Apr 1 - Aug 31.
Muddy Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest and bait allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
North Fork Reservoir (Clackamas River)
North Fork Dam up to MP 32 on Hwy 224
- Open for trout May 22 - Oct 31.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of brook or brown trout.
Quartzville Creek
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Rainbow Lake (Charles Metzger County Park)
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
Rickreall Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimumlength, remainder of year catch-and-release
Round Lake (Collawash River)
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Row River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed to salmon and steelhead angling in Mosby Cr and Mosby Cr tributaries.
Salmon Creek and Tributaries (Middle Fork Willamette River)
- Open all year.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Salmon River (Sandy River Basin)
Above Final Falls
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Salt Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed in mainstem from Gold Lake boat ramp downstream 300 ft.
Sandy River
Mouth to ODFW markers at Salmon River confluence
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead all year.
- Combined daily bag limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Two rod validation may be used all year.
- No angling from a floating device from 200 ft below Oxbow Park boat ramp upstream.
- Closed within 200 ft of Chinook salmon spawning areas in Oxbow Park where posted by ODFW markers Sep 16 - Nov 15.
- Closed to sturgeon angling including catch-and-release.
Santiam River (Mainstem)
- Open for hatchery trout May 22 – Oct 31, 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead and coho salmon.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for hatchery Chinook salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Santiam River, Little North Fork
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and
Santiam River, Middle Fork and Tributaries
Above Green Peter Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Santiam River, North Fork
The following apply to open sections from mouth to Big Cliff Dam: *- Open for hatchery trout May 22 – Oct 31, 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for hatchery Chinook salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Open all year for coho salmon.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed from the ODFW markers (between the foot bridge and the 1st Ave Bridge in Mill City) up to the falls.
- Closed within the Stayton power canal.
ODFW markers at Packsaddle Park to MintoDam
- Closed.
- Closed from Big Cliff Dam downstream 400 ft.
North Fork and Tributaries above Big Cliff Dam
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Santiam River, South Fork
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open for hatchery trout May 22 – Oct 31, 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for hatchery Chinook salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Open all year for coho salmon.
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Gear Restriction: Angling restricted to fly fishing or bobber fishing (See Salmon/Steelhead Bobber Fishing Rule pg 18).
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Closed from Foster Dam downstream approx. 1/4 mi to ODFW markers.
Sauvie Island Wildlife Area
- Open 4:00 AM - 10:00 PM.
- Closed all areas Jan 1 - Apr 15 and Oct 1 - Dec 31, except Columbia River beaches, the Gilbert River boat ramp, and the Disabled Anglers Fishing Pier which are open all year.
Silver Creek
Above Silverton Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Small Fry Lake
- Open all year for trout.
- 2 trout per day, no minimum length.
- Youth angling (ages 17 and under) only.
Smith and Bybee Lakes and Canals
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Smith River and Tributaries Above Smith Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Spring Creek Pond (Maxwell Pond)
- Closed.
Springfield Mill Race
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
St. Louis Ponds
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
- Unlawful to use any floating craft.
- Apr 1 - Sep 30 Open 6:00AM - 9:00PM.
- Oct 1 - Mar 31 Open 6:00AM - 7:00PM.
Sturgeon Lake
- Closed for sturgeon.
Tanner Creek
Above mainline railroad bridge
- Open for hatchery steelhead Jan 1 - Mar 31 and Dec 1-31.
Timothy Lake
- 25 kokanee per day, no size limit, in addition to daily trout bag limit.
- No minimum length on hatchery trout.
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
Trail Bridge Reservoir
- Wild trout must be released.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Tualatin River and Tributaries
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Walterville Canal and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- Catch-and-release for trout.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
- Closed - between the salmon weir and the downstream confluence with the McKenzieRiver.
- Closed - within the Walterville Bypass Canal from the salmon weir upstream to the McKenzie River.
Willamette River (Mainstem)
Mouth to Willamette Falls including Multnomah Channel
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Catch-and-release for sturgeon.
- Sturgeon angling is prohibited from the Lake Oswego-Oak Grove RR bridge up to Willamette Falls May 1 - Aug 31.
- Use of bait allowed.
- See Gilbert River.
- Closed: Oregon City Wall Bank Closure Area; see picture/diagram for closure area.
- Closed: Willamette Falls Closure Area; see picture/diagram for closure area.
Willamette Falls to Hwy 20 bridge in Albany
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon, coho salmon, and hatchery steelhead.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Hwy 99 bridge at Harrisburg to McKenzie River mouth and tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, and hatchery steelhead.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
Mouth of McKenzie River to Coast Fork and tributaries not listed
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2 per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Willamette River, Coast Fork and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- See Row River and Tributaries.
- Closed to Chinook salmon and steelhead angling on tributaries.
Willamette River, Middle Fork and Tributaries
Mouth to Dexter Dam
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Angling gear may be cast within 200 ft of fish ladder at base of Dexter Dam.
