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2025 Recreational Bottomfish Season Set (Update)

Bag limits provided in detail below. Key changes include a 4-fish general marine bag limit January 1 through June 30 and a 1-fish sub-bag limit of canary rockfish for all anglers, year-round.

Bag Limits

• General Marine Species:
• 4-fish bag limit January 1 through June 30
• 5-fish bag limit July 1 through December 31
• Canary rockfish: 1-fish sub-bag limit
• Cabezon: 1-fish sub-bag limit
• Opens July 1, 2024
• 16-inch minimum size limit
• Lingcod: 2-fish bag limit
• 22-inch minimum size limit
• Flatfish: 25-fish bag limit
• Sablefish: 10-fish bag limit
• Longleader gear fishery: 10-fish bag limit
• Canary rockfish: 1-fish sub-bag limit
• For a 10-fish bag limit to apply, longleader gear must be used outside (seaward) of the 40-fathom regulatory line
• 10 midwater rockfish species only

Retention of yelloweye and quillback rockfishes remain prohibited.

The bottomfish fishery will again be open at all-depths year-round (no seasonal depth restriction).

Additional information on the recreational bottomfish fishery can be found on the ODFW sport bottomfish webpage.

March 10, 2025 RECREATIONAL OCEAN SALMON INFORMATION UPDATE:

ACTION TAKEN (no action): The planned ocean Chinook salmon season (all-salmon-except coho) will open as scheduled from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt. from March 15 through May 15. The bag limit will be two salmon, except closed to retention of coho, with minimum size limits of 24” for Chinook and 20” for steelhead.

RATIONALE: The recreational ocean salmon fishery off Oregon in March, April, and early May typically has very low effort and Chinook catch. Fishery managers and industry representatives agreed that this opening would not create any difficulty in developing the remainder of the ocean seasons for the 2025 fishing year.  Seasons from May 16, 2025 through May 15, 2026 are currently being developed. Season alternatives will be reviewed and a final season recommendation made at the Pacific Fishery Management Council public meeting in San Jose, CA from April 10-15, 2025. Interested members of the public should visit www.pcouncil.org for information on how to participate in the April meeting.

2025 Recreational Pacific Halibut Season

On Friday, April 18, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission finalized the 2025 recreational Pacific halibut season and regulations.

The information below is summarized in the 2025 Pacific Halibut Sport Regulations Map.

Columbia River Subarea

All-Depth Season

• Daily bag limit: 1 Pacific halibut
• Quota = 18,587 pounds
• Open every Thursday, Friday and Sunday May 1 through June 29 or until quota is caught.
• Backup dates if quota remains:
• Mondays and Tuesdays added to the month of June (only)
• Open up again during the months of August and September (days of week to be determined later)

Nearshore Season (shore to the 40-fathom regulatory line off Oregon)

• Daily bag limit: 1 Pacific halibut
• Quota = 500 pounds
• Open every Monday through Wednesday May 1 through September 30 or until quota is caught

Central Oregon Coast Subarea

Spring All-Depth Season

• Daily bag limit: 2 Pacific halibut
• Quota = 207,768 pounds
• Open May 1 through July 31, seven days per week, or until quota is caught

Summer All-Depth Season

• Daily bag limit: 2 Pacific halibut
• Quota = 59,256 pounds
• Open August 1 through October 31, seven days per week, or until quota is caught

Nearshore Season (if either all-depth season closes early)

• Daily bag limit: 2 Pacific halibut
• Quota = 10,000 pounds
• Open May 1 through October 31, seven days per week, or until quota is caught

Southern Oregon Subarea

• Daily bag limit: 2 Pacific halibut
• Quota = 8,000 pounds
• Open May 1 through October 31, seven days per week, or until quota is caught

May 1, 2025

Includes updates to fishing, crabbing and clamming



We'll stock millions of trout this year

And some will be for you! Each year, ODFW stocks millions of trout in the state's ponds, lakes and reservoirs for anglers to catch and keep. Check the trout stocking schedule and maps for locations near you.

Best bets for weekend fishing

• Go to the beach to harvest bay clams or mussels. Cast a line into the surf for perch, or launch a trap off the dock to haul in Oregon Dungeness Crab.
• The first Spring Chinook have been caught in the upper Rogue River. Be sure to check the regulations before heading out for Spring Chinook to make sure your favorite spot is opened for the season.
• On May 22 fishing will open again for trout. The closure happens every year, to allow native steelhead spawning and out-migrating smolts to navigate the rivers.
• Late season snow and ice has mostly cleared, but check before you go if your favorite fishing spot tends to get late season snow. You can always call a local biologist to find out if you can access your favorite fishing hole.
• There’s also plenty of open water on Howard Prairie, Hyatt Lake and Fish Lake, where early spring fishing for holdover trout can be good.
• Haystack Reservoir continues to yield trophy-sized and brood trout in the 16-17-inch range!
• Boats can now launch on Wallowa Lake – good news for trout and kokanee anglers.
• Redband trout fishing from bank and boat is fair on Upper Klamath and Agency lakes.
• Anglers are catching spring Chinook on the Columbia, Willamette and Lower Rogue rivers.
• Anglers report excellent spring kokanee fishing at Lake Billy Chinook, Odell Lake, and Wickiup Reservoir. Fish at Lake Billy Chinook and Odell Lake are averaging 13 inches; while 14–17-inch fish can be found at Wickiup.Tips for catching more kokanee

These examples are for demonstration purposes only. Refer to the zone reports for more details and possibilities.

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