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News-desk briefs whose primary water is Oregon. California and Alaska also keep their category desks.

Laws & Licensing ORNews deskSeptember 16, 2026
ODFW sets four October meetings on 2027 bottomfish and Pacific halibut
ODFW will take 2027 recreational bottomfish and Pacific halibut seasons to four public meetings Oct. 5–8. Agenda includes 2026 recap, bag and season structure, possible limited yelloweye retention after the NMFS rebuilt finding, and September PFMC halibut proposals.
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US Fishing ORNews deskSeptember 15, 2026
Northwest Oregon bays: fall Chinook fair, wild coho Wed/Sat/Sun
ODFW’s Sept. 10 Northwest Zone report rates Nehalem Bay fall Chinook fair and consistent, with Nestucca and Tillamook starting to produce. Wild adult coho is open Wed/Sat/Sun through Oct. 28 in those three basins.
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US Fishing ORNews deskSeptember 14, 2026
ODFW’s mid-September trout trucks hit North Fork, Foster, and Klamath lakes
ODFW’s weekly trout schedule for Sept. 14–18 lists 3,600 legals at North Fork Reservoir, 3,000 at Foster, and thousands more across the Klamath lakes, Clackamas ponds, and Tillamook-area trophy plants. Dates can slip — check the Recreation Report.
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US Fishing ORNews deskSeptember 14, 2026
Cape Falcon–Humbug recreational coho retention closed at 11:59 p.m. Sept. 12
ODFW and NMFS closed recreational coho retention from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain at 11:59 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. The stretch stays open for Chinook (24-inch minimum) two a day through Oct. 31.
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US Fishing ORNews deskSeptember 8, 2026
Oregon recreational non-mark-selective coho quota cut to 25,700
NMFS and the states, noticed Sept. 3, cut the Cape Falcon–Humbug Mountain September recreational non-mark-selective coho quota by 1,800 fish to 25,700 after the summer mark-selective coho fishery overran.
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US Fishing ORNews deskSeptember 8, 2026
Oregon commercial troll coho landing limit cut to 50 starting Sept. 10
NMFS and the states, noticed Sept. 8, cut the Cape Falcon–Humbug Mountain ocean commercial troll weekly coho landing limit to 50 fish per vessel effective 12:01 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 — about half the coho quota still left.
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US Fishing ORNews deskSeptember 8, 2026
Columbia ocean hatchery coho window closes tonight
NMFS and the states reopened the Cape Falcon–Leadbetter Point ocean recreational salmon fishery for five days of marked coho; that window ends at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026 — Chinook retention stays off.
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