Glimt commission BUILET111
Vol. III
PORTLAND, OREGON, FEBRUARY, 1948
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By R. C. HOLLOWAY, Chief Biologist
The Oregon State Game Commission, at its annual hearing held in
Portland on January 9, tentatively formulated the angling regulations for
1948. The hearing was recessed until January 23, the two weeks' interval
being provided so that the tentative regulations could be publicized and
individuals and sportsmen's groups given an opportunity to submit further
recommendations or objections. Following the conclusion of the hearing
on January 23, the Commission adopted in final form the fishing laws for
1948. They have now been publicized throughout the state and will appear
in the 1948 Angling Synopsis at an early date.
Trout Seasons
Change in Game Commissioner
The general trout season has been set
from May 1 to September 30, inclusive,
in most of the state. This is a reduction
of almost three weeks from last year's
season. However, the season on coastal
waters has been lengthened approximately eleven days, extending from May
1 to October 31, inclusive. As last year,
the trout season in tidewater will open
on June 15.
Dr. Geo. A. Cathey, of Portland, resigned as a member of the Game Com-
No. 2
Sportsmen Take Creel Census
Early in 1947, the Beaverton Rod and
Gun Club, in its search for something
constructive it could do to help improve
angling in Oregon, approached the Game
Commission with a plan for a creel census on a group of lakes in the Mt. Hood
National Forest. A verbal agreement
was made whereby the club would undertake the census, and the Game Commission would furnish an informative
sign, forms on which data would be
kept, and would analyze this data after
its collection.
The area involved is near Highrock
Guard Station in the Mt. Hood National
Forest, and can be reached from either
the Clackamas River road or the Wapinitia Highway by about 20 miles of Forest Service road. At the guard station a
mission December 31, 1947, because of ill
spur road leads into an area in which
health. Dr. Cathey was appointed to the
Commission in February, 1945, for a five
year period.
To fill his unexpired term, Governor
Hall appointed Larry Hilaire, Portland
business man and active sportsman.
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nine lakes, varying in area from 4 to 22
acres, are located, and can be reached by
a hike of from one half to three and one
half miles. All contain, or formerly contained, eastern brook trout, and all, be-
It is very important that a clear under-
standing be had of what is meant by
coastal waters. All streams, and this includes everything up to the highest and
smallest tributary, that flow into the
Pacific Ocean south of the Columbia
River or that are in stream systems that
do so, are included in coastal waters.
Also included are all lakes that occur in,
or are tributary to, these stream systems. There was some confusion last
year over whether or not tributaries of
tributaries, etc., and lakes without outlets were included. They certainly are
included. The sand dune lakes along the
coast are in this classification though
some of them have no visible outlets to
the ocean. They also are included under
the 8-inch minimum size limit to be discussed later.
Because of similar environmental and
fish population conditions, all of the
streams and lakes directly or indirectly
tributary to the Columbia River below
the northern city limits of St. Helens
have been included in the same category
as coastal waters and have been considered as such in formulating the regulations. The explanation above on coastal
waters applies to this area as well.
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Fishing in the Deschutes River
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* THIS AND THAT
Compilation of elk report cards is proceeding but attention of those elk hunters who have not reported is called to the
Oregon State Game
Commission Bulletin
Published Monthly by the
Oregon State Game Commission
new provision of the law stating that
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failing to file such report card, after
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"Any person purchasing an elk tag and
written demand therefor has been made
by the Oregon State Game Commission
may be refused a tag for the next suc-
ceeding season by the Oregon State
Game Commission."
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A whitetail deer was seen in Ecola
Park just south of Short Sand Beach
early in January by two of the game department men going through that area.
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In 1947 California legislature appropriated $9,000,000 from the state's horse
racing revenue fund to be used "for the
acquisition of lands, or lands and water.
for wildlife production, preservation and
for recreation." Already approved is expenditure of funds totalling approximately $1,200,000 for capital improvements in the Division of Fish and Game's
conservation program.
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A three day conference for the four
game farm superintendents was conducted in December. All phases of the
propagation program were analyzed,
plans for the 1948 season initiated and a
review of many recent developments in
pheasant propagation made.
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the Camas Swale
Development of
waterfowl management area, so far limited to land acquisition activities, is now
in the engineering stage. Following completion of the basic survey, physical development will proceed.
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During December the marking of approximately 50,000 fish for release in the
McKenzie river was completed at the
McKenzie station. One-half of the fish
were marked by removal of left ventral
fins and the others by removal of the
right ventral fins. One lot of fish will be
planted in advance of the opening of the
fishing season and the other will be re-
MIRIAM KAUTTU
Editor
Members of the Commission
Corvallis
E. E. Wilson, Chairman
Lakeview
Theodore R. Conn
Grants Pass
Kenneth S. Martin
Enterprise
R. D. McClallen
Portland
Larry Hilaire
Administrative Staff
C. A. Lockwood . . State Game Supervisor
Secretary
F. B. Wire
Director of Publicity
Miriam Kauttu
F. C. Baker
Controller
Engineer
H. E. Bowers
Director of Game
P. W. Schneider
Upland Game
John McKean
A. V. Meyers . . Fed. Aid and Waterfowl
Big Game
Furbearers
P. R. Needham. ...Director of Fisheries
R. C. Holloway ...Surveys and Salvage
Hatcheries
E. W. Goff
H. J. Rayner ...Disease and Nutrition
Director of Supplies
H. R. Mangold
G. E. Howell .. Fishways, Screen, Stream
and Lake Improvement
R. U. Mace
C. E. Kebbe
Entered as second-class matter September
30, 1947 at the post office at Portland, Oregon
under the act of August 24, 1912.
At the present time the Bulletin is circulated free of charge to anyone forwarding a
written request.
Permission to reprint is granted provided
proper credit is given.
Regulations For
Guides Adopted
Effective this month, the Oregon State
Game Commission will not grant a
guide's license to any individual who does
not meet the following requirements:
1. All guides shall be at least 18 years
old.
