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.



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

July 31, 2025

Includes updates to fishing, crabbing, clamming and wildlife viewing

Best bets for weekend fishing

• We just stocked millions of trout this year, and some are for you! Check the trout stocking schedule and maps for locations near you.
• Fall seasons on the Columbia River start Aug. 1 including the popular fall Buoy 10 fishery. Also, summer steelhead retention has been extended until Aug. 31 from the Buoy 10 line upstream to Bonneville Dam. Check the regulation updates for details.
• Fall Chinook seasons are getting underway. On the North Coast, Tillamook Bay, the Nestucca estuary (Pacific City), Trask River, Nestucca River, and the lower Columbia tributaries (Big Cr., Gnat Cr., and Klaskanine R.) will provide the best opportunities. Check the regulation updates including bag limits for wild Chinook here.
• Summer steelhead runs are on in the Nestucca and Wilson Rivers. Summers are throughout the fisheries and there have been some getting caught.
• Nehalem fall Chinook run is showing up with a few getting caught down by the mouth of the bay.
• The next stocking for North coast lake trout will be in September (see the schedule below or online). There will be trout available most of the summer, but fishing will get more challenging as the water warms up. Fishing early morning and late evening and targeting higher elevation lakes that stay cooler will up the odds of success.
• The North Jetty of Tillamook Bay (accessible through Barview County Park) provides some good angling opportunity for rockfish and kelp greenling this time of year.
• Reminder the annual razor clam conservation closure runs through Sept. 30 on Clatsop Beaches. The closure restores the clam grounds and allows repopulation. Check tide tables here: https://tides.net/oregon/ and check for any closures. Razor clam digging is still open along the central and south Oregon coast.
• Crabbing remains open along the Oregon coast.
• It's a great time of year to fish for warmwater species. See our guide.
• The General Marine Species bag limit increased to a 5-fish bag limit with a 1-fish sub-bag limit for cabezon which also opened July 1. With warm weather on the beach, it's a good time to try surf perch fishing.
• The Rogue River above Lost Creek Reservoir is the premier summer trout fishery in the Rogue watershed. Anglers can escape the heat of the Rogue Valley, enjoy beautiful scenery, and catch fish. Campgrounds and other public access sites along Highway 62 and Highway 230 are stocked with rainbow trout on a weekly basis between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
• Haystack Reservoir continues to yield trophy-sized and brood trout in the 16-17-inch range!
• Redband trout fishing from bank and boat is fair on Upper Klamath and Agency lakes.
• Anglers report excellent kokanee fishing at Lake Billy Chinook, and Wickiup Reservoir. Fish at Lake Billy Chinook average 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.

Know before you go:

Sauvie Island Beaches Pass required to park July 4 through Labor Day on weekends and holidays

Because of overcrowding at Sauvie Island parking lots, weekend and holiday beach parking now requires both the Wildlife Area Parking Permit ($10 daily / $30 annual) and the new free Sauvie Island Beaches Pass during the summer months. Plan ahead for your beach visit, as there are a limited number of free parking permits available each weekend day.

Both Beaches Passes and Wildlife Area Parking Permits can be obtained online or by visiting a license sale agent. Customers are limited to one Beaches Pass per date.

To purchase online: Go to MyODFW.com and click Buy License. Use "Check Out as a Guest" or create an account for easier future purchasing. Display the Parking Permit and Beaches Pass on your car when parked--if you can't print it out, write your ODFW ID or transaction number on a piece of paper and leave on your car dash.

Vehicles will also need to show their Beaches Pass and Parking Permit at the Eastside Check Station (Rentenaar and Reeder Rd) during some hours on weekends and will not be able to proceed to the beach parking lots without them--so get it ahead of time!

Chinook salmon season on coastal rivers

Seasons for fall runs are starting on some rivers. Check the in season updates page for wild fall Chinook regulations this year. Wild coho season proposals are now online.