Anglers will get four more days to fish for fall chinook and coho salmon on most of the Columbia River. Oregon and Washington fish managers met Wednesday and approved fishing for chinook and hatchery ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Known for its diverse runs of salmon, the Columbia River draws thousands of anglers to test their luck each year. But with salmon runs nowhere near what they once were, fishing is ...

In the late 1970s, CRITFC was formed "because at that time there was a lot of fishing wars (and) tribal fishers (were) being ...

The states have agreed to allow an additional week of salmon fishing in the mainstem Columbia after salmon returns were better than expected. The river was slated to close after Sept. 15, and remain ...

Blame my late start to the fall salmon season on high water temperature and late-arriving fish. Waiting for the river to cool down and salmon passage counts to build, I spent September afternoons ...

An angler shows off a big hatchery steelhead taken on the Cowlitz River. While hatchery winter steelhead are tough to forecast, the wild return of Columbia River winter steelhead is expected to be ...

WASHINGTON – Anglers can prepare for salmon fishing as the 2025-2026 statewide recreational salmon fisheries have been finalized, offering various marine and freshwater opportunities. According to the ...

Sport salmon fishing on the Columbia River has been extended again, from Oct. 1 to 13, following newly revised run forecasts echoing previous improvements in the upriver chinook salmon run.