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Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

Columbia River and tributary fishing report for week of Sept. 2-8

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

September 14, 2024, 5:30am Outdoors

Beginning Monday through the rest of 2024, a size limitation of 15 inches will be place for any salmon kept while fishing in Yale Reservoir, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced. Read story

WDFW Police are seeking any information related to the illegal harvest and dumping of three, filleted sturgeon carcasses and approximately two dozen, tule Chinook salmon carcasses, located approximately five miles up the Washougal River in Clark County sometime on or before Sept. 5, 2024.

Help sought in fish dump on Washougal River

WDFW Police are seeking any information related to the illegal harvest and dumping of three, filleted sturgeon carcasses and approximately two dozen, tule Chinook salmon carcasses, located approximately five miles up the Washougal River in Clark County sometime on or before Sept. 5, 2024.

September 12, 2024, 5:09pm Outdoors

Police are seeking any information related to the illegal harvest and dumping of three, filleted sturgeon carcasses and approximately two dozen, tule Chinook salmon carcasses, located approximately five miles up the Washougal River last week. Read story

Washington and Oregon agreed Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, to extend Columbia River salmon fishing from Warrior Rock near Woodland upstream to Pasco through Sept. 22.

Columbia River salmon fishing extended to Sept. 22

Washington and Oregon agreed Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, to extend Columbia River salmon fishing from Warrior Rock near Woodland upstream to Pasco through Sept. 22.

September 10, 2024, 6:08pm Latest News

Washington and Oregon have agreed Tuesday to extend Columbia River salmon fishing from Warrior Rock near Woodland upstream to Pasco through Sept. 22. Read story

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

Fishing report: Be aware of changing fall salmon fishing regulations

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

September 7, 2024, 5:34am Outdoors

Angling regulations for fall salmon in the Columbia River are changing as planned closures in mid-September approach. Read story

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

Fishing Report: Buoy 10 very good; plus lower Columbia River and tributary samplings for week of Aug. 26

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

August 31, 2024, 5:34am Outdoors

Salmon anglers at Buoy 10 in the Columbia River estuary are allowed to keep a wild chinook now through Tuesday, Sept. 3, then fishing switches to hatchery-coho only beginning on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Read story

FILE - The Klamath River head gates are seen here on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in Klamath Falls, Ore.

Workers are breaching Klamath dams, which will let salmon swim freely for first time in a century

FILE - The Klamath River head gates are seen here on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in Klamath Falls, Ore.

August 28, 2024, 12:05pm Business

For the first time in more than a century, salmon will soon have free passage along the Klamath River and its tributaries — a major watershed near the California-Oregon border — as the largest dam removal project in U.S. history nears completion. Read story

Thomas Scanlan, the Fish Distribution Program manager, processes a load of fresh surplus chinook salmon. The fish are surplus salmon from Washington hatcheries on the Lewis, Cowlitz, Kalama and Washougal rivers.

‘We have it in our DNA’: Cowlitz Tribe provides free salmon to all members – no matter where they live

Thomas Scanlan, the Fish Distribution Program manager, processes a load of fresh surplus chinook salmon. The fish are surplus salmon from Washington hatcheries on the Lewis, Cowlitz, Kalama and Washougal rivers.

August 24, 2024, 6:13am Clark County Life

For Cowlitz Indian Tribe members, the taste of salmon is the defining flavor of their cultural identity. It’s so entwined with Cowlitz tradition that the tribe created a fish distribution program to ensure that all Cowlitz tribal members, no matter where they live, can get a taste of home in… Read story

Fishing Guide Bill Monroe shows off a very nice Buoy 10 hatchery clipped fall Chinook. While the mark rate has been low in the mark-selective fishery, Monroe has found success with bait-filled plugs.

Buoy 10 brings challenges and rewards as season heats up

Fishing Guide Bill Monroe shows off a very nice Buoy 10 hatchery clipped fall Chinook. While the mark rate has been low in the mark-selective fishery, Monroe has found success with bait-filled plugs.

August 24, 2024, 5:45am Outdoors

The fishing at Buoy 10 has seen some challenges this year, with unseasonably cool temps and foul weather contributing to a slow bite. Read story

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

Fishing Report: Lower Columbia River and tributary checks for week of Aug. 19

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

August 24, 2024, 5:33am Outdoors

Lower Columbia River from Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam. There were 553 salmonid boats and 169 Washington bank rods tallied during the Aug. 17 flight count. Read story

Park Ranger Meg Sleeper l        ooks at the Bonneville Dam spillway Thursday.

Hydroelectric power critical to the NW but dams continue to harm fish and Native nations along the Columbia River

Park Ranger Meg Sleeper l        ooks at the Bonneville Dam spillway Thursday.

August 23, 2024, 10:58am Business

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers highlighted the role of hydroelectric power in the region’s renewable energy push during a Thursday media tour of Bonneville Dam. Read story