Winter steelhead fishing has picked up on the Alsea River, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reports.

High flows last week moved fish throughout the river.

Anglers can find fair to good fishing from the lower river up to the Alsea Hatchery during the right river conditions.

During higher flows, anglers should focus efforts in the upper basin.

A $500 reward offered has been increased to $3,700 to help Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division troopers investigating the illegal killing and waste of a bull elk in Linn County

The Albany-area Mid-Valley Chapter of the Oregon Hunters Association added $700 to the reward, plus another $2,500 by The Humane Society of the United States and The Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust.

A hunter found the remains of a decapitated bull elk on the 4400 line of the Upper Calapooia Road system about 20 miles south of Sweet Home on Oct. 16, according to Senior Trooper James Halsey.

Press release

Gun Dog Expo, billed as the largest consumer trade show in the nation designed exclusively for gun dog, upland and waterfowl enthusiasts is slated to run June 24 through 26 at the Linn County Expo center announced today that Scott Linden’s “Bird Hunting Boot Camp” seminar will be a featured attraction at the show.
 
“Bird Dog Boot Camp” is a one-hour seminar based on what hunting dogs can teach humans, rather than vice-versa.