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.
The second free fishing weekend of the year is June 1 and 2, the weekend after Memorial Day weekend. Don't know how to fish? Head to Hagg Lake for instruction and loaner gear.
The Hagg Lake Fishing Tournament will return to Scoggins Valley Park outside of Gaston for a second year May 4, featuring prizes for youth and adults and more.
Gales Creeks Dorman Pond once a gravel pit, now a pond home to trout, bluegill, at least one turtle, and a lot of lost fishing lures will receive 1,000 legal-size rainbow trout sometime between April 15 and 19.
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.
It's that special time of year when families gather, eat a lot, take a moment to be grateful for what they have, and then, the next morning, spend an incredible amount of money on consumer goods and electronics they don't have, but really, really want. Or, you could go fishing, or hiking, for free.
Free Fishing Weekend will return to Oregon on Saturday and Sunday, February 18 and 19 (Presidents Day Weekend), the first of three such Free Fishing Weekends scheduled to be held in 2023.
Free Fishing Weekend will return to Oregon on June 4 and 5, this Saturday and Sunday, the second of three such Free Fishing Weekends to be held in 2022.
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Dorman Pond in Gales Creek. Photo: Chas Hundley
Free Fishing Weekend will return to Oregon on President's Day weekendspecifically, Saturday and Sunday, February 19 and 20the
