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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

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Items about trail work in the Yacolt Burn State Forest and free camping at Oregon State Parks, both on June 1

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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.

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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

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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

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States delay decision on lower Columbia spring chinook reopening

Washington and Oregon to meet again Monday to decide when to start angling again downstream of Bonneville Dam

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States to consider reopening spring chinook season in Columbia

About 1,200 salmon available for commercials and 1,400 for lower river sportsmen

Fishing report 5/2

Spring chinook catches improving at Wind, Drano; trout fishing good at Swift Reservoir; kokanee fishing spotty at Merwin Reservoir

Summer, fall salmon seasons set for lower Columbia

Chinook angling will resume no later than June 16

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Items about a temporary fishing closure at Klineline Pond, a fly-casting workshop on June 1, an open house at the Science and Learning Center at Coldwater near Mount St. Helens and a vacancy on the Boating Safety Advisory Council

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"College'' teaches trail-building techniques

Hundreds go to class to learn to improve, repair water crossings, rock walls and gain other backcountry skills

Outdoors blog: Sunday's spring chinook test fishing results in lower Columbia

Chinook-per-drift average drops from previous week

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Trout season opens strong at Swift Reservoir

Most fishermen catch a limit of nice-size rainbow at popular reservoir on North Fork of the Lewis River

Fishing report 4/25

Lower Willamette producing decent spring chinook catches; Merwin Reservoir very poor for kokanee

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Items about tonight's Oregon Bass and Panfish Club meeting, trail volunteer help needed at Augspurger and Hummocks trails and recreation offerings by the Mount St. Helens Institute

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Trout season debuts Saturday at Swift, Gorge lakes

Lots of rainbows stocked in preparation for opener with some lakes due additional plants in May and June

Outdoors blog: Spring chinook test fishing results

Tangle net testing done in Wahkiakum County portion of lower Columbia

Fishing report 4/18

Spring chinook fishing to stay closed in lower Columbia despite 28 percent of early-season allocation remaining

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Items about the reopening of the Beacon Rock trail, the closure of Mt. Hood Skibowl and a boating safety class in Vancouver on April 27

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Lower Columbia spring chinook angling extension not anticipated

About 30 percent of the early-season allocation remains uncaught, but state officials plan to wait until run update in May

Bonneville pool sturgeon estimate drops

Projected size of population not as large in 2012 as in 2009

Fishing report 4/11

Spring chinook fishing will be closed beginning Saturday downstream of Bonneville Dam; lower Willamette getting muddier but still fishable

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Items about razor clam digging, hiking book author William Sullivan, Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Lost Lake and the Klineline Kids fishing event

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Ecosystem-based plan adopted by fishery council

Key element in West Coast plan is protecting currently unmanaged forage species

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Spring chinook fishing extension not likely for lower Columbia

Sport fishing expected to closed beginning Saturday downstream of Bonneville Dam; gillnetters to fish on Tuesday

Outdoors blog: 4/8 spring chinook

Gillnetters to fish Tuesday in lower Columbia; sport fishing extension unlikely; Willamette River getting muddy

Fishing report 4/4

Chinook fishing expected to improve as more fish enter lower Columbia; angling to stay open through April 12 except closed on Tuesday

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Items about "free' days at state parks, the Trout Lake Natural Area Preserve, a boating safety class on April 27 and next week's Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Portland

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Spring chinook fishing in lower Columbia extended six days

Angling downstream of Bonneville Dam will stay open through April 12 except for a closure on Tuesday for gillnetting

Outdoors blog 4/3: Spring chinook fishing extended six days

Anglers in lower Columbia get to fish through April 12, except for a closure on Tuesday

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Volunteers work to improve Coyote Wall trails

Without money in its budget for the Coyote Wall-Catherine Creek trail system overhaul, the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area is depending on recreationists to get the task done

Outdoors blog 4/2: Spring chinook catch at 25 percent

States to meet on Wednesday afternoon to consider a season extension

States delay commercial fishing for spring chinook

Tangle net fishery in lower Columbia likely on April 9 with per-vessel limit on catch

Outdoors blog: Spring chinook update 4/1

Washington and Oregon officials decide to postpone commercial fishing for spring chinook until next week in lower Columbia River

Fishing report 3/28

Spring chinook catches remain poor; Columbia River Compact scheduled Monday and a joint state sport hearing on Wednesday

Expanded fishery at Wind River mouth gets another try

Catch in larger area in 2012 was still mostly spring chinook destined for Carson or Little White Salmon hatcheries

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Items about razor clam digging at Long Beach, the Vancouver Wildlife League meeting on Wednesday and a Wahkiakum County kayaking business

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Sportsmen to voice worries about elk hoof rot

Group plans to testify before state Fish and Wildlife Commission on April 12 in Olympia

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Big smelt return likely slowing Columbia spring chinook fishing

Oregon biologist says dead and dying smelt are visible at many spots in the lower river

Outdoors blog: No gillnetting on Tuesday

Test fishing results from Sunday indicate conditions not right for full-fleet fishery

Sturgeon bag change to start April 1

Oregon also to shift to a two-fish annual limit for rest of 2013

Outdoors blog: Spring chinook catch at 7 percent of allocation through Sunday

Sport catch rates have been less than expected despite good water conditions

Extra Columbia River angling fee finances research

Endorsement charge to pay for eight projects in Southwest Washington this year

Fishing report 3/21

Spring chinook in the lower Columbia remains slow, but similar to past years at this time

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Items about a Columbia Gorge cycling ride, the Oregon Bass and Panfish Club meeting, pond-skimming at Mount Hood Skibowl and the Northwest Steelheaders' event to take wounded veterans spring chinook fishing

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