| April 2025 |
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"My son landing his first bite after sunrise in Vernonia Lake." Rainbow trout
-Photo by Eve Mendoza- |
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"19" rainbow in one of the healthiest fisheries in Central Oregon" Crooked River rainbow trout -Photo by Heather Belcher-
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"Nice fish!" Tenmile Lake largemouth bass
-Photo by Jeri Simpson- |
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"Late March steelhead catch on the Sandy in Oxbow Park"
-Photo by Louise Theofanis- |
"Spring Fun!"Fall River rainbow trout
-Photo by Tracy Scruggs- |
| March 2025 |
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Detroit Lake rainbow trout
-Photo by Arthur Zubets- |
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"Biggest trout we’ve ever seen" Olalla Lake rainbow trout
-Photo by Kevin Maas- |
"Fly fishing for a big one." Fall River
-Photo by John Boytz- |
| February 2025 |
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"Monster lunker fly fishing" Haystack Reservoir
-Photo by David Krueger- |
"Massive native steelhead" Wilson River
-Photo by Chandler Gregory- |
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This 18-inch rainbow was caught on a leech pattern.
Crooked River rainbow trout -Photo by Mike Belcher- |
"Personal best, 24 inches" Brookings Harbor, black rockfish
-Photo by Stephan Seable- |
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"Grandson Charlie’s first Chinook salmon" Nehalem Bay
-Photo by Tom Bachhuber- |
"Nehalem fall run king salmon" Chinook Salmon, Nehalem Bay
-Photo by David Shuldes- |
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"Father, son, grandson’s first deer hunt" Imnaha Unit
-Photo by Terry Anderson- |
"Estuary Egret Lunch" Netarts
-Photo by David Shuldes-
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| January 2025 |
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| "Blacktail buck in the new year" Tigard -Photo by Cameron Anderson- |
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"Jonah's first Steelhead!" Klaskanie
-Photo by Jeremy Catt- |
"Native buck on the Trask River" Steelhead.
-Photo by Cody Johnson-
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"First Mallard" Sauvie Island
-Photo by John Harrison- |
"Clackamas wild steelhead"
-Photo by John Harrison-
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"Not too crabby!" Dungeness crab, Siletz Bay
-Photo by Ben Watts- |
"Great day catching our limit of dungeness crab on Alsea Bay"
-Photo by Mark Jansen-
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"Male Anna's hummingbird at my feeder"
-Photo by Jon Yoder- |
"Lake Billy Chinook bull trout"
-Photo by James Hinton-
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"First fish in new boat" " Chinook salmon, Columbia River
-Photo by Joe Hulsey- |
"Spawned Chinook" Spawn day at Morgan Creek Fish Hatchery, Coos Bay -Photo by Julee Scruggs-
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"First Salmon" Chinook, Upper Tillamook Bay
-Photo by Kevin Hoikka- |
"First 20" Trout" Rainbow trout, Walter Wirth Lake
-Photo by Kevin Hoikka- |
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"Opening Weekend at Summer Lake, 2024"
-Photo by Kurtis Wasula- |
"Fun Times" Trout, Wallowa County
-Photo by Sam Hulse-
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| December 2024 |
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"October redside trout" Trout Creek
-Photo by Roger Davis- |
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"Another good day" Waldport Bay dungeness crab
-Photo by Dan Holt- |
"Luke's first Elk" Powers, Oregon
-Photo by Dan Henthorn- |
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"Gone Crabbing!" Waldport dungeness crab
-Photo by Tommy Lee- |
"Nice black tail" Siuslaw Unit
-Photo by Steven Allely-
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"The largest I Caught this Year" Smallmouth bass, Umpqua River
-Photo by Janice Davey- |
"My brothers first Western blacktail deer" Willamette Valley
-Photo by Maximilien Ratthe-
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"Red tail surf perch caught by Amit Abraham" Ona Beach
-Photo by Matthew Nghi Huynh- |
"All smiles while fishing with his family and catching this fish"
Rainbow trout, Hagg Lake -Photo by JD Podlesnik-
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| November 2024 |
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| "Successful bird hunt" Canada Goose and Drake Mallard, Coquille Oregon -Photo by Allison Evans- |
"Successful day for everyone" Nestucca River
-Photo by Graeson Brown- |
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"2024 Biggs premium buck tag" Mule deer, Sherman County
-Photo by Michael Barrett- |
"First buck/ 4x4 blacktail/ youth weekend/ public land"
-Photo by Chelsea Kelton - |
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"Silas, 13 years old, harvested his first deer - a dandy of a blacktail - here in the Willamette Unit"