2. No applicant shall be granted a
guide's license who has been con-
leased later. This work is part of the
victed of a game law violation
McKenzie River study begun last June.
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A flock of 200 to 300 starlings was
observed in vicinity of Burns the latter
part of December. Other sections of the
state have had quite large numbers of
these birds but these are among the first
to be noted in the Burns area.
Conservation Pledge
I give my pledge as an American to
save and faithfully to defend from waste
the natural resources of my country
its soil and minerals, its forests, waters,
and wildlife.
within two years of his application.
3. No applicant shall be granted a
guide's license who has any apparent physical defects that would in-
terfere with safe guiding opera-
January Meeting of the
Game Commission
In addition to the consideration of the
1948 angling regulations, the Commis-
sion transacted the following routine
business at its meeting held January 9
in Portland.
The exchange of 50,000 eastern brook
eggs for an equal number of Snake River
cutthroat eggs from the state of Idaho
was authorized.
In view of the increased demand for
prints that probably will result as the result of the purchase of the William Finley picture collection, particularly from
individuals writing books and articles.
the Supervisor was instructed to determine the approximate value of the pic-
tures and sell copies at a fair market
price.
It was decided that an applicant for a
guide's license hereafter will have to
meet certain additional requirements to
those specified by the legislature before
a license will be issued.
The Supervisor was instructed to request the Forest Service and Reclamation Service to exercise their authority
in prohibiting the landing of seaplanes
and the use of motor boats on certain
lakes.
The 1948 current operating budget was
adopted as submitted.
The second application of Paul D. Hess
for a guide's license was disapproved on
the basis that there had been a conviction for a game law violation within a
two-year period.
The following resolution was passed:
Be it resolved that the Division of "Feed
and Hatchery Supplies" in the Department of
Fisheries be and the same is abolished as a
Division of the Department of Fisheries and
that there be and is hereby created a new department to be known as "Department of Supplies."
That it is the function of said Department of
Supplies to supervise and administer the purchase and transfer of all supplies for the Game
Commission.
Communications also were read from
the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation,
Lake County Sportsmen's Association,
N. A. Havercamp, and Western Association of State Fish and Game Commissioners.
See Page 6 for detailed list of angling
regulation changes.
tions.
4. Each applicant for guide's license
shall submit three written char-
acter references from individuals
knowing the applicant for a period
of at least 10 years.
5. Each applicant for guide's license
shall own or use proper kind of
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equipment for the type of guiding
he plans to do.
Each applicant must pass written
examination given by field representative of the Game Commission.
There has been a demand for a stricter
regulation in regard to issuance of guide
licenses and the last legislature gave the
Commission additional authority for this
purpose.
The legislature also provided for an
increase in license fee to $15.
FEBRUARY. 1948
Sand Creek Projects 1946-47
Beaver Sale Held
The State Game Commission, realizing
that the cutthroat trout represents a special problem in coastal streams, in Octo-
The first beaver sale of the season was
held January 22 at the Portland office of
the Game Commission when 2,065 pelts
on Sand Creek, which is the principal trib-
were sold for $85,583.75, or an average of
$41.44 per pelt. Buyers from New York,
ber, 1946, constructed a trapping weir
utary of Sand Lake in Tillamook county.
The purpose of the weir is to trap migrat-
ing cutthroat trout in order to learn of
their life history and results from almost
a year's operation of the weir are now
available.
The total number of upstream-migrating, sea-run cutthroats was 230. The run
took place from late October to January.
The trout averaged 14.4 inches in total
length. There was one male to every 3.1
females.
The fish handled were all somewhat
colored up, apparently having been in
the lower stream for some time. "Blue-
back" cutthroats had run into lower Sand
Creek from July on, and quite a few were
caught by anglers.
Some fingerling cutthroats which had
not been to sea also moved upstream from
the lower creek. Ripe fish of both sexes
4.5 to 6.0 inches long were found in small
tributaries during the winter.
Forty-six per cent of the sea-run spawners returned downstream alive during the
same period in the spring when the small
cutthroats (average lenght, 6.6 inches
total lenght) were migrating seaward.
The total downstream count was 931 cut-
throats. Thirty per cent of the legal fish
passed the weir downstream before the
April 26 opening. (The weir is located
about 0.75 miles above tidewater.) Dur-
ing May and June, 31 per cent of the
downstream cutthroats were legal (escapement 69 per cent). With an 8-inch
size limit, 31 per cent would have been
catchable (escapement 69 per cent) during May and June, and 59 per cent (41
per cent escapement) with the old 6-inch
limit.
The larger downstream cutthroats were
silvery in coloration as though they had
just come from salt water. In fact, anglers sometimes mistake them for fresh
sea-run fish.
Three thousand and ten marked hatch-
ery cutthroat yearlings were liberated
into Sand Creek in February, 1947. Since
then they have comprised 3.7 per cent of
the cutthroats migrating downstream
Denver, Seattle as well as Oregon took
part in the bidding.
The beaver were dead-trapped to relieve damage to property and landowners who had signed agreements to participate in a cooperative beaver management program will receive one-third of
the proceeds from the pelts of beaver
taken on their lands. Trappers working
on a share basis also received one-third
while the remainder is kept by the Commission to pay for salaries of permanent
trappers and general administration of
the fur program.
Conservation Education
Annual Award Announced
The National Association of Conservation Education and Publicity is going to
honor the individual or organization who
has made the outstanding contribution
toward furtherance of conservation education. Details of such an annual award,
the first one to be made in 1948, have
just been announced.
Any North American individual or or-
award, which will cover services rendered in behalf of conservation educat'on
for a period of twelve months prior to
June 1, 1948, on which date nominations
will close.
vation leaders will serve as judges. Their
names will be announced when the award
has been made. The individual or organization so honored will be announced and
awarded an appropriate plaque or cup at
cation and Publicity to be held in the
would require a deer every two days to
keep them in fresh meat.
the 1948 annual convention of the National Association of Conservation EduState of Ohio in September.
