For those who fish the CR

[1bigfish]

:bnews:
For those who fish the CR for bass, walleye, or anything else.
The CR will be closed every Tuesday from March 16 through April 30 to ALL sports fishing from the Willy to Bonneville.



ODFW/WDFW News: Columbia Seasons Set
For Immediate Release February 15, 2007

2008 Columbia River recreational spring chinook seasons:
One-fish bag limit with the longest season in recent years

SALEM, Ore. – Fisheries managers from Oregon and Washington Departments of Fish and Wildlife met today and approved the guidelines for the 2008 recreational spring chinook seasons on the mainstem Columbia River.

Oregon fishery managers also announced regulations for the Willamette River and its tributaries above and below Willamette Falls.

The Columbia River Compact set the following spring chinook seasons today:

Mainstem Columbia River above the Willamette River will open six-days-per week

March 16 through April 30 from Hayden Island west power lines to Bonneville Dam, with a one-fish daily limit; closed to all sport-fishing on Tuesdays

http://www.ifish.net/board/showthread.php?t=186157



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[River Ranger]

I would say this only has to do with springers, I could be wrong though.

RR.

[1bigfish]

It is for ALL sportsfishing inculding bass, shad, walleye, salmon, bluegill,.....
The reason for the closure is to allow the commercial gillneters to fish. The commercial fleet did not want to play bumper boats with the sportsfisher so now it will be closed for all sportsfishing not just salmon.
For those that think I am wrong feel free to call ODFW or WDFW and ask for youself.

[Smj]

If the salmon numbers are high enough to give the netters a good catch they will most likely get their quota in a day or two, or three. Then I would imagine the powers would lift the Tues. fishing ban.

With all the "mess-with-the-gillnetter" talk from the rabid STS guys the state police had to come up with some temporary law to protect the netters from harrasment.

Man...Sometimes I'm ashamed to be an STS fisherman, and other times, I suspose I should be ashamed to be a warm water fisherman.

What a time and place we live in.

Smj

[beetlespin]

bump

[PRINCEMASTER]

just because they are closing it for the netters does not mean people cant take joy rides on the water that day with cameras for wildlife...hint hint

[the apprentice]

I thought it closed starting the 25th of march did i read ut wrong

[1bigfish]

ODFW finally has their site updated.

From March 16 through April 30 the lower boundary for this river section will be moved approximately 3 miles downstream to the Hayden Island powerlines (west towers) and will open to adipose fin-clipped Chinook and adipose fin-clipped steelhead except all angling for any species (including warmwater species and catch-and-release fishing) is prohibited from one hour after sunset on Monday to one hour before sunrise on Wednesday in the area from the Hayden Island power lines west tower to Bonneville Dam during the following dates:

March 24-26
March 31-April 2
April 7-9
April 14-16
April 21-23
April 28-30

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/fi ... lumbia.asp (http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/fishing/reg_changes/columbia.asp)