April 8, 2023, 3:08pm Latest News
Anglers in the popular Buoy 10 fishery at the mouth of the Columbia River will be limited to keeping only hatchery chinook and hatchery coho salmon this summer, plus five days will be closed in late August to dampen the catch and avoid last year’s overharvest. Read story
April 6, 2023, 6:50pm Latest News
A federal regulatory group voted Thursday to officially close Chinook salmon fishing season along much of the West Coast after near-record low numbers of the fish returned to California’s rivers last year. Read story
April 5, 2023, 3:15pm Outdoors
The Washington Columbia River mainstem and tributary sport sampling summary for the week of March 27-April 2 Read story
April 4, 2023, 5:23pm Editor's Choice
With the water cold and angling poor, the lower Columbia River will remain open for spring chinook salmon fishing through Tuesday, April 11, four days longer than scheduled. Read story
March 29, 2023, 4:37pm Outdoors
The preliminary Washington Columbia River mainstem and tributary sport sampling summary for March 20-26 Read story
March 24, 2023, 8:10am Latest News
As drought dried up rivers that carry California’s newly hatched Chinook salmon to the ocean, state officials in recent years resorted to loading up the fish by the millions onto trucks and barges to take them to the Pacific. Read story
March 23, 2023, 6:00am Editor's Choice Subscriber Exclusive
State officials have unveiled nine new-look concepts for managing fall salmon angling in 2023 at Buoy 10 and in the Columbia River downstream of Bonneville Dam with a goal of avoiding last year’s closure fiasco during most of September. Read story
March 22, 2023, 5:06pm Outdoors
Columbia River mainstem and tributary sport sampling summary for March 13-19 Read story
March 15, 2023, 3:50pm Outdoors
Salmon and steelhead counts on lower Columbia River from Buoy 10 upstream to Bonneville Dam on March 11. There were 123 salmonid boats and 73 Washington bank rods tallied in this flight count. Read story
March 13, 2023, 6:36pm Latest News
A key public meeting for setting salmon seasons and regulations on the Columbia River and across Western Washington has been postponed. The North of Falcon process, previously set for Tuesday, has been rescheduled for March 21 from 1 to 5 p.m. Read story