OAR 635-042-0110
Gary Island to Bonneville Dam (Area 2S) Shad Season

(1) Shad may be taken for commercial purposes from the area of the Columbia River described in section (2) from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily, Monday through Friday (except on the observed Memorial Day holiday), from May 10 through June 20.
(2) The area of the Columbia River open to fishing is from a downstream boundary of a true north/south line through the flashing red 4‑second Light “50” near the Oregon bank to an upstream boundary of a straight line from a deadline marker on the Oregon bank, through the western tip of Pierce Island, to a deadline marker on the Washington bank at Beacon Rock, both such deadline markers located approximately four miles downstream from Bonneville Dam.
(3) It is unlawful to use a gillnet having a mesh size less than 5‑3⁄8 inches or more than 6‑1⁄4 inches with a breaking strength greater than a 10-pound pull, or to use a gillnet other than a single wall floater net, or to use a gillnet having slackers, or to use a gillnet of more than 150 fathoms in length or 40 meshes in depth. Rip lines are authorized spaced not closer than 20 corks apart.
(4) All salmon, steelhead, walleye and sturgeon taken in shad nets must be immediately returned unharmed to the water.

Source: Rule 635-042-0110 — Gary Island to Bonneville Dam (Area 2S) Shad Season, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=635-042-0110.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 635-042-0110’s source at or​.us