Fishing

This will make for the fourth year in a row and seventh of the last 13 that it will be catch-and-release only between Buoy 10 and Bonneville Dam, with managers pointing to a sturgeon population that’s essentially been turned on its head, with more adults and subadults than juveniles. For the first time in their…

Columbia sturgeon managers decided to close John Day Pool sturgeon retention effective this Saturday, January 10, as catches approach the season guideline.

The Washington and Oregon Departments of Fish and Wildlife have published their initial 2026 fall Chinook outlook for the shared Columbia, as well as how well 2025’s fall runs up the big river performed compared to forecasts issued at this time last year. To wit: Columbia River Fall Chinook

NMFS reports on what 2025’s ocean indicators may mean for the health of juvenile Chinook and coho at sea.

After a two-and-a-half-month-long closure, the Quillayute and its tributaries such as the Bogachiel, Sol Duc and others will reopen to all fishing starting next Sunday, October 1.

Late September 2023 fall Chinook, coho and steelhead catch stats for the Lower Columbia and its Southwest Washington tributaries.