Both steelhead and bass angling have been closed on the Deschutes River because both kinds of fish often strike the same kinds of lures, which happened here as the steelhead was being landed. The smallmouth dashed out of hiding and also hit the lure in the steelhead’s mouth. Photo by Bob Toman/2011
Anglers might enjoy a summer and fall of improved runs of Columbia River and offshore salmon, but they’re sandwiched between unprecedented restrictions in some of the Northwest’s most popular fisheries.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced the closures of:
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