- Gear Restriction: Dexter Dam downstream approx. 700 ft to markers: Only one single point hook with 5/8 inch gap or smaller maybe used. No angling from the north shore, from a floating device, or while wading.
- Gear Restriction: From Dexter Dam downstream to power lines (approx. 1/2Mi):any attached weight may be no more than 6 ft above lower most hook, in addition to statewide Hook and Weight Regulations
Above Lookout Point Reservoir (including above Hills Creek Reservoir)
- Open all year for trout.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released, including brook trout.
- See Hills Creek and Hills Creek Tributaries, Salmon Creek and Tributaries, Salt Creek and Tributaries.
Willamette River, North Fork Middle Fork and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Fly fishing only, barbless hooks required.
Willamina CreekMouth to 200ft below Lower Willamina Falls
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
200 ft below Lower Willamina Falls to UpperWillamina Falls
- Open for trout May 22-Oct 31.
Above Upper Willamina Falls
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Wilsonville Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Winberry Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Woodburn Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
- Closed 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise.
Yamhill River and Tributaries
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
*Tributaries and river sections not listed
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Season open: year-round
Northern pikeminnow
Regulation boundaryOR Oregon Willamette Zone
OR Use of drones and radios
It is unlawful to use drones/ radio controlled boats/ or other unmanned vehicles when angling or to aid in angling.
OR Snagging
It is unlawful to snag or attempt to snag gamefish.Additional anti-snagging gear restrictions:Fishing gear restricted to artificial fly, lure, or bait with one single-point hook.Unless otherwise specified, hook must measure 3/4 inch or less at the gap.Hook must be attached to or below any lure or bait.Weight cannot be less than 18 inches above the lure or bait.Consult exceptions to zone regulations for which leader length applies:Leader length: 18-36 inches or less than or equal to 6 feet
OR Unlawful Taking & Retention
It is unlawful to fish for or take and retain any legal species while possessing on board any species not allowed to be taken in that area at that time.
OR Use of More than One Rod or Line
It is unlawful to use more than one rod or line when angling except:with a Two-Rod Validation as a youth anglers (under 12 years of age) when angling outside of three miles from shore for offshore pelagic species, any number of rods or lines are allowed only if no species other than offshore pelagic species have been retained.
OR Ice hole size
Angling through a human-made ice hole larger than 12 inches in diameter or length is unlawful.
OR Use of chum
Taking or attempting to take any fish by chumming, or knowingly angle with the aid of chum is unlawful except when angling for offshore pelagic species outside of three miles from shore if no species other than offshore pelagic species have been retained.
OR Buying or selling fish and fish parts
Buying or selling fish or shellfish, or parts thereof, that were caught or taken for personal use. Except the skeletal remains of ocean food fish may be sold; and eggs from ocean-caught salmon may be sold to a licensed fish or bait dealer.
OR Fish with radio tags
It is unlawful to take a fish with a radio tag (identified by an antenna trailing from its mouth or body) except in the mainstem Columbia River and its tributaries, when consistent with all other applicable laws and regulations.
OR Fishways weirs and fish traps
It is unlawful to trespass on a fishway, weir or fish trap, or angle within 200 feet above and 200 feet below a weir or the entrance/exit of a private or public fishway or fish trap.
OR Transport of live fish and egs
Bringing live fish or live eggs into the state, transporting them overland, or from one waterbody to another without a permit from ODFW is unlawful.
OR Bait Restriction
The following may NOT be used as bait:• Live fish. Except live nongame fish maybe used in the ocean, bays and tidewaters when taken from the same waters in which they will be used as bait.• Goldfish. Nor can they be in an angler's possession while angling.• Lamprey.• Live crayfish.• Live leeches. Nor can they be in an angler'spossession while angling.
OR 3 Hook Maximum
No more than three hooks may be used when angling, except herring jigs may be used for marine food fish species.• A double or treble point hook is classified asone hook.• When angling with two rods (whereallowed and with a Two-Rod Validation), the general hook rule applies to each rod.
OR Daylight Hours
It is unlawful to angle for or take salmon, shad, steelhead, sturgeon, trout or whitefish except during daylight hours (one hour before sunrise until one hour after sunset). Unless there is an exception for specific waterbodies.
OR Game Fish Unlawful Methods
It is unlawful to take game fish other than those hooked inside the mouth. It is unlawful to: snag, spear, gaff, net, trap, club, shoot or ensnare any freshwater game fish. A hand-held landing net may be used to land a legally hooked fish. A gaff may not be used to land salmon, steelhead or other freshwater game fish in inland or ocean fisheries.
OR Removal of eggs
It is unlawful to remove eggs from any salmon, steelhead or sturgeon without retaining the carcass while in the field.
OR Field dressing of mutilating
It is unlawful to possess game fish in the field that have been dressed or mutilated so that size, species or fin clip cannot be determined. Fish may be dressed when the angler has reached their automobile (or principle means of land transportation) and has finished angling for the day.
