August 4, 2023, 2:25pm Editor's Choice Free
Decades of data show that despite billions in taxpayer investment, salmon and steelhead hatchery programs and restoration projects in the Columbia River Basin have failed to support or boost native fish populations and in fact are contributing to their decline. Read story
August 2, 2023, 3:32pm Outdoors
The Washington Columbia River mainstem and tributary sport sampling summary for July 24-31. Read story
July 29, 2023, 5:50am Editor's Choice Subscriber Exclusive
While the forecasted runs of Chinook and coho look pretty good, everyone is wondering if there will be a full Buoy 10 season after a shutdown last year put an early end to the fun. Read story
July 26, 2023, 3:08pm Editor's Choice
Fall chinook salmon fishing in the Columbia River opens Tuesday with the arrival of August including new regulations to dampen the catch at Buoy 10. Read story
July 5, 2023, 3:10pm Outdoors
The Washington Columbia River mainstem and tributary sport sampling summary for June 26-July 2. Read story
June 28, 2023, 4:46pm Latest News
Summer chinook retention in the Columbia River from the Astoria-Megler Bridge upstream to Priest Rapids Dam will be closed beginning Saturday (July 1), although fishing for steelhead and sockeye will remain open. Read story
June 28, 2023, 2:10pm Outdoors
The Washington Columbia River mainstem and tributary sport sampling summary for June 19-25. Read story
June 24, 2023, 5:55am Editor's Choice
The Columbia River opened for summer salmon fishing on June 16. However, fishing has been slow to start. Read story
June 21, 2023, 3:45pm Outdoors
The Washington Columbia River mainstem and tributary sport sampling summary for June 12-18. Read story
June 21, 2023, 9:45am Latest News
Wallace River Hatchery, SNOHOMISH COUNTY — A year-old Chinook, no bigger than a Swiss army knife, zipped through a clear tube as it was siphoned into a massive whirring machine where thousands of salmon are automatically measured and sorted, and get their adipose fins clipped. Read story