2020 Was Far From A Perfect Vision Never have I heard it so much as I have this year, “I can’t wait for 2020 to be over with!” It’s hard to argue the point. By nature, sport anglers must be optimistic; otherwise, we would have given up our sport long ago. That’s not so true…
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Soapbox Update: “A Wall of Salmon” by Bob Rees
As the joint states of Oregon and Washington craft the salmon seasons on the lower Columbia, our community is engaging with house and senate staff in search of disaster relief funds. It’s becoming all too common once again, we’re on the lookout for another bail-out by the federal government for what once was, an incredible…
Soapbox Update: Keeping a Clear Head in the Face of COVID. May 1st, 2020
Although I am not quite in the dire straits that many American families are in the face of the COVID-19 crisis, things are not going all that well for the recreational sportfishing community. In 30 years of guiding, I’ve found out that it isn’t just fish that our customers need to come fishing, it’s expendable…
Update from ODF&W
Posted on Author Bob ReesPosted in Central Oregon, Clackamas and Sandy River, Columbia River, Eastern Oregon, Events, Free Reports, Northwest Oregon, Oregon Fishing Report, Soapbox, Southwest Oregon, SW Washington, Willamette Valley/Metro
Beginning Friday, April 10 at midnight, all hunting and recreational fishing, crabbing and clamming in Oregon will be limited to Oregon residents only, in order to limit travel and protect rural communities While most seasons are open, many locations to fish, hunt, crab and clam are closed to public access due to COVID-19 including boat…
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Soapbox Update: Let’s Keep Fighting for Snake River Salmon, Our Columbia River Season Depends on it! April 16th, 2020
We were OVERWHELMED by the response we got to sign onto our petition to recover Snake River Wild Salmon. THANK YOU! Your names were submitted along with hundreds of others, expressing concern that the federal government had developed ANOTHER FAILED PLAN to recover Snake River salmon. It’s something we simply can not tolerate anymore. Fishing…
Soapbox Update: Steelhead for Breakfast, Snake River Dams for Lunch February 21st, 2020
Whenever I lose faith in government, I default to episodes of the early 2000’s TV hit, The West Wing. I know it’s not reality, but the show has offered me some level of solace when things are going sideways at the national level, and they’re going sideways. From the President’s barbed State of the Union…