Allen Thomas
Reporter, Outdoors
Email: al.thomas@columbian.com
Call: 360-735-4555
Twitter: Follow @col_outdoors
Allen Covers fishing, hunting and outdoors.
Recent Stories
Fishing report 5/23
Canyon Creek, Little White Salmon River open for trout fishing on Saturday
Snow falls in backcountry just in time for Memorial Day weekend
Several inches of new snow accumulate at elevations as low as 3,400 feet
Out & About
Items about trail work in the Yacolt Burn State Forest and free camping at Oregon State Parks, both on June 1
Perch in the surf
Redtails available off the Washington beaches provide coastal recreation along with a tasty meal
Spring chinook angling to reopen Saturday
Spring chinook fishing in the lower Columbia River will open Saturday and continue daily, segueing into the summer salmon season debut on June 16.
Spring chinook angling to reopen Saturday in lower Columbia
Season expected to continue uninterrupted until summer salmon start on June 16
Fishing report 5/16
Anglers can fish for hatchery steelhead, hatchery chinook jacks downstream of Interstate 5; shad angling now open; kokanee catches improving
Clark-Skamania Flyfishers to reach grant milestone
Club will have awarded $150,000 in past decade to help Southwest Washington, Columbia Gorge fisheries, habitat
Out & About
Items about Ape Cave trail, a boating safety class, a cycling event at Trout Lake, the Oregon Bass and Panfish Club meeting and a fishing contest by Cabela's
Summer sturgeon season set for Bonneville pool
Sportsmen get four days in June to retain fish between Bonneville, The Dalles dams
