Fishing

The Snake River below Ice Harbor Dam will open May 20-21 for spring Chinook fishing, while May 15 and 19 will be the last chances to get after the salmon below Little Goose Dam, WDFW announced following this week’s runsize update.

Fishing for spring Chinook will reopen on the Columbia River above and below Bonneville this weekend and next, state salmon managers decided on a conference call this afternoon.

For the fifth year in a row, Lookingglass Creek, a tributary on Oregon’s side of the Grande Ronde River, will open for hatchery spring Chinook, and for the first time bait will be allowed.

Mid- to late March 2026 spring Chinook, steelhead, sturgeon and walleye catch stats for the Lower Columbia, lower Willamette and select Southwest Washington tributaries.

Mid-March 2026 spring Chinook, steelhead, sturgeon and walleye catch stats for the Lower Columbia, lower Willamette and select Southwest Washington tributaries.

Organizer Shawn Nickles shares results and photos from the 8th Annual Lake Chelan Kokanee Shootout.