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Slam'n Salmon Ocean Derby in Brookings, Oregon
Posted by glock on Sunday, August 20, 2006 (20:21:41) (9776 reads)
This Labor Day weekend we will have the 4th annual Slam'n Salmon Ocean Derby in Brookings, Oregon. You can see more about it at www.slamnsalmon.com. The event has grown each year. This year we expect 750-800 fishermen for the 3-day event. The grand prize for the largest fish is $5000 with over $16,000 in total prizes for the weekend. We also serve a salmon BBQ for about 1200 people.
All proceeds from the event are granted to area salmon enhancement programs. Last year over $8000 was given to various programs and projects.
Can you tell us if there is any other derby with this many participants?
Also, we invite you to attend our event to see and learn more about this successful fishing event.
Thank you,
Leroy Blodgett
(541) 661-0124
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Brewster Salmon Derby
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 22, 2006 (20:37:14) (11300 reads)
The 1st Annual Budweiser - Lowrance King Salmon Derby will be held on August 4th, 5th & 6th in Brewster, WA. The Wells pool at the confluence of the Columbia & Okanogan rivers is one of the best King Salmon fishing areas in the state. The Brewster Chamber of Commerce along with Budweiser and Lowrance is sponsoring this event.
$1000 1st prize with an entry fee of $35.00 and your entry fee also enters you into a drawing for an Eagle 2000c depthfinder or a Scotty 1106 electric downrigger or a Lowrance X135 depthfinder or a Lamiglass rod & reel combo set. Side pots and additonal raffle prizes available. Top 20 places will be cash or prizes and only 400 tickets will be sold.
There will be a seminar Thursday night August 3rd at the Legion Hall in Brewster (Main & 3rd St.). Big River Steelhead Outfittersrs and R&R Guide Service will be demonstrating Salmon fishing techniques. Washington State Fish & Game will also be discussing rules & regulations. Lowrance and Hooked on Toys will also have displays and all of the prizes will be on display.
You can register and get additional information at www.brewstersalmonderby.com or www.brewsterchamber.com . You can also call JD Smith at 509-429-0277 for questions or information.
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Springer update for Washington State
Posted by bradleyh on Thursday, May 25, 2006 (06:45:44) (2048 reads)
OLYMPIA – With 100,000 upriver spring chinook salmon now expected to return to the Columbia River this year, fishery managers for Washington and Oregon have agreed to reopen recreational salmon fishing below Bonneville Dam on May 17.
In a separate action, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will also open a sport fishery tomorrow on the Snake River in the vicinity of Little Goose Dam. Last week, the department opened spring chinook fishing in the upper Bonneville Pool upriver to McNary Dam.
All three decisions were sparked by a late surge of spring chinook salmon past Bonneville Dam – a development fishery managers believe will boost the annual run above the pre-season estimate of 88,400 fish. After 10 days of strong returns, they now estimate a return of 100,000 upriver spring chinook this year.
“This is the latest run in recorded history, but it came on strong once it got started,” said Bill Tweit, WDFW policy leader for Columbia River fisheries. “Now that we have good numbers of fish upriver, we can finally reopen some areas to fishing.”
Under plans announced today, the mainstem Columbia River will open to recreational fishing tomorrow below Bonneville Dam downriver to the Rocky Point/Tongue Point line near the Megler-Astoria Bridge. The fishery will be open seven days per week until further notice.
Anglers fishing on that section of the lower Columbia River can catch a total of six hatchery chinook, identified by a clipped adipose fin, only two of which can be adults. All wild chinook, chum and sockeye salmon – as well as cutthroat trout and wild steelhead – must be released.
Fishery managers also approved a 10-hour opening for commercial fishers in the lower Columbia River beginning at 2 p.m. today. Tweit noted that the commercial fishery had caught just over 1,000 spring chinook when it was closed in mid-March due to concerns about lagging fish returns.
On the Snake River, WDFW will open a sport fishery tomorrow for spring chinook salmon from the Texas Rapids boat launch upstream to the Corps Of Engineers boat launch approximately one mile upstream of Little Goose Dam.
The daily limit in the Snake River fishery is one hatchery chinook salmon – identified by a clipped adipose fin – measuring at least 12 inches. Anglers must release all unmarked chinook and all steelhead. In addition, anglers must use single point barbless hooks no larger than 5/8 inch from point to shank when fishing in this area of the Snake River during the salmon fishery.
As of April 30, only 2,573 spring chinook had been counted passing Bonneville Dam, about half of the 10-year average. By May 15, the total had jumped to nearly 77,000 fish.
“It’s hard to tell what this year’s run is going to do next, but we’re pretty sure it’s not over yet,” Tweit said. “We’ve had to put conservation needs first during these past few weeks of uncertainty, but now we feel confident that we can reopen some fisheries without harming the resource.”
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Columbia River spring Chinook season reopens above Bonneville Dam
Posted by Lwagg2 on Monday, May 15, 2006 (19:50:15) (2679 reads)
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact: Curt Melcher (503) 947-6208
Internet: www.dfw.state.or.us Fax: (503) 947-6202
For Immediate Release Friday, May 12, 2006
Columbia River spring Chinook season reopens above Bonneville Dam
Salem – State fish and wildlife officials decided today to reopen the recreational spring Chinook season in the Columbia River above Bonneville Dam effective 12:01 May 13, 2006.
The area between the Tower Island power lines and McNary Dam and the Oregon bank between Bonneville Dam and the Tower Island power lines was reopened to the retention of adipose fin-clipped spring Chinook, adipose fin-clipped steelhead, and shad. These regulations are effective May 13 through June 16 and set a two salmon or steelhead daily bag limit.
The Columbia River spring Chinook season was closed in April due to extremely low counts of fish at Bonneville Dam. Daily counts have since improved dramatically, giving fish managers the ability to provide additional angling opportunities.
Managers will meet again Monday, May 15, to analyze dam counts and consider additional recreational and commercial seasons for spring Chinook in the lower Columbia River.
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Spring chinook seasons set for the Columbia River
Posted by glock on Sunday, February 12, 2006 (12:36:30) (2748 reads)
OREGON CITY – Anglers may fish for hatchery-reared Columbia River spring chinook salmon downstream of the Interstate 5 bridge at least through April 19 under an agreement reached today by Washington and Oregon fishery managers.
The season, which began Jan. 1, is open seven days per week.
“It’s important to recognize that staff expects the season will last significantly longer than April 19,” said Curt Melcher of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. “This is a conservative approach.”
The decision provides for the greatest number of angler days, while protecting fish stocks listed under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) and providing for a commercial fishing season, said Bill Tweit of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). That was the stated intent of both the Washington and Oregon fish and wildlife commissions earlier this month.
With poor returns projected for the second straight year, both states agreed to discuss any additional spring chinook sport-fishing days and areas in mid-April.
Fishery managers can then use catch data and an updated forecast of the run size to determine the course of the fishing season, Tweit said. Biologists predict that 161,400 spring chinook will enter the Columbia River in 2006, with 88,400 destined for tributaries upstream of Bonneville. Last year, 195,400 actually entered the river after biologists predicted a run of more than 400,000 fish.
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