- Fly Fishing Tips

pSALEM, Ore. -- With the advent of extremely warm summer temperatures, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is asking anglers to take special care when catching and releasing fish./p p“Fish mortality can increase drastically when water temperatures reach 74 degrees,” said Charlie Corrarino, ODFW Conservation and Recovery Program manager./p

pSALEM, Ore. -- As fall chinook season approaches on Oregon’s coastal rivers and streams, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is reminding anglers that temporary regulations go into effect on many of these waters beginning Aug. 1./p

pTILLAMOOK, Ore. -- With a large number of hatchery coho salmon expected to return to the Nehalem River basin this year, fishery managers have increased the daily bag limit to three adult hatchery coho per day beginning Aug. 1./p

pWashington's second gray wolf pack has been confirmed and an adult wolf has been equipped with a satellite-telemetry tracking collar by state biologists in northeast Washington's Pend Oreille County./p

pAUSTIN, Texas — In preparation for implementation of new legislation, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has adopted rules allowing hunters to use crossbows during the upcoming special archery-only hunting season and authorizing persons with documented physical disabilities to use laser sighting devices./p

pATHENS, Texas — Texas anglers and boaters get it: Invasive aquatic species are a real and growing threat to their ability to do what they love to do-but they don’t have to stand by and watch it happen./p

pAction: Allow pink salmon retention on the Skagit River.br / Effective date: 12:01 p.m. Aug. 6 through Aug. 9, 2009.br / Species affected: Pink salmon.br / Location: Skagit River from the mouth to Gilligan Creek./p

pThe Arizona Game and Fish Commission will hold its next regularly scheduled meeting on Aug. 7 and 8, 2009 at the Arizona Game and Fish Department headquarters at 5000 W. Carefree Highway in Phoenix (1.5 miles west of I-17)./p

pThe proposed spring hunt recommendations for the 2010 spring turkey, javelina, buffalo and bear regulations, as well as the recommendations for 2009–10 waterfowl and snipe regulations, are available now for review at all of the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s regional offices./p

pHunters hibernating during the sizzling summer can now go online and get the 2009-10 Arizona Dove and Band-tailed Pigeon Regulations, as well as the 2009 Arizona Sandhill Crane Regulations, at www.azgfd.gov. Printed copies should be in Arizona Game and Fish Department offices and license dealers statewide by Aug 1./p