Anglers can earn cash and help save salmon by participating in the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program, which kicked off May 1 in the lower Columbia and Snake rivers. The program continues until Sept. 27.
Fishery managers up and down the Columbia River are keeping a close eye on spring chinook salmon counts at Bonneville Dam to determine what type of harvest opportunities might be available in the weeks ahead.
The Columbia River basin's 2009 upriver spring chinook run is finally starting to build, and fishers, now shutdown on the mainstem, are hoping the trend grows and grows.
The first chinook salmon of spring have arrived at the lower Snake River's Lower Granite Dam, the last hurdle on their way back to Idaho and northeast Oregon.
Spring chinook sport fishing on the Columbia River below Bonneville Dam is projected to continue through April 22 as planned, based on preliminary in-season catch estimates updated this week by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Salmon anglers will have increased fishing opportunities off the coast "north of Cape Falcon" and in the Columbia River this summer, while most recreational fisheries in Puget Sound will be similar to seasons adopted last year, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Eager anglers last week set a record last weekend in their pursuit of spring chinook salmon on the Columbia River mainstem.
Apparently for the fifth year in a row spawning upriver spring chinook salmon are biding their time before launching themselves up and over the fish ladders at Bonneville Dam, the first hydro project they encounter on the Columbia River.
The states of Oregon and Washington set season closure dates for white sturgeon retention in the Columbia River above The Dalles and John Day dams.
Forecasts of 2009 salmon returns to the Snake River basin, including endangered sockeye, are expected to continue a recent upward trend, state officials told the Northwest Power and Conservation Council earlier this month during its meeting in Boise.
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The annual Columbia River rite of spring has begun with anglers anxiously awaiting the arrival of spring chinook salmon.
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has scheduled a "State of the Lake Meeting" to discuss the status of the Lake Pend Oreille fishery.
One Columbia River mainstem rite of spring -- the spring chinook salmon return -- has yet to begin.
Another -- the fight over spring chinook harvests -- started early and continues.
Columbia River fisheries managers are projecting a large return of spring chinook salmon to northeast Oregon streams in 2009, and anglers should experience the best opportunity to catch a spring chinook from the Imnaha and Wallowa rivers in many years.
Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington today adopted new regulations for white sturgeon fishing in the Columbia River and its tributaries throughout 2009.
Forget the traditional Thanksgiving turkey dinner this year; fresh, smoked steelhead might be on the menu after the big fish are released into the Boise River in November.
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission Wednesday morning approved a fall chinook harvest season on the Snake River -- the first such season in decades.
Lake Pend Oreille continues falling to its winter level with increased outflows that began Thursday, says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Reservoir Control Center in Seattle.
A lower Columbia River mainstem prohibition on chinook salmon retention didn't last long enough for anglers to get their gear stowed away for the winter.
The Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program paid out special awards of $2,000 to 10 lucky anglers over the past two weeks, part of a new September incentive effort designed to hook more of the salmon predators before the end of the sport reward season.
The Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program just got a little more lucrative for anglers who catch pikeminnow in September, thanks to a new weekly drawing that will distribute five weekly prizes worth $2,000 each.
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Fishing in Idaho generated $437,631,735 in statewide retail sales in 2003 with an additional $12,289,806 for fishing licenses and permits.
High catch rates -- particularly of "upriver brights" -- have prompted the states Oregon and Washington to end retention of chinook salmon a week earlier than planned in the Buoy 10 fishery at the Columbia River's mouth.
The Coeur d'Alene Lake kokanee fishery will close effective Tuesday, Sept. 2, after the Labor Day weekend.
Idaho Fish and Game Director Cal Groen signed the emergency closure order Monday, Aug. 13, requested by Panhandle regional fishery staff.
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