nwsportsmanmag.com | AUGUST 2019 Northwest Sportsman 41
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OUTDOOR
AUGUST
1 Opening of salmon fishing at Buoy 10; Steelhead restrictions begin on the
Columbia, lower sections of select tribs; Coho opener in Marine Areas 8-1, 12
north of Ayock; Fall bear season begins across Oregon, Washington; Steelhead
retention opener in lower ½ mile of Idaho’s Clearwater
2-3 Oregon Central Coast summer all-depth halibut opener (open every other Fri.-
Sat. if quota available)
3 Kids Steelhead Day on the Skykomish River at Reiter Ponds, daybreak to noon;
Washington Waterfowl Calling Championships, Sumner Sportsman’s Club
10 Opening day of numerous Oregon controlled pronghorn hunts; Basic Shotgun
Skills Clinic at Mid Valley Clays near Gervais ($) – info: odfwcalendar.com
15 Washington Marine Area 7 North (Boundary Bay, Georgia Strait) crab opener
17-18 Oregon Free Fishing Weekend
18 Basic Shotgun Skills Clinic at EE Wilson Wildlife Area ($) – info: see above
20 Last scheduled day of Chinook retention at Buoy 10, Columbia to Puget Island
24 Opening day of bowhunting season for deer and elk in Oregon
27 Last scheduled day of Chinook retention on the Columbia from Puget Island
up to Warrior Rock
30 Opening day of bowhunting season for deer and elk in numerous Idaho units
30-Sept. 1 Oregon Central Coast nonselective coho opener (open following Friday-
Sundays through Sept. 30 or until 9,000-fish quota filled)
31 CAST for Kids event on Clear Lake (Spokane) – info: castforkids.org; Last scheduled
day of Chinook retention on the Columbia from Warrior Rock to Bonneville DamSEPTEMBER
1 Washington statewide cougar, deer (bow), dove, grouse and various small
game openers; Northeast and Southeast Washington fall turkey openers;
Oregon statewide grouse, dove openers; Oregon California and mountain
quail opener in portions of state; Northeast Oregon steelhead opener
7 Washington bow elk hunt opens; Washington September early goose hunt
opens; CAST for Kids event at Gene Coulon Park, Lake Washington – info:
see above; Pheasant Hunting Workshop at Sauvie Island Wildlife Area near
Portland ($) – info: see above
7-8 Youth Pheasant Hunt at Fern Ridge Wildlife Area near Eugene (free) – info: see
above
8 CAST for Kids event at Hagg Lake near Forest Grove – info: see above; Pheasant
Hunting Workshop at Sauvie Island Wildlife Area ($) – info: see above
9 Opening of four-week-long fee pheasant hunt at Fern Ridge Wildlife Area
12-15 2019 Seattle Boats Afloat Show, S. Lake Union – info: boatsafloatshow.com;
36th Annual Portland Fall RV & Van Show, Expo Center – info: otshows.com
14-15 Pheasant Hunting Workshop at EE Wilson Wildlife Area ($) – info: see above
14-15 Youth Pheasant Hunts in the John Day Valley, at Denman, Klamath, Ladd
Marsh, Sauvie Island, White River Wildlife Areas (free) – info: see above
15-23 Bandtail pigeon season in Oregon, Washington
15-25 High Buck Hunt in several Washington North, Central Cascades and Olympics
wilderness areas, Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
16 Opening of fee pheasant hunts at Denman (19 days), Sauvie Island (14 days)
Wildlife Areas
21 (22) Various Washington youth bird hunting opportunities – info: see pamphlet
21-22 Youth Pheasant Hunts at EE Wilson, Irrigon Wildlife Areas (free) – info: see above
23-27 Washington statewide senior, disabled hunter pheasant hunting week
28 Oregon Coast, Cascade and most controlled rifle buck openers; Washington
statewide muzzleloader deer opener; Take a Warrior Fishing event on Lake
Washington at Renton – info: castforkids.org
28 (29) Various Washington youth bird hunting opportunities – info: see pamphletCONGRATULATIONS
BOATERS!
You’ve diverted nearly 11 million gallons of
sewage from Washington’s coastal and inland
waters by pumping out your holding tank at
boat waste pumpout stations.
Keep up the good work! Find a pumpout
station or portable toilet dump station near
you: pumpoutwashington.org
Pumpout Washington is a project of Washington Sea Grant
in partnership with the Washington State Parks Clean Vessel
sh Restoration
shing equipment and
motorboat fuels.