Includes updates to fishing, crabbing and clamming, hunting and wildlife viewing

Best bets for weekend fishing‌

The best fishing opportunities continue to be for trout and winter steelhead.‌

• Anglers are catching winter steelhead from the coast to Hood River, when conditions allow. Keep an eye on water levels, and hit the river once they begin to drop.
• The spring trout stocking season is underway in the Willamette and Southwest zones with several waterbodies being stocked this week.
• Native trout and mountain whitefish are available year-round in central and eastern Oregon rivers. Consider the Deschutes, Fall, Metolius, Blitzen and Wallowa.

Check the zone reports for more options.‌

Columbia River spring Chinook seasons ‌

The spring Chinook fishery below Bonneville Dam will open on Friday, March 1. Get more details here. ‌

Learn to hunt turkey‌

Just in time for the spring turkey season, ODFW is offering several turkey hunting workshops. Participants will learn how to set decoys and blinds, spring hunting tactics, shotgun safety, field dressing and cooking wild turkey, and turkey behavior, biology and conservation.‌

Big game harvest statistics‌

You'll find links to population, harvest and point summary reports that can help you decide what hunts to apply for.‌