Nominations for the award are to be
sent to the chairman of the Awards Committee, Isaac D. Chapman, care Louisi-
ana Department of Wild Life and Fisheries, 126 Civil Courts Building, New
Orleans, Louisiana.
The National Association of Conserva-
tributaries. None of the hatchery trout in
tions for this award are requested to
in June. Also in the spring, 313 steelhead
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Cougars L3agged in
Metolius Area
Four cougars were bagged recently
by a group of Redmond, Prineville and
Sisters hunters who spent two days in
the Green ridge area near the Metolius
River, Jefferson county.
The predators are quite numerous in
that timbered area. This mother cougar
Three of the nation's leading conser-
sponsoring the award is headed by James
R. Harlan, supervisor of public relations
of the Iowa Conservation Commission.
the test-angling catch were legal.
From January to April, 147 steelhead
adults went upstream in Sand Creek beyond the weir. Sixty-three per cent of
them returned downstream alive, mostly
Co.gar killed by hunters in Metolius area
ganization may be nominated for the
past the weir, 19 per cent and 24 per cent
respectively of the downstream cutthroats in two tributary traps, 8.1 per
cent of the cutthroats caught by seining,
and 16.5 per cent of the cutthroats taken
by test angling in Sand Creek and its
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and her cubs, the hunters estimated,
In the party of hunters were Bill
Clark, Phil Dahl and son, Chuck, and
Duffy Knorr of Redmond, Harold Barclay and Hans Melious of Sisters and
Jim Moore of Prineville. They hunted the
cougars with hounds.
A bounty of $50 is paid on cougar.
tion Education and Publicity who are
Persons desiring to suggest nomina-
send their suggestions in to the editor of
this publication.
Members of the 1948 Award Committee of the National Association of Conservation Education and Publicity, in ad-
dition to Chairman Chapman are William W. Weeks, Director Information
and Education, Florida Game and Fish
Commission, Tallahassee; Oliver Hartley, Director Public Relations, Ohio Divi-
sion of Conservation and Natural Resources, Columbus; W. H. Bostwick,
Supervisor Conservation Education, California Division of Fish and Game, Sacramento, and H. W. Clover, Chief Visual
Information, Missouri Conservation
Commission, Jefferson City.
Persons or organizations desiring copies of the rules and regulations covering
this award may obtain them by writing
to the editor of this publication.
FEBRUARY, 1948
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1948 Angling Regulations
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year, like a bolt from the blue, the Game
Commission placed an 8-inch minimum
size limit on coastal streams and lakes.
This was something different. This up-
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The reason for exempting the Siuslaw,
Umpqua and Rogue Rivers from the
overall regulations is that special regulations apply for those stream systems.
The purpose in allowing a longer season on coastal waters is to permit the
anglers to take advantage of the runs of
cutthroat (harvest) trout that are in the
streams at that time. Some considera-
set the pattern of things that had been
in effect for a long time, and a large majority of the anglers did not take kindly
to it.
The Commission had at that time, and
still has, excellent reasons for placing an
8-inch minimum length limit on coastal
tion was given to allowing cutthroat
waters. The primary purpose is to protect a larger number of downstream mi-
fishing during the winter months. All of
the evidence at hand points to the fact
grating trout and salmon. These fish
that adult cutthroat populations are at
a low ebb. Winter fishing would make a
considerable inroad on present brood
stocks and it was not deemed advisable
to allow this.
There are sound reasons for delaying
the opening of trout fishing in tidewater
until June 15. The downstream migrants
habitually gang up in tidewater prior to
this date and are subject to a heavy mortality from the anglers. It is a commonsense conservation measure to protect
these fish during this period. Naturally.
the fish do not watch the calendar and
dash out to sea on June 16, but the majority are out of the danger zone somewhere around that time.
The May 1 to September 30 season applies to all the rest of the state outside
of the coastal area and lower Columbia
area discussed above. Actually, the opening date is probably too early for certain
parts of Eastern Oregon, especially in
the Cascades and in the northeastern
part of the state. However, it has been
found that a uniform opening date, covering as much area as possible, spreads
out the fishing pressure instead of
throwing it from one area to another as
opening dates occur.
A specific example of this on a small
scale can be found in the regulation that
makes the opening date for Diamond.
Paulina, East, North Twin, South Twin
and Gold Lakes fall on June 15. Last year
there were four opening dates represented in this group of six lakes. The
angling public could, and did, shift their
efforts from one to the other as opening
dates turned up. This year that pressure
will be divided, and it seems logical to
assume that the heavy opening day kill
on all of them will be diminished. This
should certainly serve to maintain bet-
ter fishing over a longer period in the
summer than has been obtainable under
the old plan.
Last year Badger Lake in the Mt. Hood
National Forest opened on July 1. The
opening date stood out like a sore thumb
in the Synopsis. Fishermen began to con-
don't make much growth in the stream:
but when they get to the ocean, they
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really begin to take on weight, and they
come back into the streams many times
the fish they were when they left. Is it
not conservation and sound management
in the truest sense to allow a larger escapement of these small fish to take ad-
vantage of growing conditions in the
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CUTTHROAT
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STEELHEAD
"Comparison of the percentages of downstream
migrant escapements under the six and eight-inch
minimum length limits."
Except for the few lakes with specific
opening dates, all of the lakes in the
state will open along with the streams
on May 1. Many will be snow and ice
bound at that time or completely inaccessible. On many of them the ice dces
not go off until July. It is probably unnecessary to remind the sportsmen that
it is always unlawful to fish for trout
through the ice in any lakes except those
in Wallowa and Baker counties and in
Upper Klamath Lake.
Minimum Length Limit
This is one of the most controversial
issues faced by the Game Commission in
a number of years. There are many who
feel there should be no length limit at
take what you catch and be satisall
fied. There is a proven hitch to this line
of thought, however. Experience has
shown that many of the anglers are
tempted to replace the 3 and 4-inch fish
that are caught and placed in the creel
with larger fish as they are taken. This
results in not only catching and killing
one limit, but possibly several limits.
There doesn't seem to be much sound ar-
verge on the lake the day before, and
gument for a no length limit ruling. It
would not take long to deplete the
streams with that type of a regulation
with boats, rafts and canoes. This year
of small fish.
opening day saw this small lake covered
since it encourages wholesale slaughter
there is no special season on Badger
Lake; fishing should be better for this
minimum length limit was in force in all
fact alone.
come to accept it as they do anything
else that is part of their daily life. Last
For a good many years the six-inch
parts of the state and the anglers had
ocean and return as adults ?
Six-Inch Limit Inadequate
Statistics obtained by careful study of
downstream migrants have shown that
inadequate protection is obtainable with
the six-inch limit. There just aren't
enough fish that get by the angler. An
eight-inch minimum size limit allows a
much higher percentage of escapement
and a greater return of adult fish.
The most debatable point in the entire
controversy, however, seems to be over
whether or not very few or very many of
the fish under 8 inches that are hooked
remain alive when returned to the water.
This is a controversy that there appears
to be small likelihood of solving.
Efforts have been made to solve the
question by actually carrying out con-
trolled experiments where small fish
were hooked, subjected to rougher treatment than would be expected from the
angler, and returned to ponds where the
mortality could be checked. A report on
some of these experiments can be found
in the March and May Bulletins of last
year. In all recorded cases, the mortality
was very low, around two to five per
cent. This is certainly not much of a loss
and does now fit in very well with the
stories that one hears about total mortality. True, the 8-inch limit will make
the angler work longer for his limit of
fish. That is undoubtedly one point that
makes the regulation unpopular to many
fishermen. Careful handling of the undersized fish should keep the mortality
down to a satisfactory level. Snapping
them off the hook and whipping them
back into the brush doesn't belong in the
above category. Unless a vital organ is
injured, and with reasonably careful
handling, a large majority of the undersized fish will survive.
There have been very few "kicks"
about the 6-inch minimum limit in recent
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FEBRUARY, 1948
1948 Angling Regulations
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years. If reports of near total mortality
are true with the 8-inch limit, they are
so that proper regulations can be adopted to meet existing conditions. Refer to
your synopsis when you go fishing; remember that specific exceptions to gen-
eral regulations are listed by county.
true with the 6-inch limit. Accepting this
as our premise, then, as some have sug-
Always refer to the county in which you
all.
cial seasons.
The 8-inch minimum size limit has
been in effect for one year. Some anglers say it is conservation; others say
that it is not. Experimental evidence is
Sand Creek Projects
to prove or disprove the contention of the
many anglers who sincerely believe that
legal during May and June. A 7-inch size
gested, there should be no size limit at
overwhelmingly in its favor. Well-substantiated evidence should be available
it is not a conservation measure.
Steelhead and Salmon
The season for steelhead and salmon
20 inches or over in length includes the
entire year except in coastal waters
where a two months' closure in March
and April will be in effect.
In this discussion of steelhead and salmon it is well to remember that coastal
waters include the same streams, lakes
are fishing or plan to fish to acquaint
yourself with specific closures and spe-
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fingerlings came downstream. Only 4
per cent (96 per cent escapement) were
limit would have permitted a catch of
29 per cent (71 per cent escapement) during those months, but 83 per cent (17 per
cent escapement) would have been catchable under the old 6-inch size limit. The
immature steelhead averaged 6.5 inches
in total length.
The silver salmon spawners totalled
235. The run lasted from October to February. Most of the fish seen were jacks.
The 1164 silver salmon fingerlings that
came downstream from March to June
averaged 4.4 inches in total length.
From October to December, 495 chum
salmon passed the weir going upstream.
About twice as many were gill-netted in
Sand Lake from October 15 to November
30. However, as many or more chum
spawned in Jewell Creek, lower tributary of Sand Creek, as in the main stream,
and many spawned below the weir.
More than 300,000,000 pounds of fish
and shellfish are landed annually at East
Coast ports from Rhode Island to Virginia.
and areas as were outlined under the
trout discussion in the first part of the
article.
The two month closure on coastal
streams and lakes reduces the intensity
of angling by shortening the season. It
gives protection to breeder stocks of
and prevents heavy kill of spent steel-
head and cutthroat returning to the
ocean. An added advantage is that it
will prevent destruction of eggs by anglers disturbing the gravel bars in shallow
waters.
Admittedly this measure does not give
complete spawning protection. The establishment of deadlines on all coastal
streams above which no winter fishing
or possibly no angling at all would be
allowed is desirable. Such deadlines are
in effect at the present time on some of
the coastal streams. As more facts are
made available similar regulations can
be adopted on the remainder.
Jack Salmon
The season on jack salmon will coincide with the seasons for steelhead and
salmon in all cases. The purpose of this
is to enhance law enforcement by prohibiting an angler to fish for steelhead
and salmon under the guise of fishing for
"jacks." The bag limit of ten per day
or twenty in possession serves to distribute the catch of these fish over a
wider segment of the angling public.
The jack salmon are to be included in
and as part of trout limit during trout
season.
The writer has attempted to explain
some of the general regulations and the
reasons behind them. Simplicity in fishing regulations is an admirable and a desirable thing. However, in some cases
simplicity must be forfeited to a degree
NO WONDER IT COSTS US MORE TO LIVE THESE DAYS
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FEBRUARY, 1948
1948 Angling Regulations
(Note: County regulations that remain the
same as last year are not listed in order to
save space).
TROUT SEASONS
May 1 to September 30, inclusive, except as
otherwise provided.
June 15 to October 31, in tidewater areas.
May 1 to October 31, above tidewater in
those streams rising in the Coast Range and
emptying into the Pacific Ocean or into the
Columbia below the north city limits of St.
Helens.
MINIMUM LENGTH LIMIT FOR TROUT
Six inches except that in coastal waters the
minimum length limit is eight inches.
SEASONS FOR SALMON AND STEEHEAD
OVER TWENTY INCHES
Entire year except as follows:
May 1 to February 29 in all waters including
lakes directly or indirectly tributary to the
Pacific Ocean south of the Columbia River
(exclusive of the Umpqua, Rogue and Siuslaw
Rivers) and all waters directly or indirectly
tributary to the Columbia River or its sloughs
below the northern city limits of St. Helens.
May 1 to September 30, open season for
steelhead over 20 inches in that part of Willamette River and tributaries above Oregon
City falls except the Santiam River and its
north and south forks.
SEASON FOR JACK SALMON UNDER
TWENTY INCHES
Concurrent with steelhead and salmon
seasons.
Additional special seasons for steelhead and
salmon listed under individual county regulations that follow.
BAG LIMITS
Trout
10 fish but not to exceed 15 pounds and 1
fish in any one day and 20 fish but not to exceed 30 pounds and 2 fish in any 7 consecutive
days or in possession.
Salmon and Steelhead Over 20 Inches
2 in the aggregate in any one day of steel-
head and salmon not less than 20 inches in
length but not more than 4 such fish in any 7
consecutive days or in possession, and not
more than 20 a year.
Jack Salmon Under 20 Inches
10 in any 1 day but not more than 20 in
and as part of trout bag limit during trout
possession. This bag limit to be counted with
season.
CLOSED WATERS AND SPECIAL SEASONS
AND BAG LIMITS BY COUNTIES
(Changes only listed and otherwise county
regulations remain the same as last year).
BAKER COUNTY
Camp Creek and Unity reservoirs closed to
angling.
N. Fork Burnt River and South Fork Burnt
River from outlet of Whited reservoir to Unity
reservoir closed to angling.
East Fork above the falls and West Fork of
Eagle Creek closed to angling.
Lake season to conform with general trout
season.
BENTON COUNTY
No changes.
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
Shining Lake and that part of Molalla River
and tributaries above and including North
Fork closed to angling.
That part of Sandy River from Marmot dam
downstream to lower end of the Big Joe Long
hole below the Fish Commission hatchery, a
distance of about 4,000 feet, closed.
That part of Clackamas River and tributaries above Three Lynx powerhouse to be open
during regular trout season.
Other regulations remain the same.
CLATSOP COUNTY
That part of Elk Creek above forks closed to
angling.
COLUMBIA COUNTY
No change.
COOS COUNTY
Closed to all angling from November 1 to
April 30: That part East Millicoma River
above mouth of Glen Creek; and that part of
West Fork Millicoma River above a point 200
feet below Stull's Falls.
Closed to all angling from September 16 to
April 30: That part of North Fork Coquille
above Hudson Creek; Middle Creek; that part
of East Fork Coquille above Elk Creek ; that
part of Middle Fork Coquille above Myrtle
Creek; and that part of South Fork Coquille
above Coal Creek.
Closed to all angling entire year:
All tributaries of North Fork Coquille River,
except Middle Creek.
All tributaries of East, Middle and South
Forks of Coquille River.
Lake Creek, tributary to Loon Lake, closed
to angling below the falls.
CURRY COUNTY
Opened to angling: Edson Creek and its
tributaries; Bald Mountain Creek and tributaries; Wheeler Creek and tributaries; and
Brush Creek and tributaries.
Closed
to angling: Bear and Bear Trap
Creeks; that part of Brush Creek for a distance of 200 yards above and below the mouth
of Bear Creek; and that part of Hunters Creek
for a distance of 200 feet above and below
bridge on Highway 201.
Closed to salmon angling entire year: All
tributaries of Rogue River, including Illinois
River.
Closed to steelhead angling from September
16 to April 30: All tributaries of Rogue River,
including Illinois River.
DESCHUTES COUNTY
North and South Twin Lakes, open season
June 15 to August 15.
East and Paulina Lakes, open season June
15 to September 15.
Davis Lake, June 15 to August 29.
General lake season to concur with general
trout season.
Closed to angling, that part of Paulina Lake
upstream from the irrigation company's dam
to a line extending across the lake described
as follows: Beginning at a point 400 yards
north of the Paulina Resort boathouse; thence
diagonally across the lake in the direction of
the Forest Service camp to a marker to be
placed by the Game Commission at the point
of land on the south shore of the lake.
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Diamond Lake, open season for trout not
less than 10 inches June 15 to September 15,
with bag limit of 15 pounds and 1 fish but not
to exceed 5 fish in any 1 day, or 30 pounds
and 2 fish but not to exceed 10 fish in any 7
consecutive days.
Fish, Buckeye. Cliff, Twin Lakes, open season June 15 to September 15.
Fish Creek Lake, open season June 15 to
September 15.
Bag limit for Marie, Eel and Twin Lakes is
5 fish but not to exceed 15 pounds and 1 fish
in any 1 day, and 10 fish but not to exceed 30
pounds and 2 fish in any 7 consecutive days.
Closed to angling:
That part of Smith River above a point 400
feet below the falls.
That part of North Umpqua River between
Winchester dam and highway bridge over
North Umpqua River on Route 99.
All tributaries of North Umpqua below and
including Steamboat Creek except Little River
and Rock Creek; all tributaries of Little
River.
That part of Lake Creek and tributaries (inlet to Loon Lake) below falls.
That part of the South Umpqua River from
a point 50 yards above to a point 150 yards
below South Umpqua Falls.
All tributaries to North Ten Mile Lake.
That part of Rock Creek, a tributary of the
North Umpqua, from the Rock Creek dam
downstream to the lower boundary line of
Game Commission hatchery property.
