General Info
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Not including unincorporated communities
Cities
Clatskanie
Columbia City
Prescott
Rainier
St. Helens
Scappoose
Vernonia
A little bit of contact information for all purpose residential needs.
Animal Control 503-397-3935
Dog license information 503-397-3952
Assessor’s Office 503-397-2240
Board Of County Commissioners 503-397-4322
County Clerk and Recorder 503-397-3796
County Counsel 503-397-3839
District Attorney 503-397-0300
Forests, Parks and Recreation 503-366-3984
County Sheriff 503-366-4611
Marine Patrol 503-366-4614
Surveyor’s Office 503-397-2322
Treasurer’s Office 503-397-0060
State Courts 503-397-2327
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Big Game
Big Game
Species | Season | Dates | Tag Required |
Western Oregon Deer Centerfire Firearm | Cascade Buck Area | Sep 30-Oct 12, Oct 21-Nov 3 | Western Oregon Deer |
Coast Buck Area | Sep 30-Nov 3 | ||
Cascade Bull Elk Centerfire Firearm | Cascade Bull | Oct 14-20 | Cascade Elk |
Rocky Mt Bull Elk Centerfire Firearm | First Season | Oct 25-29 | Rocky Mt. Elk 1st Season |
Second Season | Nov 4-12 | Rocky Mt. Elk 2nd Season | |
Coast Bull Elk Centerfire Firearm | First Season | Nov 11-14 | Coast 1st Season |
Second Season | Nov 18-24 | Coast 2nd Season | |
Bowhunting | Deer (Western/Eastern) | Aug 26-Sep 24 | Deer Bow |
Elk (Western/Eastern | Aug 26-Sep 24 | Elk Bow | |
Black Bear | Eastern Oregon | Aug 1-Nov 30 | General Black Bear |
Western Oregon | Aug 1-Dec 31 | ||
SW Additional | Aug 1-Dec 31 | SW Additional | |
SW Additional (Nonresident) | Aug 1-Dec 31 | ||
Cascade Additional (Nonresident) | Aug 1-Dec 31 | Cascade Additional | |
Cougar | General (Statewide) | Jan 1-Dec 31 | General Cougar |
Additional | Jan 1-Dec 31 | Additional |
Game Bird
Upland Game Birds | Open Area | Open Season | Daily Bag Limit | Possession Limit |
“Blue” and Ruffed Grouse (Forest grouse) | Statewide | Sep 1-Jan 31 | 3 each species | 9 each species |
Chukar and Hungarian (Gray) Partridge | Statewide | Oct 8-Jan 31 | 8 | 24 |
Rooster Pheasant | Statewide | Oct 8-Dec 31 | 2 | 8 |
California Quail | Western Oregon | Sep 1-Jan 31 | 10 | 30 |
Eastern Oregon | Oct 8-Jan 31 | 10 | 30 | |
Mountain Quail | Western Oregon, Hood Rv and Wasco Cos | Sep 1-Jan 31 | 10 | 30 |
Crook, Grant, Wheeler, Gilliam, Klamath, Umatilla, Morrow and Wallowa Cos | Oct 8-Jan 31 | 2 | 2 | |
Remaining Eastern Oregon Cos | NO OPEN SEASON | – | – |
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Northwest Zone Regulations
Species | Bag Limit | Size Limit and Other Specifications | Season |
Trout | Lakes: 5 per day, 2 daily limits in possession. Streams: (including tidewaters and bays): 2 per day, 2 daily limits in possession. |
•Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures in streams above tidewater, May 22 – Aug 31. See Exceptions where use of bait is allowed.
• 8 inch minimum length. •Only 1 trout over 20 inches in length may be taken per day. •Rainbow trout over 16 inches are considered steelhead in streams. • Salmon under 15 inches are considered trout, except coho salmon, which are always considered salmon regardless of size. •No limit on size or number of brook or brown trout in streams unless noted under Exceptions |
Lakes: Open all year
Streams: (including tidewaters and bays): Open May 22 – Oct 31 |
Salmon and Steelhead | In the aggregate: 2 adult salmon or steelhead per dar, 20 per year. 5 jack salmon per day, 2 daily jack limits in possession/ | • See exceptions to the Chinook salmon catch limit under north coast streams (Necanicum to Salmon) and Yachats River.
•Pink salmon, sockeye salmon and hatchery coho salmon may be retained as part of the adult and jack salmon daily bag limit in all waters that are currently open to angling for Chinook salmon or steelhead, except as specified in Exceptions. •Hatchery releases of coho salmon occur in the Trask River, North Fork Nehalem River, Big Creek, Klaskanine River and Youngs Bay. •Closed angling for chum salmon (including jacks) unless noted under Exceptions. • See Exceptions in NW Zone to determine where harvest of any Chinook salmon is allowed. Harvest of wild steelhead and wild coho salmon is prohibited in the NW Zone except as allowed under Exceptions for Big Elk Creek, Salmon River, Siltcoos Lake and Tahkenitch Lake. There is no annual limit on hatchery salmon or hatchery steelhead as long as the appropriate number of Hatchery Harvest Tags have been purchased to record the catch. •Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures in stream |
Closed unless noted under Exceptions. Note: Regulation changes may occur throughout the year and are posted on the ODFW website: www.odfw.com. Check before you fish. |
Sturgeon | Catch-and-release only | •Closed to the retention of white and green sturgeon.
•All sturgeon must be immediately released unharmed into the water. • Sturgeon over 54 inches in fork length cannot be removed totally or in part from the water. •Only one single-point barbless hook may be used for sturgeon. •Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures in streams above tidewater May 22 – Aug 31. See Exceptions where use of bait is allowed. •Note: Tidewater portions of Columbia River tributaries are managed per Columbia River regulations. Columbia River sturgeon fisheries downstream of Bonneville Dam are restricted to catch-and-release angling only. |
Streams: (including tidewaters and bays): Open during trout, salmon or steelhead seasons. |