Though Poor Steelhead Returns Continue, Good Fall Chinook, Coho Runs Have Harvest Managers Approving More Recreational, Commercial Fishing

Columbia River harvest managers have now opened recreational salmon angling from Bonneville Dam to Astoria to take advantage of a good fall chinook return (record passage at Lower Granite Dam) and a booming coho run. In contrast, the steelhead return during this period is still dismal.