OAR 635-017-0090. Inclusions and Modifications

(1) The current annual Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations provide requirements for the Willamette Zone. However, additional regulations may be adopted in this rule division from time to time and to the extent of any inconsistency, they supersede the current annual Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations. (2) Pacific Lamprey Harvest: (a) Pursuant to OAR 635-044-0430(1)(a-c), authorization from the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission must be in possession by individuals collecting or possessing Pacific lamprey for personal use. Permits are available from ODFW, 17330 SE Evelyn Street, Clackamas, OR 97015. A valid tribal identification card serves as a collection permit; (b) Open fishing hours are one hour before sunrise until one hour after sunset daily from June 1 through July 5 and 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily from July 6 through July 31, 2026; (c) Open fishing area is the Willamette River at Willamette Falls on the east side of the falls only, excluding Horseshoe Area at the peak of the falls; and (d) Gear is restricted to hand or hand-powered tools only. (e) Report annual harvest to the ODFW Clackamas office by August 31. (f) Harvesters must allow sampling or enumeration of catches by ODFW personnel. (3) Effective June 3 through July 31, 2026; Two-Rod angling is allowed as follows: (a) In all areas of the Willamette River downstream of Willamette Falls, including Multnomah Channel, and in the Clackamas River downstream of the Highway 99E Bridge and upstream of Willamette Falls, including the tributaries and flowing waters that are open to angling for hatchery Chinook, hatchery steelhead, trout, or warmwater gamefish, anglers with a valid 2026 Two-Rod Angling Validation may use up to two fishing rods while fishing for any game fish or nongame fish species except sturgeon. (b) Youth anglers under 12 years of age may use two fishing rods in these areas without purchasing the Two-Rod Validation. (4) Effective August 1 through December 31, Two-Rod angling is allowed as follows: (a) In all areas of the Willamette River upstream of Willamette Falls, including the tributaries and flowing waters that are open to retention of coho salmon, anglers with a valid 2026 Two-Rod Validation may use up to two fishing rods except when angling for sturgeon. (b) Youth anglers under 12 years of age may use two fishing rods in these areas without purchasing the Two-Rod Validation.