Washington/Oregon Columbia River Sturgeon Fisheries Approved for Bonneville Dam
by TBC Press on 06/05/17
Starting Monday (June 5), anglers can catch and keep white sturgeon in the lower Columbia River for the first time in three years under an agreement reached by fishery managers from Washington and Oregon. The two states approved the limited retention fishery based on surveys indicating that the number of legal-size sturgeon below Bonneville Dam has grown each year since 2014, when the fishery was closed to allow stocks to rebuild. The fishery will be open for six days from the mouth of the river to the Wauna power lines (downstream from Longview) on the following schedule... READ MORE
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