This weekend is Oregon’s Free Fishing Weekend. Learn more here.

On June 3 and 4, Oregon will allow the public to fish, crab and clam without a license.

During the weekend, Oregon residents and visitors can fish for free. Meanwhile, the state is stocking its lakes with more rainbow trout than any other time of year.

Justin Helm is with the Caddis Fly Angling Shop in Eugene. He said with so many fish at accessible locations, even children can get involved.

“You’re gonna be within ten feet of fish at all times,” Helm said. “So as long as your fly or lure or bait or whatever you’re using is in the water, you have a pretty good chance of catching…

The USDA will place a $50 million+ order for Oregon seafood. Find out more here.

by Gold Meadows/KVAL

Oregon lawmakers lead the way to the approval of $52 million to purchase Oregon seafood products.

Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden led the charge to have the products purchased by the United States Department of Agriculture for distribution to food assistance programs for its commodity purchasing programs.

In a letter sent to the USDA, Merkley and others stated that inclusion in the program would provide a boost to West Coast fishermen and seafood processors while including their products in American food assistance programs.

READ THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE

Restrictions on Steelhead and bass on the Deschutes are in effect. Learn more here.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is announcing restrictions on Steelhead and bass fishing on the Deschutes River starting next week. Closures are also coming later this summer on Chinook and Coho fishing. But Trout fishing remains open.

Here is the press release from ODFW

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THE DALLES, Ore.—With another low run of summer steelhead forecast, angling closures for steelhead, bass and salmon will be in effect for parts of the Deschutes River this summer starting as early as June 1.

The closures are in keeping with the Deschutes River steelhead fishery framework that fishery managers presented earlier this year due…

By Lynn Ketchum/OSU

But Hood River will have season due to better return

THE DALLES, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has decided there will be no spring Chinook season on the Deschutes River for 2022 due to expected poor returns, but has set the following regulations for a spring Chinook fishery on the Hood River: