BentRodyakker wrote:
pdxfisher;
That is a bummer
Have they determined the length of the closure?
I have not heard of this in the Tillamook bay area. I was talking to another guy today and he said the same thing about keeping any fish that hangs out in the portland rivers for long. He said a lot of nasties
in the water.
Maybe I will see you in the bay some day soon.
Fish on!
Not sure if I will ever make it down to the bay with the kayak but if I do I will drop you a line. If you are ever up this way feel free to do the same.
Here is what I have seen with regards to the sturgeon limit being one fish this year and closed for retention next year:
*****************************************************
NEWS RELEASE
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact: Jessica Sall (503) 947-6023
Dec. 10, 2012
Commission sets 2013 annual sturgeon limit at one fish
SALEM, Ore. – The statewide annual bag limit for sturgeon will be reduced to one fish beginning in 2013 under new rules adopted last week by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission.
The new rules covers all Oregon waters including inland rivers, bays and estuaries and supersedes a two fish annual bag limit set in September as part of the 2013 Sport Fishing Regulation development process.
At its meeting last Friday, the Commission had considered a proposal from an Oregon/Washington Workgroup that would have closed sturgeon to all retention in most state waters in 2013, but decided on the reduced bag limit as a transition to catch-and-release only fishing in 2014.
The reduced bag limit comes after several years of declining harvest quotas reflecting concerns about shrinking numbers of legal-sized fish.
***************************************************
_________________
Fish tremble when they hear my name
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are built for.
--John A. Shedd, Salt from My Attic, 1928