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Q. If I have an Oregon fish license and catch a sturgeon in Hells Canyon, can I keep it? A. No. As in Idaho, there is no Oregon harvest season for sturgeon in the Snake River; it is strictly catch-and-release. Any sturgeon caught may not be removed from the water and must be released immediately. Barbless hooks are required. Any angler who fishes on the Snake River or any other water forming an Idaho boundary is entitled to have in possession only the limit allowed by one license, regardless of the number of licenses in possession.