Coquille Smallie Derby Starts June 3; $20K Worth Of Bass In River
There’s a $10,000 fish swimming in Oregon’s Coquille River, where the 2nd Annual Small Mouth Bass Derby kicks off on June 3 and runs through September 10.
Thorburn, Others Comment On WDFW Comm Draft Conservation Policy
“This should be called a draft preservation policy not a conservation policy.”
“Thanks to the commission for moving in the direction of conservation of wildlife and the environment rather than giving in to those whose main interest in wildlife is consumption.”
Those are just two of at least roughly 700 comments so far on the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission’s unsettling new draft Conservation Policy, which is open for input through June 30.
Northeast Oregon Creek Again Opening For Springers
For the second year in a row, a portion of Lookingglass Creek in Oregon’s Union County will open for hatchery spring Chinook, starting June 3, which falls on the start of the state’s Free Fishing Weekend.