OR Dip Net, Cast Net, Angling, Herring Jigs ONLY
May only be taken by dip net, cast net, angling and herring jigs.
OR Angling with Single Line or Spear
May be taken by angling with a single line, no more than 2 hooks; and by spear.
OR Angling Tag in Possession
All anglers need a valid Combined Angling Tag (authorizing harvest of 20 salmon or steelhead per year) in possession to angle for salmon, steelhead, sturgeon and halibut.Harvested adult wild salmon or steelhead must be immediately recorded on the Combined Angling Tag.
No limit, unless noted under location exceptions.
No minimum length.
Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures in streams. See location exceptions where use of bait is allowed.
Closed to take and possession of Oregon Chub.
Lakes: Open all year.
Streams: Open during trout, salmon or steelhead seasons, except mainstem Willamette River and sloughs and tidewater areas of Columbia River tributaries downstream from Bonneville Dam are open all year.
For more information please see Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations
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Columbia River dace, Ptychocheilus oregonensis
Exceptions to Willamette Zone Regulations
Abiqua Creek
Above Abiqua Falls
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Adair Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Airport Pond
- Closed.
Alton Baker Park Canoe Canal
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead over 24 inches in length.
- 5 trout per day, no minimum length for hatchery trout.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Two Rod Validation may be used.
Balch Creek
- Closed.
Bear Creek (Pudding River)
Above Shorty's Pond
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Blue River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead over 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day may be harvested above Blue River Dam only, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Bond Butte Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Breitenbush River
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Bull of the Woods Wilderness Area
The following lakes: Beth, Big Slide, Lenore, Pansy, Lower Twin and Upper Twin
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
Bull Run River
Mouth to Watershed Boundary
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead per day.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Closed from ODFW markers 75 ft below and 200 ft above the ODFW weir and fish trap in Dodge Park near mouth.
Butte Creek
Above Butte Cr Falls
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Canby Pond
- Youth angling (ages 17 and under) or Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit holders only.
Canyon Creek (South Santiam)
- Closed.
Cascade Lakes
The following Willamette National Forest Lakes: Blair, Blue, Corner, Lower and Upper Eddeeleo, Goose, Heart, Upper Horse, Linton, Nash, Otter, Pamelia, Penn, Porky, Upper Salmon, Separation, Spring, Spirit, Timpanogas, Lower Timpanogas
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
- Use of bait allowed.
Cedar Creek (Sandy River)
Mouth to markers 100 ft above hatchery water intake dam
- Closed.
Above markers 100 ft above intake dam
- Open for trout May 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed all year for salmon and steelhead.
Clackamas River
Mouth to River Mill Dam
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead per day.
- Use of bait allowed.
- No angling from a floating device between River Mill Dam and the ODFW markers approx. 100 ft above the Clackamas Hatchery water intake.
Mainstem and tributaries (except Oak Grove Fork) above Faraday Diversion (Cazadero) Dam, excluding North Fork Reservoir and Faraday Lake
- Harvest of bull trout prohibited.
- No angling from a floating device or from the west shore for the length of the Three Lynx Powerhouse (111 ft).
Oak Grove Fork and tributaries between markers at upper end of Harriet Lake and Timothy Lake Dam
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of brook or brown trout.
Commonwealth Lake
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Cox Creek
Within the boundaries of Timber Linn Park
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Detroit Reservoir
- 5 kokanee per day in addition to daily troutlimit.
Dog Creek
- Closed.
E.E. Wilson Pond
- Open all year.
Eagle Creek (Clackamas River)
Mouth to markers 200 ft below hatchery ladder outlet
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead per day.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Anti-Snagging Gear Restriction: Leader length must be between 18 and 36 inches Aug 1 - Dec 31 (See Anti-Snagging Gear Restriction Rules pg 18).
- Closed from 200 ft above and 300 ft below fish ladder ½ mi below Eagle Fern Park.
East Salish Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Erma Bell Lakes and Tributaries
- Open May 22 - Oct 31.
- 2 rainbow trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
- Use of bait allowed.
Estacada Lake
Clackamas River, River Mill Dam upstream to Faraday Diversion (Cazadero) Dam
- Open for trout May 22 - Oct 31.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Trout over 20 inches are considered steelhead.
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily bag limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead.
- Closed between markers 400 ft above and 126 ft below the downstream corner of the Faraday Powerhouse Jun 16 - Oct 31.
- Closed from the entrance of the fishway/fish trap at the Faraday Diversion (Cazadero) Dam downstream approx. 275 ft to the ODFW deadline markers.
Fall Creek and Tributaries (Middle Fork Willamette)
- Open all year for trout.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Below Fall Cr Dam: Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed within 200 ft of entrance to the Fall Cr fish ladder.
Faraday Lake
- Only hatchery trout may be harvested.