Opened to angling:
That part of Diamond Lake lying northwesterly of a line beginning at a point on the north
shore of said lake 800 feet northwest of the
mouth of Bear Creek, running thence diagonally across said lake to a marker on the
west shore of said lake, being 7,450 feet north
of the mouth of Silent Creek.
GRANT COUNTY
Magoon Lake, open season May 15 to July
10, and September 1-30.
Closed to angling:
That part of Murderers Creek above and in-
cluding Tex Creek and tributaries.
Deer Creek and tributaries above confluence
of Corral Creek.
Hog and Wickiup Creeks, tributaries of Sil-
vies.
Corral Creek and Lewis Creek and their tributaries; and Middle Fork of Canyon Creek.
Opened to angling:
Upper Desolation Creek and tributaries.
Granite Boulder Creek and tributaries
north of Susanville road.
That part of Middle Fork of John Day River
and tributaries above the Austin highway
bridge near the school house.
Steelhead Season:
All streams closed to steelhead fishing from
October 1 to May 1 except the following:
Main John Day River, Middle and North
Forks of John Day ; Beech Creek; that part
of Canyon Creek below southern limits of
Canyon City, and the South Fork John Day
below Jackass Creek. These streams are open
the year around for steelhead over 20 inches.
HARNEY COUNTY
Closed to angling: Whitehorse, Willow and
Trout Creeks.
HOOD RIVER COUNTY
Tony and Greenpoint Creeks opened to ang-
ling.
Badger Lake and Badger Creek, open May
1 to September 30.
JACKSON COUNTY
Fish and Squaw Lakes, May 1 to September
30. open season.
Bag limit for Fish Lake is 10 pounds and 1
fish but not to exceed 5 fish in any 1 day, or
20 pounds and 2 fish but not to exceed 10 fish
in any 7 consecutive days.
Closed to angling, that part of Rogue River
from a point 100 yards below the lower fish
racks of the Game Commission eggtaking station to a point 100 yards above the upper fish
racks.
Closed to salmon fishing the entire year, all
tributaries to Rogue River, including the Applegate.
Closed to steelhead fishing from September
16 to April 30, all tributaries of Rogue River
including the Applegate River, and that part
of the main Rogue River above Crater Lake
highway crossing at Shady Cove.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
General lake season to be May 1 to Septem-
ber 30.
Closed: that part of Metolius River from
hatchery bridge down 1, mile.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY
Closed to salmon fishing the entire year, all
tributaries of Rogue River including Applegate and Illinois Rivers.
Closed to steelhead fishing from September
16 to April 30, all tributaries to Rogue River
including Applegate and Illinois Rivers.
KLAMATH COUNTY
Davis Lake, June 15 to August 29.
Rosary Lakes, May 1 to September 7.
Open season for other lakes, May 1 to September 30.
Spiny-rayed fish season open entire year in
Lake of the Woods and no bag limit there.
Closed to anging, that part of Odell Lake
within a 200 foot radius of the point where
outlet leaves the lake.
LAKE COUNTY
General trout season, May 22 to September
30.
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FEBRUARY, 1948
Fishing from boats with gas propelled motors prohibited on Deadhorse, Blue and Campbell Lakes.
Dog Lake, open entire year.
Campbell and Blue Lakes, open season July
1 to September 10.
Closed to angling:
Buck Creek above Antelope Flat-Pitcher
Ranch road; Bridge Creek inside Fremont
Forest; Walker Creek above confluence with
North Fork Sprague River; School Creek
above confluence with N. Fork Sprague River;
Gearhart Creek above confluence with North
TILLAMOOK COUNTY
6 fish in any 7 consecutive days of in posses-
That part of Nestucca River above Moon
Creek, open from May 1 to October 31 for
Salmon not less than twenty inches open
season entire year in main channel of Rogue
River exclusive of tributaries, except that sea-
trout, steelhead and salmon. Closed remainder
of year.
Closed to salmon angling from March 1 to
to September 15, the Wilson, Trask and Nehalem Rivers from 101 Hwy. Bridge upstream.
Closed to salmon angling from November 1
to 30, the Miami River.
UMATILLA COUNTY
above forks; Crooked Creek above old mill
Open season May 1 to September 15, for
trout, steelhead and salmon in Birch Creek
and tributaries; in McKay Creek above and
below the reservoir and tributaries; and in
that part of Umatilla River and tributaries
from the west city limits of Pendleton to the
intake ditch of Cold Springs reservoir.
Open season May 1 to September 30, for
trout, steelhead and salmon in that part of
boundaries of Fremont Forest; Dairy Creek
North Fork of Walla Walla River, closed
to all angling entire year.
Open season for steelhead over 20 inches
Sprague River; North Fork Sprague River
above Forest Service bridge on Fuller & Walker road; Bear Creek above Dog Creek; Sycan
River above Pikes Crossing; Coffeepot Creek
above Chewaucan River; Drews Creek above
first railroad crossing; Whitworth Creek
above South Fork Sprague River; Deep Creek
dam in Big Cove; Porcupine Creek above Mud
Creek; Guyer Creek above Silver Creek; Camp
Creek, Augur Creek and Bauers Creek within
Umatilla River and tributaries above the west
city limits of Pendleton.
above Forest Service bridge; Deadhorse Lake.
from May 1 to March 1 in Walla Walla River,
except as otherwise provided.
That portion of South Fork of Walla Walla
LANE COUNTY
Gold Lake, open season June 15 to July 15
for fly fishing only.
General lake season to be concurrent with
trout season, May 1 to September 30.
Opened to angling:
Timpanogas, Opal and Indigo Lakes.
Closed to angling:
All tributaries of Maple and Fiddle Creeks,
(tributaries of Siltcoos Lake).
LINCOLN COUNTY
That part of Siletz River above Macks Landing open May 1 to October 31.
LINN COUNTY
Fish Lake and Fish Lake Creek down to the
bridge on the Fish Lake-Clear Lake road open
to angling May 1 to June 1.
Open season June 15 to September 15 in Pamelia, Ann, Big, Clear, Marion, Moose and
Gordon Lakes.
