With Chinook Closing At Buoy 10, Here’s Advice For Targeting Coho

Columbia salmon managers closed Chinook retention in the Buoy 10 fishery starting Friday and anglers are being urged to switch to coho for what is expected to be good late summer fishing at the mouth of the Columbia.
Washington, Oregon Fish Commissioners To Talk Poor Columbia Steelhead Run

With the lowest count of summer steelhead at Bonneville since the Great Depression, members of the Washington and Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commissions will talk over fisheries for the stock during a virtual meeting this Friday morning.
Buoy 10 Managers To Mull Closing Chinook Retention After Strong LRH Catches

With more Lower Columbia hatchery Chinook being caught at Buoy 10 than expected, state fisheries staffers are recommending that king retention “close as soon as practical” to limit impacts to the stock “and allow the hatchery coho retention fishery to remain open.” That’s according to a fact sheet out ahead of this morning’s joint ODFW-WDFW […]