Foster Reservoir
- 5 hatchery trout or kokanee per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of bass.
Frazier Creek
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Gales Creek
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31 from mouth to NW Clapshaw Hill Rd.
Gilbert River
From the upstream end of the Gilbert River Fishing Pier located near the confluence of the Multnomah Channel upstream to Sturgeon Lake
- Open Apr 16 - Sep 30 for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Use of bait allowed except artificial flies and lures only Apr 16 - May 15.
- Closed to all angling Jan 1 - Apr 15 and Oct1 - Dec 31.
- Closed for sturgeon the entire year including catch and release.
Gold Lake
- Open May 22 - Oct 31.
- Catch-and-release for rainbow trout.
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
- Fly fishing only, barbless hooks required.
- Closed from Gold Lake boat ramp 300 ft down Salt Cr.
Green Peter Reservoir
- 25 kokanee per day in addition to daily trout limit. No size limits.
Haldeman Pond
- Closed Jan 1 - Apr 15 and Oct 1 - Dec 31.
Henry Hagg Lake
- Open all year.
- 1 bass per day.
- 25 crappie per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Hills Creek and Hills Creek Tributaries
Above Hills Cr Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Hills Creek Reservoir
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released.
- Hatchery salmon less than 24 inches in length are considered trout.
Horn Creek
- Closed.
Leaburg Canal and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- Catch-and-release for trout.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
- Closed within the Leaburg powerhouse tailrace.
- Closed from Leaburg Dam to below fish screens (approx. 600 ft.).
Leaburg Lake
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Two Rod Validation may be used.
- Closed within 200 ft above Leaburg Dam.
Little Fall Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- From mouth to 200 ft below fish ladder: Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Long Tom River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Use of bait allowed.
Lookout Creek and Tributaries
- Closed.
Lost Creek and Tributaries (Middle Fork Willamette River)
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Lost Lake (Santiam Pass)
- 5 trout per day, no minimum length.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Luckiamute River (Mainstem) and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Luckiamute River, Little
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Marys River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Use of bait allowed.
McKenzie River and Tributaries
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released, including brook trout.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon in the mainstem.
- See Mohawk River & Tributaries.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon in the mainstem.
- Gear Restriction: Bait allowed May 1 - Jun 15 when angling for salmon and steelhead with hooks 5/8 inch gap or larger.
- See Walterville Canal.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon in the mainstem.
- Bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31 in the mainstem.
- Gear Restriction: Leaburg Dam downstream to Trout Cr (approx. 1 Mi) any attached weight may be no more than 6 ft from the lowermost hook, in addition to statewide Hook and Weight Regulations (pg 19).
- See Leaburg Canal & Tributaries and Walterville Canal & Tributaries.
- Closed within 200 ft downstream of Leaburg Dam.
- Bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31 in the mainstem.
- See Leaburg Lake and Blue River & Tributaries.
- Closed within the Carmen Spawning Channel and in the McKenzie River from Trail Bridge Dam to 200 ft below the Carmen Spawning Channel entrance.
Above Tamolitch Falls (Blue Pool) including Carmen Reservoir and Clear Lake
- Willamette Zone regulations apply, including no limit on the size or number of
- Closed from Cougar Dam downstream 700 ftto concrete supports of the old adult fish trap.
Mill Creek and Tributaries (Marion Co.)
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimumlength, remainder of year catch-and-release
Mohawk River and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Molalla River
Mouth to Turner Cr Bridge
- Open for any steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmonhatchery steelhead, and coho salmon.
- Use of bait allowed May 15 - Jul 15.
Moose Creek
Mouth to Moose Lake
- Closed.
Mt Hood Pond
- Youth angling (ages 17 and under) and Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit holders Apr 1 - Aug 31.
Muddy Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest and bait allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
North Fork Reservoir (Clackamas River)
North Fork Dam up to MP 32 on Hwy 224
- Open for trout May 22 - Oct 31.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of brook or brown trout.
Quartzville Creek
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Rainbow Lake (Charles Metzger County Park)
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
Rickreall Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimumlength, remainder of year catch-and-release
Round Lake (Collawash River)
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Row River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed to salmon and steelhead angling in Mosby Cr and Mosby Cr tributaries.
Salmon Creek and Tributaries (Middle Fork Willamette River)
- Open all year.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Salmon River (Sandy River Basin)
Above Final Falls
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Salt Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed in mainstem from Gold Lake boat ramp downstream 300 ft.
Sandy River
Mouth to ODFW markers at Salmon River confluence
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead all year.
- Combined daily bag limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Two rod validation may be used all year.
- No angling from a floating device from 200 ft below Oxbow Park boat ramp upstream.
- Closed within 200 ft of Chinook salmon spawning areas in Oxbow Park where posted by ODFW markers Sep 16 - Nov 15.
- Closed to sturgeon angling including catch-and-release.
