WDFW reports 91,880 sockeye returned to Skagit and Baker River system in 2025. 1.5 million juvenile sockeye passed Baker Lake collectors in May 2025. PSE, Upper Skagit, Swinomish and WDFW expanded ...

Reports of spawning salmon running up the Salmon River from Lake Ontario have been pouring in for over a month now, but many anglers say they haven’t yet seen a major push of fish come through. Higher ...

Washington will ban camping at Vernita Bridge site starting mid October. Department cites health risks, trash buildup and habitat damage from overuse. Officials plan day-use upgrades and seek funding ...

A salmon passed through the fish ladder of a key dam on the upper Klamath River on Sept. 24, in what wildlife officials hope is a sign of the iconic fish repopulating ever-greater stretches of the ...

Warm water and late salmon runs delayed fall fishing along the Columbia River. Backtrolling Kwikfish lures and flat-lining Wee Warts proved consistently effective. Anglers share stories that preserve ...

OROVILLE — Salmon have returned annually to the Feather River to spawn since pre-history. This weekend, humans will return too. The annual Salmon Festival by the Oroville Chamber of Commerce, held ...

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (KTVZ) — A video camera captured a Chinook salmon ascending the fish ladder at Keno Dam on the upper Klamath River this week, the first picture of a salmon ascending the upper bays ...

UPPER CHENA RIVER — On this rainy September afternoon, Erik Schoen vacuums water from a backwater slough. The clear flow runs through a plastic tube and into a jar. The liquid will tell him if toothy ...

Last week, California’s ocean recreational salmon fishing season closed for 2025. The recreational season lasted six days — after two fully closed seasons. California’s commercial fishing fleet has ...

As king salmon feel the impulse to spawn in fall, they move closer to shore, putting them within reach of small-boat anglers and shore fishermen. / Joe Shead Fall is trophy king salmon season for ...

A common setup for many anglers during the fall chinook salmon season is to troll downstream with a flasher and a Superbait stuffed with scented tuna. ENTERPRISE — Starting Friday, Sept. 19, and ...