Bottom Fishing Hooks Regs in Oregon

Yesterday, I found myself catching up on some recorded fishing shows that had filled up my DVR.  I came upon a local fishing show that had a segment on bottom fishing out of Pacific City, on a dory boat.  I was always under the impression that there was a three hook max for bottom fishing, and that a treble hook counted as three hooks, which is why I have switched out all of my trebles for saiwash hooks.  I also think they stick better.

However, on said fishing show, these guys were fishing two shrimp flies, along with a metal jig with a treble hook at the bottom. Is that 3 hooks or 5 hooks?

Am I reading the regs right, or is a treble counted as a single in salt water in Oregon?

Aside from the hook question, I did manage to pick up some pretty cool bottom fishing tricks that I will incorporate.  I've never been a metal jig user, but they way they were using them, along with an assist hook, was pretty impressive.

Thanks.

Cosmo

ODF&W says it's one hook.

That makes sense.  Thank you for the info.

Cosmo, I'm big on using metal jigs with assist hooks, or in my recent discovery using a single assist hook due to having the second one stab me in the finger while attempting to unhook a spunky black rocky.

I make mine from SS butter knives from Goodwill, and make my assist hooks using sturgeon leader and river hooks.  Deadly combo on fish.

Mine range from 1.5-2.5 oz such is perfect for the 20-50 feet of water we tend to fish in normally.

Cosmo, I'm big on using metal jigs with assist hooks, or in my recent discovery using a single assist hook due to having the second one stab me in the finger while attempting to unhook a spunky black rocky.

I make mine from SS butter knives from Goodwill, and make my assist hooks using sturgeon leader and river hooks.  Deadly combo on fish.

Mine range from 1.5-2.5 oz such is perfect for the 20-50 feet of water we tend to fish in normally.

Sounds like a ringing endorsement for running a second assist hook !

Cosmo, I'm big on using metal jigs with assist hooks, or in my recent discovery using a single assist hook due to having the second one stab me in the finger while attempting to unhook a spunky black rocky.

I make mine from SS butter knives from Goodwill, and make my assist hooks using sturgeon leader and river hooks.  Deadly combo on fish.

Mine range from 1.5-2.5 oz such is perfect for the 20-50 feet of water we tend to fish in normally.

Genius. 

I volunteered for an ODFW Hook and Line survey trip out of Garibaldi a couple weeks ago. We were fishing off Cape Falcon in a Marine Reserve and also in a "comparison area" that is open to sport fishing.  The entire boat of 10 anglers all used the same gear which was a 4oz lead diamond jig and one shrimp fly (red/yellow Danielson type) - all barbless catch and release.  But, we landed some huge fish and lots of them -- 283 fish of 8 species (something like that).  So, the simple diamond lead jig flat out works for catching!  It was a blast, my arms hurt for a couple days afterwards!  I learned something that day....must work out.

I volunteered for an ODFW Hook and Line survey trip out of Garibaldi a couple weeks ago. We were fishing off Cape Falcon in a Marine Reserve and also in a "comparison area" that is open to sport fishing.  The entire boat of 10 anglers all used the same gear which was a 4oz lead diamond jig and one shrimp fly (red/yellow Danielson type) - all barbless catch and release.  But, we landed some huge fish and lots of them -- 283 fish of 8 species (something like that).  So, the simple diamond lead jig flat out works for catching!  It was a blast, my arms hurt for a couple days afterwards!  I learned something that day....must work out.

How did the comparison area  compare to the reserve area (size & numbers)?

I volunteered for an ODFW Hook and Line survey trip out of Garibaldi a couple weeks ago. We were fishing off Cape Falcon in a Marine Reserve and also in a "comparison area" that is open to sport fishing.  The entire boat of 10 anglers all used the same gear which was a 4oz lead diamond jig and one shrimp fly (red/yellow Danielson type) - all barbless catch and release.  But, we landed some huge fish and lots of them -- 283 fish of 8 species (something like that).  So, the simple diamond lead jig flat out works for catching!  It was a blast, my arms hurt for a couple days afterwards!  I learned something that day....must work out.

How did the comparison area  compare to the reserve area (size & numbers)?

ODFW does the report summaries at the end of the year. Basically the marine protected areas and comparison areas are statistically similar. They are more different by region - cape falcon is different than cape perpetua, but the reserve/comparison numbers are pretty close to one another.  I was wishing I could launch a kayak from Oswald beach.