Santiam River (Mainstem)
- Open for hatchery trout May 22 – Oct 31, 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead and coho salmon.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for hatchery Chinook salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Santiam River, Little North Fork
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and
Santiam River, Middle Fork and Tributaries
Above Green Peter Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Santiam River, North Fork
The following apply to open sections from mouth to Big Cliff Dam: *- Open for hatchery trout May 22 – Oct 31, 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for hatchery Chinook salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Open all year for coho salmon.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed from the ODFW markers (between the foot bridge and the 1st Ave Bridge in Mill City) up to the falls.
- Closed within the Stayton power canal.
ODFW markers at Packsaddle Park to MintoDam
- Closed.
- Closed from Big Cliff Dam downstream 400 ft.
North Fork and Tributaries above Big Cliff Dam
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Santiam River, South Fork
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open for hatchery trout May 22 – Oct 31, 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for hatchery Chinook salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Open all year for coho salmon.
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Gear Restriction: Angling restricted to fly fishing or bobber fishing (See Salmon/Steelhead Bobber Fishing Rule pg 18).
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Closed from Foster Dam downstream approx. 1/4 mi to ODFW markers.
Sauvie Island Wildlife Area
- Open 4:00 AM - 10:00 PM.
- Closed all areas Jan 1 - Apr 15 and Oct 1 - Dec 31, except Columbia River beaches, the Gilbert River boat ramp, and the Disabled Anglers Fishing Pier which are open all year.
Silver Creek
Above Silverton Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Small Fry Lake
- Open all year for trout.
- 2 trout per day, no minimum length.
- Youth angling (ages 17 and under) only.
Smith and Bybee Lakes and Canals
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Smith River and Tributaries Above Smith Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Spring Creek Pond (Maxwell Pond)
- Closed.
Springfield Mill Race
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
St. Louis Ponds
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
- Unlawful to use any floating craft.
- Apr 1 - Sep 30 Open 6:00AM - 9:00PM.
- Oct 1 - Mar 31 Open 6:00AM - 7:00PM.
Sturgeon Lake
- Closed for sturgeon.
Tanner Creek
Above mainline railroad bridge
- Open for hatchery steelhead Jan 1 - Mar 31 and Dec 1-31.
Timothy Lake
- 25 kokanee per day, no size limit, in addition to daily trout bag limit.
- No minimum length on hatchery trout.
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
Trail Bridge Reservoir
- Wild trout must be released.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Tualatin River and Tributaries
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Walterville Canal and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- Catch-and-release for trout.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
- Closed - between the salmon weir and the downstream confluence with the McKenzieRiver.
- Closed - within the Walterville Bypass Canal from the salmon weir upstream to the McKenzie River.
Willamette River (Mainstem)
Mouth to Willamette Falls including Multnomah Channel
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Catch-and-release for sturgeon.
- Sturgeon angling is prohibited from the Lake Oswego-Oak Grove RR bridge up to Willamette Falls May 1 - Aug 31.
- Use of bait allowed.
- See Gilbert River.
- Closed: Oregon City Wall Bank Closure Area; see picture/diagram for closure area.
- Closed: Willamette Falls Closure Area; see picture/diagram for closure area.
Willamette Falls to Hwy 20 bridge in Albany
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon, coho salmon, and hatchery steelhead.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Hwy 99 bridge at Harrisburg to McKenzie River mouth and tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, and hatchery steelhead.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
Mouth of McKenzie River to Coast Fork and tributaries not listed
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2 per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Willamette River, Coast Fork and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- See Row River and Tributaries.
- Closed to Chinook salmon and steelhead angling on tributaries.
Willamette River, Middle Fork and Tributaries
Mouth to Dexter Dam
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Angling gear may be cast within 200 ft of fish ladder at base of Dexter Dam.
- Gear Restriction: Dexter Dam downstream approx. 700 ft to markers: Only one single point hook with 5/8 inch gap or smaller maybe used. No angling from the north shore, from a floating device, or while wading.
- Gear Restriction: From Dexter Dam downstream to power lines (approx. 1/2Mi):any attached weight may be no more than 6 ft above lower most hook, in addition to statewide Hook and Weight Regulations
Above Lookout Point Reservoir (including above Hills Creek Reservoir)
- Open all year for trout.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released, including brook trout.
- See Hills Creek and Hills Creek Tributaries, Salmon Creek and Tributaries, Salt Creek and Tributaries.
Willamette River, North Fork Middle Fork and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Fly fishing only, barbless hooks required.
Willamina CreekMouth to 200ft below Lower Willamina Falls
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
200 ft below Lower Willamina Falls to UpperWillamina Falls
- Open for trout May 22-Oct 31.
Above Upper Willamina Falls
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Wilsonville Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Winberry Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Woodburn Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
- Closed 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise.
Yamhill River and Tributaries
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
*Tributaries and river sections not listed
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Exceptions to Willamette Zone Regulations
Abiqua Creek
Above Abiqua Falls
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Adair Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Airport Pond
- Closed.
