The 2021 Columbia River forecasted return of upriver bright adults is 361,500, with a significant portion of these fish expected to return to the Snake River. This forecast is large enough to allow for Chinook harvest in the Snake River....
Lower Columbia mainstem Longview upstream to Bonneville Dam – 176 salmonid boats and 66 Washington bank rods were tallied during Saturday’s (8/7) flight count....
Hoot owl restrictions that closed salmon, trout and steelhead fishing at 2 p.m. are now lifted on the Deschutes River from Moody Rapids (river mile 0.5) upstream to Sherars Falls. Permanent rules are in effect from Moody Island upstream to Pelton...
Low numbers of summer steelhead returning to the North Umpqua River prompted state fishery managers to close the river and its tributaries to all angling from the mouth to the marker below Soda Springs Dam. The emergency closure is effective Aug....
The Fish and Wildlife Commission today approved the purchase of nearly 5,000 acres of land along the Minam River as part of Phase one of a project that will eventually create the 15,000-acre Minam River Wildlife Area....
Turns out that driving 30 miles an hour over the speed limit with blood on your jacket and in the bed of your pickup truck and a bogus explanation of how it got there when you’re pulled over by the inevitable...
Oregon salmon managers and fishing advocates are gnashing at the bit to begin collecting 100-plus wild spring Chinook from a Portland-area river in a bid to rebuild its hatchery run and once-thriving fishery....
The OSP Fish & Wildlife Division is asking for public assistance to identify the person(s) responsible for the unlawful take of two cow elk in Yamhill County....
Lower Columbia mainstem Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam – 59 salmonid boats and 34 Washington bank rods were tallied during Tuesday’s (8/3) flight count. ...
The current estimate of Chinook harvest is 4,418 (94 percent) of the total 4,700 harvest quota agreed up in this year’s List of Agreed Fisheries (LOAF)....
In the 2021 license year, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is starting a pilot program to evaluate how hunters can help reduce the prevalence of elk hoof disease. To do so, WDFW is offering incentives to hunters....
The current estimate of total legal-sized Chinook encounters is 6,843 (100 percent) of the total 6,843 legal-sized encounters agreed upon in this year’s List of Agreed Fisheries (LOAF). ...
Based on current sockeye passage analysis at both Tumwater Dam and mainstem Columbia River Dams, WDFW projects 29,000 total sockeye are destined for Lake Wenatchee....