-Photo by Jesse Gay- |
"Proud Boysl" Bull elk, Eastern Oregon
-Photo by Steve Brock- |
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"My first wigeon!" Sauvie Island, Oregon
-Photo by Nickolas Novak- |
"Father & son's first duck hunt together and first unreadable band!" Sauvie Island, Oregon -Photo by Nickolas Novak- |
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"Trophy Bull" Eastern Oregon
-Photo by Steve Brock- |
"Interstate Unit Mule Deer"
-Photo by David DeFillipo- |
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"Premium Interstate Unit Antelope" Pronghorn
-Photo by David DeFillipo- |
"First of the morning" Brookings, Oregon
-Photo by Brock Powell- |
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"First time hunting blacktail deer" Willamette Valley
-Photo by Franz Ludwig Ratthe- |
"SE Oregon Raffle Hunt" Mule deer, Vale, Oregon
-Photo by Justin Hendricks- |
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"European mount of my first blacktail" Willamette valley
-Photo by Franz Ludwig Ratthe- |
"First deer hunt with dad" Blacktail buck, Scappoose, Oregon
-Photo by Nickolas Novak- |
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"Moms hunt too!" Bull elk, Scappoose, Oregon
-Photo by Nickolas Novak- |
"Moms bringing home dinner" Bull elk, Scappoose, Oregon
-Photo by Nickolas Novak- |
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"ODFW youth upland game hunt" Pheasant youth hunt, White River Wildlife Area
-Photos by Fred Lewis- |
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"SE Oregon Raffle Hunt" Mule deer, Vale, Oregon
-Photo by Justin Hendricks- |
"Kayla Carr pictured with her 2024 Oregon black tail harvest!" Bellfountain Oregon -Photo by Daniel Carr- |
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"23.5 lb 36" Chinook" Nehalem Bay, Oregon
-Photo by Andrew Marsh- |
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" Woah another coho" Clackamas River
-Photo by Troy LaLonde- |
"A beautiful hatchery Chinook salmon!" Sixes River
-Photo by Rob Lay- |
| October 2024 |
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| "Archery Antelope 2024" Lakeview -Photo by Aaron Bloom- |
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"First fish of the season" Clackamette Park smallmouth bass
-Photo by Nicole Crayne- |
"22 pounder, 33.5 inches in length" Siletz Bay Chinook
-Photo by Jenny Zubets - |
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"First Buck!" Black-tail deer
-Photo by Gibson Hanowell- |
"Afternoon retrieve" Klamath Falls
-Photo by Jarrett Coiner- |
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"35 lb. Chinook" Waldport
-Photo by Scott Brandt- |
"First ever salmon" Alsea Bay Chinook
-Photo by Christopher Jones- |
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"My first pheasant!" White River Wildlife Area
-Photo by Clair Dorene- |
"Teddy's first salmon! Wild coho" Nehalem River
-Photo by Jenny Rudolph- |
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"Got em" Hyatt Reservoir largemouth bass
-Photo by Elijah Gonzalez - |
"First Chinook caught on the Sixes River in 2024"
-Photo by Rob Lay- |
| September 2024 |
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"Summertime smiles & smallies" Umpqua River smallmouth bass
-Photo by Tod Lum- |
"Summertime smallies on the Umpqua River" Smallmouth bass
-Photo by Tod Lum- |
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"30 # Chinook" Pacific Ocean
-Photo by Brian Newton- |
"First elk at 12 years old!" Roosevelt elk, Saddle Mountain
-Photo by Steven Ray- |
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"First antelope" Pronghorn, Whitehorse Unit
-Photo by Tom Walton- |
"First antelope" Pronghorn, Whitehorse Unit
-Photo by Tom Walton- |
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"Fall Canyon Sunrise" Fall bear hunting, Snake River Unit
-Photo by Juston Santee- |
" 1st youth hunt opening success on public land!" Youth spring turkey
-Photo by Juston Santee- |
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"The smile says it all" Columbia River Chinook
-Photo by John Harrison- |
"Big King of the day!" Columbia River Chinook
-Photo by Dave Wellman- |
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"First King of her day!" Columbia River Chinook
-Photo by Dave Wellman- |
"He's hooked now! Proud day for all!" Nahalem Bay coho
-Photo by Jay Robichaux- |
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"Hatchery summer steelhead" Sandy River
-Photo by Luke Fuller- |
"Never too old at 96 years young!" Umpqua River smallmouth bass
-Photo by Janice Davey- |
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"Came back to the same hole for the second day in a row and finally got a bite, landing my first Salmon!" Clackamas River coho
-Photo by Rob de la Cretaz- |
"Slabs!" Ochoco Reservoir black crappie
-Photo by Adam Fargher- |
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"Anglers troll for salmon on Yaquina Bay just after dense fog lifts the morning of National Fishing and Hunting Day."