Alton Baker Park Canoe Canal
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead over 24 inches in length.
- 5 trout per day, no minimum length for hatchery trout.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Two Rod Validation may be used.
Balch Creek
- Closed.
Bear Creek (Pudding River)
Above Shorty's Pond
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Blue River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead over 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day may be harvested above Blue River Dam only, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Bond Butte Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Breitenbush River
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Bull of the Woods Wilderness Area
The following lakes: Beth, Big Slide, Lenore, Pansy, Lower Twin and Upper Twin
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
Bull Run River
Mouth to Watershed Boundary
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead per day.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Closed from ODFW markers 75 ft below and 200 ft above the ODFW weir and fish trap in Dodge Park near mouth.
Butte Creek
Above Butte Cr Falls
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Canby Pond
- Youth angling (ages 17 and under) or Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit holders only.
Canyon Creek (South Santiam)
- Closed.
Cascade Lakes
The following Willamette National Forest Lakes: Blair, Blue, Corner, Lower and Upper Eddeeleo, Goose, Heart, Upper Horse, Linton, Nash, Otter, Pamelia, Penn, Porky, Upper Salmon, Separation, Spring, Spirit, Timpanogas, Lower Timpanogas
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
- Use of bait allowed.
Cedar Creek (Sandy River)
Mouth to markers 100 ft above hatchery water intake dam
- Closed.
Above markers 100 ft above intake dam
- Open for trout May 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed all year for salmon and steelhead.
Clackamas River
Mouth to River Mill Dam
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead per day.
- Use of bait allowed.
- No angling from a floating device between River Mill Dam and the ODFW markers approx. 100 ft above the Clackamas Hatchery water intake.
Mainstem and tributaries (except Oak Grove Fork) above Faraday Diversion (Cazadero) Dam, excluding North Fork Reservoir and Faraday Lake
- Harvest of bull trout prohibited.
- No angling from a floating device or from the west shore for the length of the Three Lynx Powerhouse (111 ft).
Oak Grove Fork and tributaries between markers at upper end of Harriet Lake and Timothy Lake Dam
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of brook or brown trout.
Commonwealth Lake
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Cox Creek
Within the boundaries of Timber Linn Park
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Detroit Reservoir
- 5 kokanee per day in addition to daily troutlimit.
Dog Creek
- Closed.
E.E. Wilson Pond
- Open all year.
Eagle Creek (Clackamas River)
Mouth to markers 200 ft below hatchery ladder outlet
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead per day.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Anti-Snagging Gear Restriction: Leader length must be between 18 and 36 inches Aug 1 - Dec 31 (See Anti-Snagging Gear Restriction Rules pg 18).
- Closed from 200 ft above and 300 ft below fish ladder ½ mi below Eagle Fern Park.
East Salish Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Erma Bell Lakes and Tributaries
- Open May 22 - Oct 31.
- 2 rainbow trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
- Use of bait allowed.
Estacada Lake
Clackamas River, River Mill Dam upstream to Faraday Diversion (Cazadero) Dam
- Open for trout May 22 - Oct 31.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Trout over 20 inches are considered steelhead.
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Combined daily bag limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead.
- Closed between markers 400 ft above and 126 ft below the downstream corner of the Faraday Powerhouse Jun 16 - Oct 31.
- Closed from the entrance of the fishway/fish trap at the Faraday Diversion (Cazadero) Dam downstream approx. 275 ft to the ODFW deadline markers.
Fall Creek and Tributaries (Middle Fork Willamette)
- Open all year for trout.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Below Fall Cr Dam: Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed within 200 ft of entrance to the Fall Cr fish ladder.
Faraday Lake
- Only hatchery trout may be harvested.
Foster Reservoir
- 5 hatchery trout or kokanee per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of bass.
Frazier Creek
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Gales Creek
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31 from mouth to NW Clapshaw Hill Rd.
Gilbert River
From the upstream end of the Gilbert River Fishing Pier located near the confluence of the Multnomah Channel upstream to Sturgeon Lake
- Open Apr 16 - Sep 30 for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Use of bait allowed except artificial flies and lures only Apr 16 - May 15.
- Closed to all angling Jan 1 - Apr 15 and Oct1 - Dec 31.
- Closed for sturgeon the entire year including catch and release.
Gold Lake
- Open May 22 - Oct 31.
- Catch-and-release for rainbow trout.
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
- Fly fishing only, barbless hooks required.
- Closed from Gold Lake boat ramp 300 ft down Salt Cr.
Green Peter Reservoir
- 25 kokanee per day in addition to daily trout limit. No size limits.
Haldeman Pond
- Closed Jan 1 - Apr 15 and Oct 1 - Dec 31.
Henry Hagg Lake
- Open all year.
- 1 bass per day.
- 25 crappie per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Hills Creek and Hills Creek Tributaries
Above Hills Cr Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Hills Creek Reservoir
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released.
