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Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

Washington Columbia River mainstem, tributary fishing report for March 11-17

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

March 23, 2024, 5:55am Outdoors

Columbia River and tributary fishery reports for week of March 11-17 Read story

Kathy Guo of Vancouver, center with yellow gloves, walks the shoreline with Dalton Hobbs of Portland, who caught the first smelt during the five-hour window for smelt dipping on the Cowlitz River on Tuesday afternoon.

Smelt fishing may soon require license in Washington state

Kathy Guo of Vancouver, center with yellow gloves, walks the shoreline with Dalton Hobbs of Portland, who caught the first smelt during the five-hour window for smelt dipping on the Cowlitz River on Tuesday afternoon.

March 19, 2024, 7:43am Latest News

Gov. Jay Inslee will sign a bill into law that will require Washington smelt dippers to get a license before they wade out with nets. Read story

Chum swim up Twanoh Creek looking for spawning grounds Friday morning in Skokomish, Washington on Nov. 3, 2023.

Removing Washington salmon barriers surges to $1M a day, but results are murky

Chum swim up Twanoh Creek looking for spawning grounds Friday morning in Skokomish, Washington on Nov. 3, 2023.

March 18, 2024, 6:03am Latest News

The coho salmon has already conquered the Ballard Locks fish ladder, swum 17 miles through urban Seattle waterways and powered through a tunnel under nine lanes of Interstate 405. Read story

A culvert of the list to replaced in Skokomish Park in Shelton, Washington on Nov. 3, 2023.

6 things to know about the costliest salmon recovery program in WA

A culvert of the list to replaced in Skokomish Park in Shelton, Washington on Nov. 3, 2023.

March 17, 2024, 6:00am Editor's Choice

Washington is spending nearly $1 million a day on a mammoth project to help salmon migration. Read story

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

Washington Columbia River mainstem, tributary fishing report for March 4-10

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

March 15, 2024, 5:54am Outdoors

Fishing report for March 4-10 Read story

Mindi Eleazer, the wife of fishing guide Matt Eleazer, with a fine spring Chinook salmon she took from the Columbia River.

Shorter Spring Chinook season off and running

Mindi Eleazer, the wife of fishing guide Matt Eleazer, with a fine spring Chinook salmon she took from the Columbia River.

February 24, 2024, 6:03am Editor's Choice

Oregon and Washington state fisheries managers have finalized and announced the recreational spring Chinook salmon season on the Columbia River for 2024. Anglers will get to fish the big river for these highly prized fish through April 5. Read story

A Columbia River angler with a nice spring Chinook taken in the reach below Bonneville Dam while fishing with East Fork Outfitters. The spring Chinook seasons were released by the states on Wednesday.

Field Notes: Comments sought for setting salmon seasons

A Columbia River angler with a nice spring Chinook taken in the reach below Bonneville Dam while fishing with East Fork Outfitters. The spring Chinook seasons were released by the states on Wednesday.

February 23, 2024, 5:00pm Outdoors

Fishery managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife have scheduled several opportunities for the public to participate in setting state-managed salmon seasons in 2024-2025, beginning with a hybrid statewide forecast meeting on March 1. Read story

A six-man limit of fall chinook from the Columbia River rests on the dock before being checked by state fisheries creel checkers. Anglers may be looking at a selective fishery in the Buoy Ten reach again this year.

Columbia River fall salmon outlook remains good

A six-man limit of fall chinook from the Columbia River rests on the dock before being checked by state fisheries creel checkers. Anglers may be looking at a selective fishery in the Buoy Ten reach again this year.

January 20, 2024, 6:05am Editor's Choice

Oregon and Washington have released an initial fall salmon outlook for the Columbia River, and fishery managers say runs are looking to be similar to last year. Read story

A Columbia River spring Chinook comes to the net. Spring Chinook seasons for the Columbia and its tributaries will be set by early February.

2024 spring Chinook projections should allow for similar season as last year

A Columbia River spring Chinook comes to the net. Spring Chinook seasons for the Columbia and its tributaries will be set by early February.

January 13, 2024, 6:06am Latest News

Washington and Oregon are expecting a total run of spring Chinook to the mouth of the Columbia River of 187,400 adults. That is about 86 percent of last year’s actual return of 216,586. The upper Columbia River should see about 121,000 fish, and the lower river could see 66,000. Read story

Nine-year-old Bradly Reed gets a hand from Nate Hall of The Bait Shack as he holds up a 17.45 pound king salmon he caught during an incoming tide at Ship Creek near downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on June 5, 2023.

Conservation group petitions for Alaska king salmon to be listed as an endangered species

Nine-year-old Bradly Reed gets a hand from Nate Hall of The Bait Shack as he holds up a 17.45 pound king salmon he caught during an incoming tide at Ship Creek near downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on June 5, 2023.

January 12, 2024, 5:33pm Northwest

A Washington-based conservation group filed a petition with federal regulators Wednesday, requesting that they list Alaska king salmon as an endangered species. Read story