SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission will be briefed Friday on proposed changes to the state’s 2016 angling regulations including removing bag limits for warmwater fish in the Columbia, John Day and Umpqua rivers.
The panel meets beginning at 8 a.m. at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife headquarters, 4034 Fairview Industrial Drive SE.
The agency says removing the limits on species like bass and walleye will help simplify regulations and potentially reduce predation on salmon and steelhead smolts.
Other proposed fishing regulation changes include removing the April trout opener and opening these waters to year-round fishing; setting the May trout opener at May 22 each year to ensure trout fishing statewide always would be open Memorial Day weekend and replacing the annual regulation booklet with a two-year booklet.
