One More Day For Lower Columbia Spring Chinook Anglers
Lower Columbia anglers were greenlighted to get back out on the big river this Saturday, April 18, for another day of chasing one of the Northwest’s tastiest fish.
SW WA, Lower Columbia, Lower Willamette Fishing Report (4-14-26)
Early to mid-April 2026 spring Chinook, steelhead, sturgeon and walleye catch stats for the Lower Columbia, lower Willamette and select Southwest Washington tributaries.
2026 West Coast Ocean Salmon Recommendations Adopted
A West Coast ocean salmon fishing council has adopted recommended frameworks and quotas for seasons off Northwest, and this summer will see slightly more Chinook and coho in the quota than last year off Washington and Oregon north of Cape Falcon and a continuous king season south of Cape Falcon with 47,600 summer hatchery coho quota and 27,500 September any-coho quota. The recommendations now go to NMFS for approval.
Lower Columbia To Reopen For Spring Chinook
State salmon managers are reopening the Lower Columbia for spring Chinook for three more days after catch estimates showed a large enough harvestable balance still available below Bonneville Dam.
NMFS Celebrates Collaboration’s Removal Of Bateman Island Causeway At Mouth Of Yakima
Federal fishery overseers are celebrating the collaborative effort to remove a barrier at the mouth of the Yakima River that created thermal and predation issues for adult and young salmon and steelhead, a project decades in the making and six weeks of on-the-ground work completed earlier this year.
MGP Visits WDFW Hatchery She’d Like To See Reopen With Federal Funding Boost
A Southwest Washington Congresswoman this week swung by a state hatchery that’s in the process of being closed, putting more pressure on WDFW to reverse course and reopen the facility that has produced steelhead and trout for local fisheries.
Canada Says It Will Clip Most Southern BC Hatchery Chinook By 2027
Canadian salmon overseers today announced they plan to mass mark 90 percent of Department of Fisheries and Ocean-produced Chinook released from southern British Columbia hatcheries by 2027, more than doubling the current mark rate.
Lower Deschutes To Open For Spring Chinook
For the first time since 2018, a portion of the Deschutes River will be open for spring Chinook, thanks to a forecasted return of 2,000-plus hatchery fish.
2 Charged With Dumping Old Tires In Capitol State Forest
A 44-year-old man and 36-year-old woman were set to be arraigned today in Thurston County Superior Court on seven counts of unlawful dumping of solid waste and two counts of unlicensed transportation of waste tires.
Lower Columbia, SW WA, Lower Willamette Fishing Reports (4-7-26)
Early April 2026 spring Chinook, steelhead, sturgeon and walleye catch stats for the Lower Columbia, lower Willamette and select Southwest Washington tributaries.
Fishing For Columbia Springers On April’s First Weekend
A day of fishing on anchor and trolling for Lower Columbia River spring Chinook with guide Bob Rees.
Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed Against 2 WDFW Bosses By Commissioner, Animal Rights Lawyer
A sitting Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission member and her environmental attorney ally have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against top WDFW brass, claiming they’re the targets of attacks meant to chill their determined bird-dogging of agency management.
ODFW To Host Open House On Its Next 2-year Budget Request
ODFW is hosting an in-person and virtual open house this coming Tuesday afternoon to talk about developing its 2027-29 budget request and the event will include “an overview of ODFW’s budget, license expenditures, process and timelines for budget development, and information on how the agency is building out the next biennium’s budget.”
Researchers Puzzled By Evidence Of Double-humped Salmon Species
Move over sabre-toothed salmon, there’s a new freak in the water. Researchers believe that millions of years ago a double-humped salmon once swam in Northwest rivers.
Lower Columbia, SW WA, Lower Willamette Fishing Reports (3-31-26)
Late March 2026 spring Chinook, steelhead, sturgeon and walleye catch stats for the Lower Columbia, lower Willamette and select Southwest Washington tributaries.
Grays Harbor Co Elk Poacher Resentenced To 116 Months In Jail After Violating Original Sentence
WDFW reports that a judge has swiftly resentenced an elk poacher to 116 months in jail after he “violated his conditions of release.”