July 4, 2018, 9:10pm Editor's Choice
Plunking off the banks is one of the most leisurely and inexpensive ways to catch salmon and steelhead, and it’s also very effective. Just about any day when there are fish to be caught you will find anglers and their families picnicking, swimming, and enjoying a day at one of… Read story
July 4, 2018, 9:09pm Food
This is a great way to use leftover cooked salmon, and this recipe tastes much better than simply rewarming already cooked salmon. Read story
July 4, 2018, 7:11pm Outdoors
Salmonid angling is currently open for Chinook jacks, steelhead, and sockeye from the Astoria-Megler Bridge upstream to Bonneville Dam. Adult summer Chinook retention closed early on July 1. Read story
June 29, 2018, 5:14pm Outdoors
The Columbia River Technical Advisory Council has upgraded this year’s sockeye run to double the pre-season forecast, from 99,000 to 209,000. Fisheries managers from Washington and Oregon responded by opening a sockeye retention season on the Columbia starting July 1. Read story
June 27, 2018, 9:04pm Outdoors
Salmonid angling on the Columbia River is currently open for Chinook jacks and steelhead from the Astoria-Megler Bridge upstream to Bonneville Dam. Also, adult summer Chinook may be kept until July 4. Read story
June 27, 2018, 9:02pm Outdoors
Volunteers and work crews continue to repair the damage caused to trails on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge by the Eagle Creek Fire of last summer. Progress is being made and several trails have reopened during the last two months. More trails will reopen this summer. Read story
June 13, 2018, 8:31pm Outdoors
Dr. Margaret Wild has been chosen to lead Washington’s elk hoof disease research efforts. Since 2000 Wild has been the chief wildlife veterinarian for the National Park Service. Read story
June 13, 2018, 8:29pm Outdoors
Spring Chinook angling on the Columbia River is open through Friday to both boat and bank anglers from Tongue Point upstream to Bonneville Dam; and from Tower Island Power Lines upstream to the Oregon/Washington border above McNary Dam, plus the banks only between Bonneville Dam and Tower Island Power Lines.… Read story
June 6, 2018, 11:16pm Outdoors
Right below us was a deep sinkhole surrounded by brush and reed canary grass, and filled with cold water with a powder blue cast to it. We knew the hole held trout. I had been here before. Read story