General lake season, May 1 to September 30.
Opened to angling:
Indian Prairie Lake.
Other closures remain the same.
Closed to angling: That part of North Santiam River for a distance of 400 feet below the
dam at Mill City.
MALHEUR COUNTY
Beulah reservoir, open season May 1 to August 31.
Bag limit for crappies eliminated in Owyhee
Reservoir.
That part of Owyhee River from the old
Owyhee Ditch Diversion Dam to the Owyhee
River between the intake of the P. P. & L.
plant (commonly known as the dam) and out-
let of the P. P. & L. plant, and that portion
of said stream between the intake belonging
to Milton City to its new plant at the Couse
Creek bridge, open season for trout, salmon
and steelhead from May 1 to June 30, inclusive.
Opened to angling: Big Creek.
Closed to angling: Meacham Reservoir.
UNION COUNTY
General lake season open May 1 to Septem30 to conform with general trout season.
That part of Catherine Creek above the City
of Union. Intake closed to salmon and steelhead fishing the entire year.
Other regulations unchanged.
WALLOWA COUNTY
Open season May 1 to November 30 in Wal-
lowa Lake except open season for yanks is
May 1 to August 31.
North Minam River and tributaries, open
season May 1 to September 30.
General lake season, May 1 to September 30,
except where special seasons provided.
30.
WASCO COUNTY
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Pole Creek reservoir, closed to angling.
Ten-inch minimum length for trout in Owy-
No changes.
.3ag
No changes.
Open season May 1 to July 15 on Little
North Fork of Santiam River above Mehama,
exclusive of tributaries.
Closed to angling, that part of Breitenbush
River above its forks.
Closed to angling: That part of North Santiam River for a distance of 400 feet below the
dam at Mill City.
General lake season, May 1 to September 30.
MULTNOMAH COUNTY
Closed to all angling: That part of the Columbia River upstream from the downstream
power line crossing between the Washington
shore and Bradford Island, and thence on a
direct line from the Bradford Island down-
stream power line tower to the domestic water
tank of the government reservation on the
Oregon shore.
POLK COUNTY
Closed to angling, that part of Siletz River
for a distance of 400 feet below the dam at the
Valsetz Pond.
head of tidewater, unless specifically closed.
Open season for trout not less than 8 inches,
including salmon and steelhead under 20
inches, May 1 to October 31 in the main
Umpqua River, and other stream systems
which are directly tributary to tidewater,
Open season for trout not less than 8 inches in
tidewater is June 15 to October 31. There is
no change in the bag limit for trout.
Steelhead not less than 20 inches: Open season May 1 to October 31 in all waters not specifically closed except that the South Umpqua
River, exclusive of its tributaries, is open to
steelhead below a deadline at Coffee Pot Side
Camp during the period May 1 to May 31.
Thereafter the South Umpqua is open to steelhead below Jackson Creek only; open season
November 1 to March 1 in North Umpqua, ex-
clusive of its tributaries, below the Narrows
above mouth of Rock Creek; South Umpqua,
exclusive of its tributaries, below Jackson
Creek; Main Umpqua, exclusive of its tributaries, except Mill Creek and portions of Elk
and Calapooya Creek; Elk and Calapooya
Creeks, exclusive of tributaries, west of highway 99; Mill Creek, exclusive of its tributaries,
and tidewater. Bag limit for steelhead is 2 per
day, but not to exceed 4 in any 7 consecutive
days or in possession; nor more than 20 per
Year.
Salmon not less than 20 inches: Open sea-
son January 1 to May 31 in same areas as win-
ter steelhead season above except that it is
permissible to fish for salmon in the South
highway 101 bridge near Reedsport; open season September 1 to December 31 in same area
as under winter steelhead season above. Bag
Clear Lake, May 1 to September 30.
MARION COUNTY
UMPQUA RIVER
Open season for trout not less than 6 inches,
including salmon and steelhead under 20
inches, May 1 to October 31 in all streams tributary to the main Umpqua River above the
Joseph Creek from mouth of Swamp Creek to
Snake River.
Duck and Twin Lakes, May 1 to September
Creek to Snake River and in that part of
salmon.
limit 5 fish.
ber 1 to November 30 in Rogue River above
mouth of Illinois River at Agness. Bag limit
is 2 fish per day, but not more than 4 in any
7 consecutive days or in possession; nor more
than 20 fish per year.
Jack salmon under 20 inches open entire
year with bag limit of 4 per day, but not more
than 8 in any 7 consecutive days or in possession; nor more than 20 fish per year.
Open season May 1 to October 31 in that
part of Imnaha River from mouth of Horse
Dam be closed from October 1 to April 30 to all
hee Reservoir and River below dam.
son for Chinook salmon is closed from Septem-
Umpqua below a deadline at Coffee Pot Side
Camp; open season June 1 to July 31 in tide-
Other regulations remain the same.
fishing, including spiny-ray, trout, steelhead.
sion.
YAMHILL COUNTY
ROGUE RIVER
Steelhead, regardless of size, are classified
as trout in the Rogue River and its tributaries
and may be taken only under the provisions
for trout. With the exception of jack salmon.
all salmon under 20 inches in length come
under the regulations as trout.
Open season May 1 to September 15 for
trout not less than 8 inches in the Rogue and
tributaries in Curry county below and including Mule Creek on the Rogue and below and
excluding Indigo Creek on the Illinois River.
and for trout not less than six inches in all
other waters.
For trout not less than fifteen inches open
season is September 16 to November 30 in the
Rogue River. exclusive of tributaries, below
Shady Cove Bridge; January 15 to February
15 in Rogue River, exclusive of its tributaries,
below the Applegate River; September 16 to
February 15 in that part of the Illinois River,
exclusive of its tributaries, from its confluence with the Rogue River to Illinois Falls.
