Washington and Oregon officials say they will wait to decide whether to reopen spring chinook salmon fishing in the lower Columbia River despite anglers having about 40 percent of their early-season ...

Oregon and Washington State fisheries managers followed the staff recommendations and anglers will get 39 days to fish the main stem Columbia River for spring Chinook this season.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the days getting longer and the warmer, people are gearing up for an exciting season of fishing all the way till the end of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 23—Fishery managers from Washington and Oregon approved this year's Columbia River recreational spring Chinook salmon fishing ...

Apr. 26—The spring chinook run at Bonneville Dam is off to one of its better starts since 2016. As of Wednesday, more than 8,800 adult spring chinook were counted using the dam's fish ladders. While ...

LEWISTON – The return of upriver spring chinook to the Columbia River that starts in a few months will nearly mirror the 2024 run, according to fisheries managers. That’s the sort-of-good news. The ...

The always-anticipated and popular spring chinook fishing season on several rivers in the mid-Columbia open for fishing this Saturday. Unfortunately, with less than five salmon counted through the ...

It is a joyous time of year for tens of thousands of salmon anglers in the Pacific Northwest. Oh, sure, it is Christmas and all that, but last week the prognosticators of such things put out their ...