vouchers
*NEW* ACH Electronic Payment
The program now offers electronic payments in lieu of paper checks sent by mail. To enroll in ACH payments, please print and complete the ACH Authorization Form, attach a voided check, and mail the form along with your voucher(s) to PO Box 82128, Portland, OR 97282.Â
Completing Vouchers
Upon successful completion of checking in valid Northern Pikeminnow fish with a technician, a voucher will be issued to the angler. To ensure the voucher gets processed in a timely manner, please follow these guidelines:
- Have a current and accurate address filled out for where the payment should be sent
- Check that vouchers are signed by the angler
- Fill in the last four digits of the angler’s SSN in the space provided
Mailing Vouchers
- ALL FIRST-TIME PARTICIPANTS must include a W-9 IRS Form when submitting their first voucher(s) for payment.
- Anglers must fully complete and sign vouchers before mailing it to the reward payment address. Pre-addressed envelopes are available.
- Vouchers must be received no later than November 15 of the year in which they were issued, or the voucher becomes null and void.
- Reward checks will be mailed to anglers in a timely manner after vouchers are received.
Mailing Special Tag Vouchers
- Special tag vouchers are issued for qualifying Northern Pikeminnow displaying an external spaghetti or Floy tag from the Northern Pikeminnow program.
- All registration rules also apply to tagged fish.
- Anglers must mail special tag vouchers to the address printed on the tag voucher, along with the external tag to be verified and paid.
- Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will verify all tags submitted for payment prior to forwarding them to the Northern Pikeminnow payment office.
- Qualifying specially tagged fish are paid at $500 each.
