Events - Oregon Bass and Panfish Club

Club Events

Join our club for fun fishing events! Monthly, we host casual meetings for anglers of all ages to share tips and stories about warmwater fishing. Enjoy group outings and be part of our fishing community. Don’t miss our casual fishing contests! Whether you’re experienced or a beginner, our events promise great memories. Check out our past events on our Facebook!

Monthly Meetings

Monthly meetings are held in Portland, Oregon throughout the year. Activities are planed from March through October. Come join us for learning opportunities, friendly fishing contests, and volunteer activities.

What’s more, these evenings offer treats to nibble on and exciting opportunities to win prizes. Just for attending, you’ll have the chance to score a prize—and don’t forget to buy raffle tickets for a shot at other amazing goodies. Simply place your tickets in the box beside the item you’re eyeing, and you could be a winner while supporting the club at the same time. Whether you’re a seasoned angler or just dipping your toes into the world of fishing, these gatherings are a wonderful way to connect with the community and celebrate the joys of the sport.

Meetings are typically held on the third Thursday of the month from 7-9 pm at St. Philip Neri Church, Carvlin Hall, 2408 SE 16th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214 . Visit the Events calendar for up-to-date information on meetings, activities and outings.

Club Campouts and Fish-Ins

Join us for one of our club Campouts.

Volunteering and Community

ODFW Projects

For many years the club has worked closely with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife on warmwater fish projects, including the St. Louis and Hartman ponds and Henry Hagg Lake.

Club members also have volunteered to transplant warmwater fish, improve fish habitats.

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Spider Block Fish Habitats

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For many years, the Oregon Bass & Panfish Club has partnered with Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and other interested parties to Construct and Place Spider Block Fish Habitats in Henry Hagg Lake. These Spider Blocks provide structured habitat for all fish in this manmade lake. Through Restoration & Enhancement funds, ODFW is able to purchase the cinder blocks, 1” PVC tubing and concrete needed to construct these environmentally-sound structures.

OBPC provides the majority of the volunteers and organizes the work effort to build the fish habitats and place them in various locations typically in the no-wake area of Hagg Lake under the direction of ODFW. As of 2024, there are over 1,100 spider blocks in strategic locations throughout the lake enhancing fish retention, recruitment, and sustainability. The Lake, the fishery and recreational anglers have all prospered due to the partnership of ODFW, Washington County Parks and OBPC.

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Take A Soldier Fishing Day

Every year, OBPC members volunteer to “Take a Soldier Fishing” at Henry Hagg Lake. Volunteers with boats spend a fun-filled day of fishing with Veterans and Active-Duty members from any branch of the armed services and their immediate family members. Shore volunteers help with registration and set up. This is a great way to honor our veterans and active-duty military for their service to our nation.

C.A.S.T For Kids

For those not familiar with the CAST for Kids Event, “CAST” stands for “Catch A Special Thrill”. This is an annual event at Henry Hagg Lake that provides the opportunity for kids with special needs to spend a day on the water fishing. Our Club has provided many volunteers for more than a decade.

Kids participating in this event receive a CAST for Kids tee-shirt and hat, a fishing rod and reel, a tackle box and lunch with the volunteers following their morning of fishing. Participants also receive a plaque with their photo to commemorate the day.

The number of kids able to participate is directly related to the number of Boat Captain volunteers bringing their boats. Shore volunteers help with registration and passing out tee-shirts, hats, tackle boxes and fishing rods. Experienced boat trailer driver volunteers launch and retrieve boats.

This is a fun day that you won’t want to miss! Hagg Lake parking fees are waived for this event. Volunteers enjoy lunch with the kids, boat captains receive CAST hats, and everyone receives a year’s worth of memories!

Commonwealth Lake Special Kids Fishing Event

Every day of fishing is special; some more than others. Our special day was Friday, May 10th with a group of High School kids at Commonwealth Lake in Beaverton. Several years ago, OBPC member Eric Apalategui with Best Fishing in America, introduced us to his special needs students through this event.

The sky was a lovely blue, the water a brownish green, and all around was a pleasant warm breeze. A perfect day to catch the one and only fish of the day. A catfish. The kids erupted with cheer and you would have thought someone had just won the Bassmasters Classic! In a way, they did. It was a “fish”.

Commonwealth will never be a Tournament Fishery, nor a pristine wilderness lake, but to these kids it was a little piece of Heaven. It was one they shared with some very special volunteers from the OBPC. Eric Apalategui, thank you for this day! Tim and Barb Dugan, Daniel Cain, Paul Ingraham, Mike Myrick and Bill Ramsour, I wish to thank you for helping some kids achieve what we just take for granted.

ODFW Warmwater Fish Records

Back in the early 60s, the Oregon Game Commission (now known as the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, or ODFW) asked the Oregon Bass and Panfish Club (OBPC) to take care of state records for all warmwater fish. Since we were already tuned in to what everyone was catching across the state and ODFW just didn’t have the resources to keep track of it all, they figured we were the best fit for the job. Big shout out to our first contest chair, Roy Hughes (who has since passed), along with the other chairmen who followed him—thanks to their hard work, we’ve become the go-to source for this info. Now, every district office of ODFW and other bass clubs in Oregon know to reach out to us with new records or questions. We even share this info with the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame and the International Game Fish Association for their official record publications!
Official Records