Anglers at the Columbia River mouth will get the first shot at returning fall chinook salmon this year with the Buoy 10 fishery opening Aug. 1 and stretching throughout the month while lower river fishers remain idled until Sept. 1.
Sockeye salmon are creating a stir on the Columbia River, surging past Bonneville Dam in unexpectedly high numbers and biting surprised steelhead anglers' hooks.
Many anglers have been waiting a long time for the chinook salmon season that opens June 19.
An upriver spring chinook salmon spawning run that has proceeded in fits and starts up the Columbia and Snake rivers is almost certainly late and smaller in number than had been predicted in preseason, according to fishery officials.
An upriver spring chinook salmon spawning run that has proceeded in fits and starts up the Columbia and Snake rivers is almost certainly late and smaller in number than had been predicted in preseason, according to fishery officials.
Greater than anticipated success and effort by sport anglers has resulted in early closure -- at the end of the day Sunday -- of the sport fishing season for spring chinook salmon on the Columbia River mainstem between Portland and Bonneville Dam.
Greater than anticipated success and effort by sport anglers has resulted in early closure -- at the end of the day Sunday -- of the sport fishing season for spring chinook salmon on the Columbia River mainstem between Portland and Bonneville Dam.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council on Thursday adopted the most restrictive salmon fisheries in the history for the West Coast, in response to the unprecedented collapse of Sacramento River fall chinook and the exceptionally poor status of coho salmon from Oregon and Washington.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council on Thursday adopted the most restrictive salmon fisheries in the history for the West Coast, in response to the unprecedented collapse of Sacramento River fall chinook and the exceptionally poor status of coho salmon from Oregon and Washington.
Beleaguered non-tribal commercial fishers on the lower Columbia River received some good news this week with the assessment that the so-called "tangle" nets used in spring chinook salmon harvests in recent years cause less mortality than previously believed.
Beleaguered non-tribal commercial fishers on the lower Columbia River received some good news this week with the assessment that the so-called "tangle" nets used in spring chinook salmon harvests in recent years cause less mortality than previously believed.
With northern California chinook salmon runs forecast to be at historic lows, the sport salmon season south of Cape Falcon scheduled for March 15 through April 30 has been closed.
Hatchery chinook salmon returns to the Columbia River and portions of Puget Sound are expected to be up from last year, but low returns of coho and wild chinook could put a damper on upcoming salmon fisheries around Washington state.
Hatchery chinook salmon returns to the Columbia River and portions of Puget Sound are expected to be up from last year, but low returns of coho and wild chinook could put a damper on upcoming salmon fisheries around Washington state.
CBB SHORTS: Idaho Steelhead Season; Washington Water Resources Report; Commissions to Meet on Chinook Allocation; Kittitas Groundwater Study
Northern Idaho's Lake Pend Oreille will be held at higher than normal levels in hope that its flagging kokanee population can take advantage of newly cleansed spawning beds.
High catch rates in recent weeks have persuaded Washington state officials to extend the reward fishery - designed to reduce the number of northern pikeminnow in the Columbia and river systems - through Oct. 14.
A lower than anticipated return of upriver fall chinook salmon has cut short the sport harvest on the Columbia River mainstem, forcing a closure downstream of Bonneville Dam at the end of the day Tuesday (Sept. 18) and from Bonneville upstream to Pasco, Wash., Wednesday (Sept. 19).
Lower Columbia River anglers were put on notice Thursday that their pursuit of fall chinook salmon could be ended soon because of a flagging "upriver bright" run.
As one fisherman mused Wednesday, "It's hard to get my mind around the fact that slow fishing is good news."
Yet it's true for anglers pursuing chinook and coho salmon in the popular Buoy 10 fishing area at the mouth of the Columbia River. A dip in the catch rate in recent days will allow the Buoy 10 sport season to remain open as planned through Sept. 3 and the long Labor Day weekend.
A program designed to balance nutrients in Dworshak Reservoir and grow bigger fish may already be yielding visible results.
Anglers can receive up to $100 in rewards for providing information about tagged chinook salmon they catch in areas of the upper Columbia River drainage that opened for fishing July 1.
The fishing season sizzled, initially, but the return of upriver summer chinook salmon has fizzled to this point, forcing Oregon and Washington fishery managers to end lower Columbia River mainstem pursuit of the prized "June hogs."
Chinook salmon sport fishing on the Columbia River mainstem between Bonneville and Priest Rapids dams will be closed at the end of the day Monday, nearly a month sooner than planned.
Northwest Montana's Lion Lake has long been a popular and convenient destination for anglers, but judging from history, that’s about to change.
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