•ODFW manages record catch data for coldwater fish such as salmon and trout. OB&PC keeps records for warmwater fish. Check their Web sites for record forms and more information.
•Follow submission guidelines on the forms, but it’s best to know ahead of time that you must catch the fish by legal sport-fishing methods and that you will need to have a photo of the fish with a recognizable side view, weigh your catch as soon as possible (fish lose body weight after landing) on state-certified scales and have signatures of two witnesses, including the person weighing the fish. The record form must be submitted to the appropriate organization within 30 days of the catch.
•Oregon does not keep state record information for sturgeon because the maximum size limit is 60 inches.