The 2022 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations provide
requirements for the Columbia River Zone and the Snake River Zone. However,
additional regulations may be adopted in this rule division from time to time,
and, to the extent of any inconsistency, they supersede the 2022 Oregon Sport
Fishing Regulations.
(1) The Columbia
River Spring Recreational Fishery area boundaries include the following:
(a) Beacon Rock line projects from a deadline
marker on the Oregon bank (approximately four miles downstream from Bonneville
Dam Powerhouse One) in a straight line through the western tip of Pierce Island
to a deadline marker on the Washington bank at Beacon Rock.
(b) Tower Island power lines (approximately
six miles below The Dalles Dam)
(2) Effective January 1 through March 31, the
Columbia River from The Dalles Dam upstream to the Oregon-Washington border
(upstream of McNary Dam) is closed to angling for and retention of all salmon
and steelhead.
(3) Effective March
1 through April 6, the lower Columbia River from Buoy 10 upstream to Bonneville
Dam is open to angling for, and retention of salmon, steelhead, and shad with
the following regulations:
(a) The daily adult
bag limit is two hatchery salmonids (Chinook and steelhead only), of which only
one may be a Chinook; and
(b) All
coho, wild Chinook, and wild steelhead must be released.
(c) Angling from a boat is not allowed from
the Beacon Rock line upstream to the Bonneville Dam deadline.
(4) Effective March 1 through June
15, the Columbia River Select Area salmon and steelhead bag limit will be as
follows:
(a) On days when the Columbia River
mainstem recreational fishery downstream of Bonneville Dam is open to the
retention of Chinook salmon, the bag limit is the same as the mainstem Columbia
River bag limit; and
(b) On days
when the mainstem Columbia River recreational fishery downstream of Bonneville
Dam is closed to the retention of Chinook salmon, the permanent bag limit
regulations apply.
(5)
Effective April 1 through May 5, the Columbia River from Bonneville Dam
upstream to the OR/WA border (upstream of McNary Dam) is open to angling for,
and retention of salmon and steelhead with the following regulations:
(a) The daily adult bag limit is two hatchery
salmonids (Chinook and steelhead only), of which only one may be a Chinook;
and
(b) All coho, wild Chinook, and
wild steelhead must be released.
(c) Angling from a boat is not allowed from
Bonneville Dam upstream to the Tower Island power lines.
(6) All other General, Statewide and Zone
Regulations, as provided in the 2022 Oregon Sport Fishing
Regulations, remain in effect.
