Fishing, crabbing, clamming are free this weekend, and a free Hagg Lake—freshly stocked with trophy-size trout—event will present an opportunity to learn how to fish.
Recreation
Gales Creek Campground, other Tillamook Forest sites to open Friday
The Gales Creek Campground is among several Tillamook State Forest campgrounds that will open for the season Friday, May 16.
Runners tackle the Tillamook Forest in three-day Tillamook Burn Trail Run
Runners from around the country are competing in the 10th Annual Tillamook Burn Trail Run, a three-day trail race series from Daybreak Racing on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Gales Creek’s Dorman Pond will be stocked with 1,000 trout next week
1,000 legal-size rainbow trout are scheduled to be deposited into the pond just west of the junction of Highway 6 and 8 sometime between April 14 and 18.
Hunter safety course offered at Banks Fire District
The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife will host a hunter safety course starting April 1 through April 24 in Banks.
Gales Creek Campground closing early for the season
The Gales Creek Campground is closing early for the season to allow for the installation of new culverts and a road widening project at the popular campground on the eastern edge of the Tillamook State Forest on upper Gales Creek. According to the Oregon Department of Forestry, the campground will[Read More…]
Dorman Pond, Hagg Lake, Vernonia Pond all getting trout in the coming weeks
Area anglers should be aware that in the coming weeks, three local bodies of water that are in or near this newspaper’s territory will be stocked with varying amounts of trout.
Tillamook Forest Center to reopen March 6
The Tillamook Forest Center, located on Highway 6 at the mid point between Tillamook and Gales Creek, will reopen for the season Wednesday, March 6.
First Free Fishing weekend of 2024 is February 17 and 18
On Friday and Saturday, February 17 and 18, fishing is free in Oregon. Inside: information on fish stocking in local ponds and more on the origin of trophy fish coming soon to Hagg Lake.
Dozens of guided hikes at state parks will ring in the New Year
Dozens of free hikes sponsored by Oregon State Parks are on the books to ring in the new year.
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