- Hatchery salmon less than 24 inches in length are considered trout.
Horn Creek
- Closed.
Leaburg Canal and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- Catch-and-release for trout.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
- Closed within the Leaburg powerhouse tailrace.
- Closed from Leaburg Dam to below fish screens (approx. 600 ft.).
Leaburg Lake
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Two Rod Validation may be used.
- Closed within 200 ft above Leaburg Dam.
Little Fall Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- From mouth to 200 ft below fish ladder: Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Long Tom River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Use of bait allowed.
Lookout Creek and Tributaries
- Closed.
Lost Creek and Tributaries (Middle Fork Willamette River)
- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Lost Lake (Santiam Pass)
- 5 trout per day, no minimum length.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Luckiamute River (Mainstem) and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Luckiamute River, Little
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Marys River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Use of bait allowed.
McKenzie River and Tributaries
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open all year for trout, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released, including brook trout.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon in the mainstem.
- See Mohawk River & Tributaries.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon in the mainstem.
- Gear Restriction: Bait allowed May 1 - Jun 15 when angling for salmon and steelhead with hooks 5/8 inch gap or larger.
- See Walterville Canal.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon in the mainstem.
- Bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31 in the mainstem.
- Gear Restriction: Leaburg Dam downstream to Trout Cr (approx. 1 Mi) any attached weight may be no more than 6 ft from the lowermost hook, in addition to statewide Hook and Weight Regulations (pg 19).
- See Leaburg Canal & Tributaries and Walterville Canal & Tributaries.
- Closed within 200 ft downstream of Leaburg Dam.
- Bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31 in the mainstem.
- See Leaburg Lake and Blue River & Tributaries.
- Closed within the Carmen Spawning Channel and in the McKenzie River from Trail Bridge Dam to 200 ft below the Carmen Spawning Channel entrance.
Above Tamolitch Falls (Blue Pool) including Carmen Reservoir and Clear Lake
- Willamette Zone regulations apply, including no limit on the size or number of
- Closed from Cougar Dam downstream 700 ftto concrete supports of the old adult fish trap.
Mill Creek and Tributaries (Marion Co.)
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimumlength, remainder of year catch-and-release
Mohawk River and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Molalla River
Mouth to Turner Cr Bridge
- Open for any steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmonhatchery steelhead, and coho salmon.
- Use of bait allowed May 15 - Jul 15.
Moose Creek
Mouth to Moose Lake
- Closed.
Mt Hood Pond
- Youth angling (ages 17 and under) and Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit holders Apr 1 - Aug 31.
Muddy Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest and bait allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
North Fork Reservoir (Clackamas River)
North Fork Dam up to MP 32 on Hwy 224
- Open for trout May 22 - Oct 31.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- No limit on size or number of brook or brown trout.
Quartzville Creek
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Rainbow Lake (Charles Metzger County Park)
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
Rickreall Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimumlength, remainder of year catch-and-release
Round Lake (Collawash River)
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Row River and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed to salmon and steelhead angling in Mosby Cr and Mosby Cr tributaries.
Salmon Creek and Tributaries (Middle Fork Willamette River)
- Open all year.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Salmon River (Sandy River Basin)
Above Final Falls
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Salt Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed in mainstem from Gold Lake boat ramp downstream 300 ft.
Sandy River
Mouth to ODFW markers at Salmon River confluence
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead all year.
- Combined daily bag limit of 3 hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Two rod validation may be used all year.
- No angling from a floating device from 200 ft below Oxbow Park boat ramp upstream.
- Closed within 200 ft of Chinook salmon spawning areas in Oxbow Park where posted by ODFW markers Sep 16 - Nov 15.
- Closed to sturgeon angling including catch-and-release.
Santiam River (Mainstem)
- Open for hatchery trout May 22 – Oct 31, 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead and coho salmon.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for hatchery Chinook salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Santiam River, Little North Fork
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and
Santiam River, Middle Fork and Tributaries
Above Green Peter Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Santiam River, North Fork
The following apply to open sections from mouth to Big Cliff Dam: *- Open for hatchery trout May 22 – Oct 31, 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for hatchery Chinook salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Open all year for coho salmon.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Closed from the ODFW markers (between the foot bridge and the 1st Ave Bridge in Mill City) up to the falls.
- Closed within the Stayton power canal.
ODFW markers at Packsaddle Park to MintoDam
- Closed.
- Closed from Big Cliff Dam downstream 400 ft.
North Fork and Tributaries above Big Cliff Dam
- Open all year.
- 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Santiam River, South Fork
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open for hatchery trout May 22 – Oct 31, 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open all year for hatchery steelhead.
- Open for wild steelhead Jul 1 - Aug 31.
- Open for hatchery Chinook salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- Open all year for coho salmon.
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Gear Restriction: Angling restricted to fly fishing or bobber fishing (See Salmon/Steelhead Bobber Fishing Rule pg 18).
