NMFS, ODF&W scientists endorse compromise on trout
Local sporting goods merchant Jack Legg Jr. pitched an idea protecting both the trout fishery at Foster Reservoir and juvenile winter steelhead to representatives of two agencies Thursday.
Legg’s proposal calls for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODF&W) to stock the lake with 10-inch trout and increase the minimum size anglers may keep to 10 inches for wild and hatchery trout.
ODF&W developed restrictions on Foster…