We're closed, boys.

https://wdfw.wa.gov/news/wdfw-closes-recreational-fishing-statewide-wake-governors-order-stay-home-stay-healthy

that's unfortunate.

I wonder if Oregon is far behind?

I wonder if Oregon is far behind?

Getting my steelhead gear ready to hit the river as soon as I see the announcement.

I'm worried that if fishing remains open in Oregon, a bunch of Washington folks may cross the border to get their fix. Similar to how all the Portland/Willamette Valley people flooded the coastline this last weekend.

based on what I read in the linked article for Washington,   they didn't appear to close down boat ramps and access points like Oregon did.  I hope this is enough of a difference to keep fishing open, at least here on the Oregon coast.

just found out depoe by and newport are both closed.

Let’s hope this thing passes soon. Many of us still have to work around large numbers of people, but are not allowed alone in the outdoors. It doesn’t make sense. We are not quite as free as I once thought. Go to work, go home, don’t complain, people’s lives (our economy) is at stake.
I’m happy to do my part by staying working and hopefully helping our economy. I’m really proud of my wife for going to work and taking care of the sick. We are all a part of one big team, and that is amazing. I’m not cool with the government taking the outdoors from us while leaning on us to keep the ball rolling/risking our lives at the same time.

I’m not cool with the government taking the outdoors from us while leaning on us to keep the ball rolling/risking our lives at the same time.

As stated in the WDFW release, this closure is intended to reduce the number of cases that medical personnel (like your wife?) will have to deal with... seems like a common sense move to me.

I’m not cool with the government taking the outdoors from us while leaning on us to keep the ball rolling/risking our lives at the same time.

As stated in the WDFW release, this closure is intended to reduce the number of cases that medical personnel (like your wife?) will have to deal with... seems like a common sense move to me.

I don’t agree that closing down outdoors is common sense, when I’m still building around large numbers of people. We don’t have to agree. Hopefully this thing passes soon. Cheers 🍻

Am I right in assuming the outdoors you're talking about isn't in the city?  If so, do you really want to see this crap spread to outlying areas?  I am completely sympathetic for all who live in urban areas and are starting to feel the walls closing in on them, but that sympathy ends with a disease we barely understand.

We're not sure how long it survives outside the human body, we have no idea why men are almost twice as likely to need hospitalization than women, we're clueless about why folks with diabetes are more at risk than the rest of the population, and can't begin to guess why children younger than puberty almost never develop symptoms of a COVID-19 infection.  That's a lot of important stuff to not know about a disease that's spreading out-of-control.

Did I overlook anything?  Oh yeah, we don't have a treatment for people who do get sick.

We keep reacting to this thing rather than doing our utmost to minimize its spread while we search for answers, so it continues to spread, and by the time we find it in a new location it's already too late simply because we don't have the resources to be able to test healthy-looking folks.

Stay well, Casey.  I'm hoping for only the best for you and all who are dear to you.

If so, do you really want to see this crap spread to outlying areas?

It's inevitable.  The time frame it happens in is the variable.

Although I’m bummed, it’s probable what’s in the best interests of everyone. Once it opens back up, I’ll be ready. I just finished outfitting yak #4 - a new to me PA14. I got this one mainly to fly cast but it will see time mooching and downrigging.

I just heard they closed the beach access parking lots in Pacific City today. Anyone know anything about it?

I just heard they closed the beach access parking lots in Pacific City today. Anyone know anything about it?

I think they closed them after the crowds from a week ago.  I know all of the parking areas (aka collection points) around Netarts were shutdown on the Monday after that weekend.  People weren't keeping appropriate distance as well as using up critical local resources.

I saw this article posted on a fbook forum:
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/apr/16/fishing-hunting-closures-could-become-more-targete/

I'm hoping that the data supports the opening of some fisheries. Maybe something similar to what was done in California, where rural fisheries were closed.

In the meantime, I applaud WDFW's effort to lessen the spread of COVID-19 infections.