SW WA, Buoy 10, Lower Columbia Fishing Report (8-12-26)
Early August 2026 Chinook, coho and steelhead catch stats for Buoy 10, the lower Columbia River and select Southwest Washington.
Portion Of Marine Area 1 Off Long Beach Peninsula To Close to Salmon Fishing
Marine Area 1 waters north of the Columbia River mouth and within 3 miles of shore along the Long Beach Peninsula will close for salmon fishing starting Thursday, August 13, after higher than expected Chinook catches, especially just off the beach. The idea is to slow salmon catches for the rest of the area, which will remain open.
Sockeye Again Showing Up In The Willamette; Fishery Could Open For Them
Sockeye are back in Oregon City – and not just in the brand-new mural downtown.
Ocean Hatchery Coho Season To Close Early Off Oregon Coast South Of Cape Falcon
With the hatchery coho quota for Cape Falcon to the Oregon-California border predicted to hit 98 percent full after next Tuesday, retention will close starting August 19. Chinook will remain open, and any unused quota could be rolled over into September’s any-coho fishery from Falcon to Cape Humbug.
Southwest Washington NWTF Chapter Raises Funds For Conservation At Inaugural Clays Shoot
Events like the Clays for Conservation Trap Shoot demonstrate that conservation is built through local action. Lasting conservation isn’t accomplished by one person alone — it is made possible when communities invest their time, talents and resources in a shared purpose.
New Archery Range Opens Near McNary Dam
A “real need for the local archery community” has been addressed with the recent opening of a new bow range at McNary Beach on the mid-Columbia.
Agendas Out For Next Week’s Washington, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission Meetings
A look at what’s on the agendas of both the Washington and Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commissions as they meet late next week in Long Beach and Salem, respectively.
North Umpqua To Close To Steelheading Starting Next Week
With wild steelhead numbers not expected to make a critical abundance threshold and the river running low and hot, ODFW says the North Umpqua will close to steelheading starting next Monday, August 10 through November
Free Pheasant Hunts Coming Up For Oregon Youths
Registration is now open for a dozen upland bird hunting opportunities across Oregon for youths 17 and under who have completed hunter ed or will have done so by the start of the free September and October events.
Fall Chinook Season Set On Washington’s Snake; Lower Wild King Limit From Clarkston Up
Fall Chinook season on Washington’s Snake River will open as early as August 18 in the Clarkston area, but inside this year’s daily limit of three kings, only one can be wild, a rule change that follows what Idaho managers set as well due to a lower forecast of the unclipped fish.
Washington Salmon Fishing Advocate Urabeck Receives PSA State Board Lifetime Achievement Award
Frank Urabeck of Bonney Lake received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Puget Sound Anglers State Board yesterday following a very brief – and very lucrative – coho trip out of Ilwaco at the mouth of the Columbia River with members of the organization as well as friends and relatives.
Oregon Gubernatorial Candidate Proposes Constitutional Amendment Protecting Fishing, Hunting
In the wake of a recently failed attempt to bring a ban on fishing and hunting in Oregon to a public vote, one of the state’s two gubernatorial candidates is calling for a constitutional amendment that would enshrine both.
SW WA, Buoy 10, Lower Columbia Fishing Report (8-4-26)
Late July and early August 2026 catch stats for Buoy 10, the lower Columbia River and select Southwest Washington catch stats.
Investigation Into Washington Fish And Wildlife Commissioners Released
An investigation into Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission members partially corroborates allegations against certain members of the citizen panel overseeing WDFW and its director.
ODFW Extends Willamette Two-rod Fishing Above Falls Through Coho Season
Coho anglers will again be able to run a second rod on the Willamette River above the falls after ODFW extended the two-rod validation in those and other upstream waters.
Fire Danger Leads To Closure Of Northeast Oregon Access & Habitat Lands
Due to wildfires and scarce firefighting resources, ODFW closed more than a dozen Access & Habitat-enrolled properties in the northeast corner of the state as well as year-round Upland Cooperative Access Program lands along the Mid-Columbia, and the agency says it will monitor things as the start of bow seasons in late August nears.