SW WA, Lower Columbia, Hanford Reach Fishing Report (10-21-24)

Mid-October 2024 Chinook, coho and steelhead catch stats for the Lower Columbia, select Southwest Washington tributaries and the Hanford Reach.
Washington Coast Winter Steelhead Forecasts Out As 2024-25 Season Talks Begin

Washington Coast winter steelhead forecasts are out ahead of this week’s town hall with anglers to begin shaping 2024-25 season proposals, and for a change the Chehalis prediction looks decent.
IDFG Reports Three Times More Walleye Caught In Snake, Salmon Than In 2023

Idaho fishery managers continue to sound the alarm about walleye moving up the Snake and Salmon Rivers and say the nonnative fish “now occupy critical rearing and migratory areas of juvenile salmon and steelhead.”