Trout Unlimited will hold their monthly meeting on Monday at the Sportsman’s Tavern, 121 Main St., Ridgefield, at 6:30 p.m.
The guest speaker will be Paul Dunlap, who will be giving a talk on the lakes surrounding Mount St. Helens. This is a chance to learn more about Coldwater Lake, Merrill Lake, and others in time for the summer fishing season.
The board will also discuss the clubs current and future restoration efforts on a number of local rivers and streams. It will be held in the upstairs room of the Sportsman’s Tavern, overlooking the Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge.
The event is free and the public is invited.
Local fly fishing club to hold monthly meeting
The Clark Skamania Flyfishers will meet Wednesday at Camas Meadows Golf Club.
Captain Jeff Wickersham of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will present his latest program and updates as a game warden. The public is invited, and families are welcome. “Wet Fly Hour” is from 6-7 p.m. The meeting begins at 7:00 p.m.
Angel’s Rest Trail reopened
The Angel’s Rest Trail in the Columbia River Gorge was closed temporarily on June 6 as a precaution following several kills of domestic goats by a cougar in the immediate area. The trail has now been reopened.
Multnomah County Sheriffs reported that the cougar had also entered a home in the area and shown little fear of humans.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife set up a trap to capture the animal, but a local landowner spotted the cat and killed it.
The Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, who owned the property where the goats were killed, had given the landowner permission to shoot the animal if it returned.
ODFW closes Trask River hatchery hole
Low river flows, poor returns of spring chinook, and possible warm temperatures have prompted the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to close the popular Trask River hatchery hole to all fishing. The restriction will take effect starting today.
The department is concerned that the hatchery may not meet its brood stock goals.
“The hatchery spring Chinook run is reduced this year based on fishery performance and our observations of fish holding in the river, and it appears we may not make brood for the hatchery without the fishing closure,” said Robert Bradley, district fish biologist for ODFW’s North Coast Watershed District, in a news release.
