Oregon licenses are a moot point, unless someone applies for and gets an Oregon permit.  No one who fishs any of the Oregon trib's will be allowed to weigh any fish.

Doug,

Not looking for a hornets nest here, but unless the Oregon waters are offlimits, and I am not sure if thats what your saying, Oregon rules only require permits if:

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Required for black bass fishing tournaments that have 50 or more participants or 25 or more participating boats. Sponsors must apply for permits at least 30 days prior to the event.

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I doubt either of these criterion would be met based upon responses. Here's that link:

http://licenseinfo.oregon.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=license_seng&link_item_id=146...

Steve

Well now, if that's true we need Jim R. to reverse his original tournament policy that Oregon is off limits.  It was based on the premise that we would need a permit.

As to the launch site.  I took in to consideration of some of our members having smaller boats with limited range.  From the Camas Washougal launch.  There is plenty of room out on the Washougal flat and plenty of fish there.  Also a guy could run to the mouth area of the Washougal river, ( 1 mile run) and fish in calmer slower current water if the main columbia is ripping with current.  Dont forget about fishing in some of the marina area's also.  They hold smallies, ( right Faz)   

Mark

Oh...again we are tragically reminded of the seriousness of our sport as one of our tourney boats today, became airborne off of a wave produced by a large car transport ship on the Columbia outside of St.Helens and the boat speared/knife-edged on impact injuring the driver (fractured one, possible three vertebrae) and concussed the co-angler...the boat was totalled and capsised. This is so much a reminder that when encountering these large vessels to get off plane, aim your bow into the wave and let it ride under you. This is supposed to be a fun sport lets all work to make it a fun and SAFE sport.

ok new guy here, where is the state line in the river? is it the the middle of the river? or is it the shipping lane?

If stay on the main river it is shared water.  Tributaries on the Oregon side require Oregon license.

Well crap, I really thought I'd be the last guy to bring this up, honest, but....  I just discovered that the Oregon Hawg Hunters is having an OPEN charity tournament on that same body of water during our tournament (http://www.oregonbassfederation.org/index.php?pg=10056 look for 8-25).  This means a lot more boats competing for the same spots.  These guys know the water better, so you can bet any areas you had in mind will be taken, or shared, by someone.

In conversations I had with club members at the J&J, it seemed there was very little interest to fish the lower Columbia (even though I'm for it).  Reasons cited ranged anywhere from dangerous water and heavy boat traffic to poor fishing and camping conditions.  Other reasons were given, but I had the distinct impression not too many people wanted to fish it.  Despite it all, I still wanted to go.

Now that you hear about this tournament, I presume even less of you will be interested in going.

So.... Rumann suggested moving it to Silver lake, which I think might attract a larger turnout. 

Now, I know we all voted on the lakes, and it's getting late to change venue, but honestly, did anyone vote "yes" knowing there was a big charity tournament being held there at the same time? 

Honestly, I really HATE to even bring this topic up, since it's been discussed before.... and I was looking forward to fishing it.  BUT, with this new development, combined with the apparent lack of interest by the club members, I think we have an opportunity to avert a low-turnout situation.  Thoughts?