Bag limit is 3 fish per day. but not more than
water of Umpqua and Smith Rivers below
limit for salmon over 20 inches is 2 per day
but not to exceed 4 in any 7 consecutive days
or in possession, except during the January 1
to May 31 open season when bag limit is 1 per
day, not to exceed 2 in any 7 days or in possession; nor more than 20 per year. Salmon
fishing closed June 1 to August 31 all waters
above highway 101 bridge.
Open season for jack salmon under 20 inches
will correspond to open seasons and areas for
salmon over 20 inches and the bag limit will
be 4 per day not to exceed 8 in any 7 days or
in possession; nor more than 20 per year.
Bag limits of salmon and steelhead over 20
inches must be counted in the aggregate.
All Umpqua waters are closed to steelhead
fishing from March 1 to April 30.
FEBRUARY CALENDAR
Species
Open
Salmon and Steelhead
All month
over 20"
All month
Jack Salmon under 20"
All month
Spiny-rayed Fish
Mink, Muskrat, Otter, Raccoon. Feb. 1-15
All month
Predatory Animals
Note: For exceptions consult official.
hunting or angling synopsis.
Oregon State Game
Commission Bulletin
1634 S. W. ALDER STREET
P. O. BOX 4136
PORTLAND 8, OREGON
National Wildlife Restoration
Week March-21-27 This Year
Sportsmen Take Creel Census
urday afternoons and Sundays they
(Continued from Page 1)
National Wildlife Week this year begins with the first day of Spring, March
21st, and marks the start of the second
decade of such observances sponsored
by the National Wildlife Federation. The
late Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed in 1938 the first Wildlife Week.
In his proclamation he appealed to the
Nation's citizenship to recognize the importance of conservation and urged our
ing close to Portland, are relatively
heavily fished. This road junction is an
the angling that took place. The data
also included a size break down of the
people to work for the protection and
preservation of "the denizens of field,
forest and water."
Wildlife Week is a part of the educa-
tional program of the Federation and
seeks to bring home to Americans the
need for soil, water and plant conservation.
For several decades we have been dig-
ging deeper and farther into our storehouse of natural resources. Four billion
tons of soil are being eroded away each
year; our forests are being cut down
fifty per cent faster each year than we
grow them; our waters are getting more
and more polluted and the drain on other
resources is equally appalling.
In order to carry on this work the National Wildlife Federation produces each
year a sheet of Wildlife Conservation
Stamps. This year the art work has been
painted by Walter Weber, one of Amer-
ica's great wildlife artists. Mammals,
birds, fish, trees and wild flowers make
up the 36 Conservation Stamps in beautiful natural colors. In previous issues,
the Federation has reproduced 376 different species of American wildlife, thus
bringing the total of 412
a veritable
pictorial encyclopedia of our out-door
resources.
The sheet sells for one dollar and may
be obtained from the National Wildlife
Federation, 3308 Fourteenth Street, N.
W., Washington 10, D. C.
The Federation has affiliates in 37
states and during Wildlife Week the
state and local groups hold conservation
meetings where the dramatic story of
soil, water and plant life in its relationship to wildlife resources is told from the
platform, through the press, and over the
radio.
Details relating to Wildlife Week activities may be obtained from David A.
Aylward, President of the Federation,
20 Spruce Street, Boston 8, Mass.
probably represent no more than half of
was placed at the junction of the spur
catch from which valuable information
was obtained on the fish populations of
the lakes and the degree of success of
natural reproduction in them.
Of interest was the fact that on certain weekends anglers would proclaim
The Beaverton club arranged to have
two of its members at this point each
weekend during the fishing season. Of
weekend this lake would furnish good
fishing. The success ratio as expressed
ideal location to contact all anglers fishing these lakes.
A sign calling the angler's attention to
the work and asking for his cooperation
road and the main road through the area.
course no attempt at a 100 per cent creel
census could be made, but by contacting
all weekend anglers it was felt that representative data would be obtained.
The table gives a summary of the data
gathered during the season. A total of
476 anglers were checked with 1569
trout. As these records are for just SatLake
Serene
Hideaway
Shellrock
Upper Rock
Middle Rock
Lower Rock
Cripple Creek
Shining
Bear
Total
No. of
Anglers
one or another of the lakes barren of
fish life, whereas perhaps on the next
in hours per trout for the season in these
lakes was in most cases better than that
for such lakes as East and Paulina or
Diamond Lakes.
The members of the Beaverton Rod
and Gun Club who donated much of their
time to this project are to be commended
for their concrete contribution to fisheries management in Oregon.
Angling
No. of
Hours
Trout
Hours
Trout
Per Trout Per Trip
63
62
133
33
88
13
45
36
3
462
426
786
170
582
62
444
121
54
351
169
388
79
265
2
315
0
0
476
3107
1569
Highway Mortality of Game
Loss of game by highway mortality is
seldom considered or even thought of se-
riously by most people because it is so
common as to be taken for granted. Probably more serious on upland game birds
than on other game species, it is heavier
during the late spring and summer
months. This loss, while not a major factor, does contribute to the over-all problem of maintaining bird levels.
The loss on the highway hits hardest on
the female and immature birds, hence is
reflected directly in the hunter's take. For
example, if a hen is killed while escorting
her brood of week-old chicks across the
highway, the actual loss is much greater
than just the one bird killed outright, as
the young chicks perish soon after the
death of the hen.
Like adverse weather conditions, the
1.31
2.52
2.02
2.15
2.19
31.00
1.41
5.57
2.72
2.92
2.39
3.01
0.15
7.00
roadside loss is something that little if
anything can be done about. It is up to
the motorist to slacken his speed to avoid
killing game on the highways and with
improved vehicles and roads our loss from
this source can increase from year to
year.
Listed below is the number of game
birds observed on the highway from Eugene to McMinnville from May until November, 1947.
Cock Pheasants
Hen Pheasants
Immature Pheasants
Total Pheasants
4
25
74
103
Bob-White Quail
Valley Quail
3
Total Quail
4
1