Coho salmon are returning in record numbers and spreading into parts of the Upper Willamette Basin they’ve never historically been seen. After a record number of the ocean-going fish entered the river ...

PORTLAND – Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington this week set spring chinook salmon and sturgeon fishing seasons for the Columbia and Willamette rivers. The Columbia River spring chinook ...

Spring chinook anglers get another weekend of fishing in the lower Columbia River, with recent catches better downstream than in the metropolitan area. During the five-day extension through April 24, ...

Columbia River anglers fishing for spring Chinook are hoping for better river conditions in 2025. The river was high and cold last year, and fishing suffered. (Photo courtesy of Bill Monroe Outdoors) ...

Spring chinook salmon passage at Bonneville Dam is only at about 25 percent of the 10-year average for the date. (RICK BOWMER/Associated Press) The spring season for spring Chinook salmon and hatchery ...

There’s not likely to be much spring chinook salmon fishing in the lower Columbia River in April, no matter how Washington and Oregon structure the season. Figure on being done downstream of ...