Two Columbia River white sturgeon fisheries will close earlier than expected under rules adopted today by fishery managers from Oregon and Washington. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/june/061913.asp Want to share the love of fishing with others? Come join the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s team of angling instructors. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/june/061813.asp ODFW is hosting a “Youth Outdoor Day” at Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area on Saturday, June 29 from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area headquarters (59116 Pierce Road, about 7 miles south of La Grande). http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/june/061313b.asp Fishery managers added three more days to the popular all-depth sport halibut fishery off the central Oregon coast. Fishing for Pacific halibut will be open Thursday, June 20, Friday, June 21, and Saturday, June 22, at all depths. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/june/061313.asp Biologists from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will be electrofishing on the Crooked River below Bowman Dam from the Big Bend and Cobble Rock campgrounds beginning Monday, June 17 through Friday, June 21. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/june/061213b.asp The stakeholder groups that have been advising ODFW on future management actions for coastal rivers will review the first draft of a management plan at two meetings in Tillamook and Reedsport on June28 and July 2, respectively. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/june/061213.asp The Commission adopted final 2013 controlled big game tags based on ODFW staff recommendations at its meeting in Tigard today. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/june/060713b.asp The recreational spring chinook salmon fishing season from Bonneville Dam upstream to the OR/WA border will reopen from Saturday, June 8 through Saturday, June 15 under rules adopted today by fishery managers from Oregon and Washington. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/june/060713.asp The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission today approved the upcoming coastal fall salmon seasons, including several fisheries for wild coho, at its meeting in Tigard. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/june/060613c.asp During spring and early summer, Oregon’s wildlife are giving birth and raising their young, teaching them what to eat, where to take shelter and how to survive in the wild. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/june/060613.asp A new lamprey ramp and security system was installed this week at the Winchester Dam fish ladder. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/june/060613b.asp The Oregon Hatchery Research Center Advisory Committee will meet Monday, June 10 from 9:30 a.m. until 2:45 p.m. at Oregon Hatchery Research Center, 2418 E. Fall Creek Rd., Alsea, OR 97324. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/june/060313.asp Lookingglass Creek, a tributary to the Grande Ronde River at Palmer Junction, will open to fishing for hatchery spring chinook jacks from Saturday, June 1 through June 21. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/may/053013b.asp It’s 5 a.m. and a dozen fish and wildlife biologists clad in camouflage quietly crouch in the brush next to a field of corn stocks hiding them from tens of thousands of cackling Canada geese in an adjacent field. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/may/053013.asp With good numbers of hatchery spring chinook beginning to arrive, and the bulk of the run yet to come, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has decided to extend the fishing season at the “hatchery hole” on the Trask River. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/may/052913d.asp ODFW Outdoors will host an adult fly fishing workshop at LaVerne County Park on the North Fork of the Coquille River on Saturday, June 8. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/may/052913c.asp More than 1,000 trout weighing in at over pounds each will be released for the Free Fishing Weekend festivities at Salmon River Hatchery Saturday June 1-2. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/may/052913b.asp The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife invites Oregonians to fish for free during Free Fishing Weekend, June 1-2. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/may/052813b.asp The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife invites Oregonians to fish for free during Free Fishing Weekend, June 1-2. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/may/052813.asp Free Fishing Weekend in Oregon is June 1-2, and for those two days you won’t need a fishing license to fish, crab or clam anywhere in Oregon http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/may/052913.asp The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission will be asked to set 2013-2014 big game regulations and 2013 coastal fall salmon seasons during its two-day meeting in Tigard on June 6-7. The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. both days at the Washington Square Embassy Suites, 9000 SW Washington Square Rd., Tigard, OR 97223. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/may/052313b.asp The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is gearing up for one of the region’s most popular outdoor activities – Free Fishing Weekend, which will take place this year June 1-2. On these two days, ODFW will waive all fees associated with recreational fishing, clamming and crabbing throughout the state. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/may/052313.asp Kokanee anglers at Wallowa Lake will be able to bring more fish home starting this holiday weekend. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/may/052213c.asp In one of the biggest conservation efforts of its kind in Oregon, the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife mailed 3,500 packages containing a device to help saltwater anglers conserve rockfish and possibly extend fishing opportunities. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/may/052213b.asp Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife technicians discovered quagga mussels on a motorboat on May 15 at the Ontario boat inspection station in eastern Oregon. It is the first boat of the 2013 inspection season found to be infested with the invasive mussels. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/may/052213.asp Free Fishing Weekend is June 1-2 and all Oregonian’s can fish, crab and clam for free. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/may/052113b.asp Sport fishermen will get an additional three weeks to get out and catch a chinook salmon on the Columbia River below Bonneville Dam under a season extension approved Monday by fishery managers from Oregon and Washington. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2013/may/052113.asp