- Open for coho salmon Jan 1 - Aug 31 and Oct 15 - Dec 31.
- Closed from Foster Dam downstream approx. 1/4 mi to ODFW markers.
Sauvie Island Wildlife Area
- Open 4:00 AM - 10:00 PM.
- Closed all areas Jan 1 - Apr 15 and Oct 1 - Dec 31, except Columbia River beaches, the Gilbert River boat ramp, and the Disabled Anglers Fishing Pier which are open all year.
Silver Creek
Above Silverton Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Small Fry Lake
- Open all year for trout.
- 2 trout per day, no minimum length.
- Youth angling (ages 17 and under) only.
Smith and Bybee Lakes and Canals
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Smith River and Tributaries Above Smith Reservoir
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Spring Creek Pond (Maxwell Pond)
- Closed.
Springfield Mill Race
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
St. Louis Ponds
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
- Unlawful to use any floating craft.
- Apr 1 - Sep 30 Open 6:00AM - 9:00PM.
- Oct 1 - Mar 31 Open 6:00AM - 7:00PM.
Sturgeon Lake
- Closed for sturgeon.
Tanner Creek
Above mainline railroad bridge
- Open for hatchery steelhead Jan 1 - Mar 31 and Dec 1-31.
Timothy Lake
- 25 kokanee per day, no size limit, in addition to daily trout bag limit.
- No minimum length on hatchery trout.
- No limit on size or number of brook trout.
Trail Bridge Reservoir
- Wild trout must be released.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Tualatin River and Tributaries
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
Walterville Canal and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- Catch-and-release for trout.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
- Closed - between the salmon weir and the downstream confluence with the McKenzieRiver.
- Closed - within the Walterville Bypass Canal from the salmon weir upstream to the McKenzie River.
Willamette River (Mainstem)
Mouth to Willamette Falls including Multnomah Channel
- Open all year for hatchery salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- Catch-and-release for sturgeon.
- Sturgeon angling is prohibited from the Lake Oswego-Oak Grove RR bridge up to Willamette Falls May 1 - Aug 31.
- Use of bait allowed.
- See Gilbert River.
- Closed: Oregon City Wall Bank Closure Area; see picture/diagram for closure area.
- Closed: Willamette Falls Closure Area; see picture/diagram for closure area.
Willamette Falls to Hwy 20 bridge in Albany
- Open all year for hatchery Chinook salmon, coho salmon, and hatchery steelhead.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon and hatchery steelhead.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Hwy 99 bridge at Harrisburg to McKenzie River mouth and tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, and hatchery steelhead.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
Mouth of McKenzie River to Coast Fork and tributaries not listed
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Open for white sturgeon 1 per day and 2 per year, 38 inch minimum and 54 inch maximum fork length.
- Use of bait allowed.
Willamette River, Coast Fork and Tributaries
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
- See Row River and Tributaries.
- Closed to Chinook salmon and steelhead angling on tributaries.
Willamette River, Middle Fork and Tributaries
Mouth to Dexter Dam
- Open all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead, and wild steelhead greater than 24 inches in length.
- 2 wild trout per day, 8 inch minimum length
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Angling gear may be cast within 200 ft of fish ladder at base of Dexter Dam.
- Gear Restriction: Dexter Dam downstream approx. 700 ft to markers: Only one single point hook with 5/8 inch gap or smaller maybe used. No angling from the north shore, from a floating device, or while wading.
- Gear Restriction: From Dexter Dam downstream to power lines (approx. 1/2Mi):any attached weight may be no more than 6 ft above lower most hook, in addition to statewide Hook and Weight Regulations
Above Lookout Point Reservoir (including above Hills Creek Reservoir)
- Open all year for trout.
- 5 hatchery trout per day, no minimum length.
- Wild trout must be released, including brook trout.
- See Hills Creek and Hills Creek Tributaries, Salmon Creek and Tributaries, Salt Creek and Tributaries.
Willamette River, North Fork Middle Fork and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Fly fishing only, barbless hooks required.
Willamina CreekMouth to 200ft below Lower Willamina Falls
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
200 ft below Lower Willamina Falls to UpperWillamina Falls
- Open for trout May 22-Oct 31.
Above Upper Willamina Falls
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
Wilsonville Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
Winberry Creek and Tributaries
- Open all year.
- 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
- Use of bait allowed Apr 22 - Oct 31.
Woodburn Pond
- 1 bass per day.
- 10 crappie per day.
- 2 channel catfish per day.
- No minimum length on warmwater fish.
- Closed 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise.
Yamhill River and Tributaries
The following apply to open sections below: *- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31.
- Use of bait allowed.
- Open for coho salmon Aug 1 - Oct 31.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
*Tributaries and river sections not listed
- Open all year for trout. Harvest allowed May 22 - Oct 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, remainder of year catch-and-release.
- Artificial flies and lures only.
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