-Photo by Andy Walgamott- |
"A peaceful morning" Umpqua River smallmouth bass fishing
-Photo by Janice Davey- |
| August 2024 |
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"While rowing away from the landing, this guy struck on the first cast within 30 seconds on the water. 30 inches and 8.5 pounds." Hatchery Steelhead, Clearwater Landing, Willamette River
-Photo by Terry Pickering- |
"Meaty rainbow trout" Metolius Pond
-Photo by Jeffrey Cordes- |
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"Happy kids, Happy dad" Chinook salmon, Buoy 10, Columbia River
-Photo by Dustin Kriebel- |
"1 man limit for ducks" Sauvie Island
-Photo by Emily Yarnell- |
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| "Personal best, measuring 27 inches!" Brown Trout, Upper Deschutes River -Photo by Michael Belcher- |
"Heck of a fight on a first time steelhead" Deschutes River
-Photo by John Montgomery- |
| July 2024 |
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"His First Halibut" Newport
-Photo by John Harrison- |
"God blessed me with a nice one." Oregon Coast Chinook
-Photo by John Marugg- |
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"Sweet pink cherry" Sandy River native steelhead
-Photo by Clayton Henson- |
"Megan with a hatchery summer steelhead in Lincoln County"
-Photo by Kyle Morrow- |
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"Pulled in this 32" rainbow trout while trolling right in the middle of the damn! Everyone needs themselves a hype man like my friend Shane. I am sure the whole lake knew I got a good one." Galesville Reservoir
-Photo by Shane Harris- |
"Summer chrome " Sandy River Chinook
-Photo by Clayton Henson- |
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"Summer steelhead, North Fork, Santiam River"
-Photo by Jacob ODonnell- |
"Big Nehalem River Chinook salmon"
-Photo by John Harrison- |
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"Chinook Fishing Teamwork" Nehalem River
-Photo by John Harrison- |
| June 2024 |
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"Lottie caught her first fish at age 4"
Rainbow trout, Kingsley Reservoir
-Photo by Alex Takos- |
"Lottie, age 4, second time fishing! Caught using her Elsa princess rod." Rainbow trout, Kingsley Reservoir
-Photo by Alex Takos- |
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"Remi is 6. He drug this brood stock to the net by himself."
Rainbow trout, Haystack Reservoir
-Photo by Miu Green- |
"Summer steelhead caught in Eugene"
-Photo by Andy Lam- |
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Redside trout, Lower Deschutes River
-Photo by Matt Scott- |
"Good day on the water" Rainbow trout, Lower Deschutes
-Photo by Karl Sanchez- |
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"Mom caught this 17 inch rainbow while trolling through the middle of the lake!" Rainbow trout, Ben Irving Reservoir
-Photo by John Barone - |
"Sign of life"
Smallmouth bass, Green Peter Reservoir
-Photo by Gary Davidson- |
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"Trophy for Rose" Rainbow trout, Hebo Lake
-Photo by Dave Smits- |
"First ever catch! This beautiful rainbow trout put up a lively fight and jumped clear over the bow of my kayak twice before landing. De-barbed hooks made for a clean & easy release. Thanks ODFW for the fun!"
Rainbow trout, North Fork Reservoir
-Photo by Alex Peterson- |
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"First time crabbing" Dungeness Crab, Garibaldi
-Photo by James Wood- |
"Beautiful brookie from a high lake" Brook trout, Mt. Jefferson Wilderness -Photo by Kayla Sulak- |
| May 2024 |
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"Chunky rainbow on Dexter Reservoir."
-Photo by Randall Roe-
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"Jakobie gets limit." Razor clamming, Clatsop beach
-Photo by Michael Piercy- |
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"Christina Mattos with 46 inch pacific halibut."Pacific halibut, Newport
-Photo by Christina Mattos- |
"22-24lbs hatchery Chinook salmon!" Rogue River
-Photo by Tanner Hoskins- |
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" Tafana's first Largemouth Bass. Caught and released."
Largemouth bass, Willamette River
-Photo by David Johnson-
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"Finally got my first bear and it's a big old boar. Close quarters, a 15 yard shot dropped him in his tracks." Black bear, White River Unit
-Photo by Christopher Makuakane- |
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"Another beautiful wild slab." Wild rainbow trout, Upper Deschutes River
-Photo by Michael Belcher- |
"23" Brown Hog" Brown trout, Upper Deschutes River
-Photo by Heather Belcher- |
