"Pet owners should keep their dogs on a leash and in sight to prevent them from coming across fish carcasses. Collect and bag up all garbage associated with cleaning fish, clean your coolers and gear and do not leave fish parts spread on the landscape that dogs could encounter.
The highest risk of salmon poisoning is usually September when salmon gather in rivers to spawn and die. These cases early in the year are unusual."
U.S. Marine veteran Jon Barnard loves fresh seafood.
In fact, he loves it so much that he moved to the Oregon coast, bought a boat and started a commercial fishing business so he could share his passion with everyone.
"There's nothing better than coming off of the ocean to a meal of fresh seafood." says Barnard.
From his boat 'El Desarae' Jon fishes to order for restaurants and individual customers.
"We are a custom order fish seller direct to end user. We sell today what we catch today. Our fish are individually caught, bled and iced to provide the freshest, high quality fish available.
We fish seasonal catch including ling cod, nearshore ground fish species and albacore tuna."
For the first time in 62 years, chinook and coho salmon are able to freely migrate into North Creek, a tributary of Drift Creek, due to the efforts of multiple agencies, organizations and a group of concerned anglers who wrote a letter to the U.S. Forest Service.
Anglers must release copper, quillback and China rockfish when fishing from a boat, beginning today as the harvest guideline for these species has been met.
No fishing licenses or tags (including a Combined Angling Tag or Columbia River Basin Endorsement) are required to fish, crab or clam anywhere in Oregon for both residents and non-residents Saturday and Sunday.
For Oregon consumers looking to hunt and/or fish this season, be careful when purchasing licenses as Better Business Bureau Northwest and Pacific has learned of an ongoing online scam publishing phony licenses.
The Rainbow Trout were flying from the pump Friday at Regatta Park's dock on Devils Lake as 2300 fish were pumped from a truck into a netted-off area for kids to use in a free fishing event 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday.
