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Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

Fishing report: Lower Columbia River and tributary summary for week of Sept. 9-15

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

September 21, 2024, 5:35am Outdoors

From lower Columbia River, Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 822 salmonid boats and 98 Washington bank rods tallied between Warrior Rock and Bonneville Dam on Sept. 14. Read story

A client of guide Bob Rees holds a fine, bright Chinook he took earlier this year at Buoy 10. These fish are now peaking in the Vancouver area, where anglers will get an additional 7 days of salmon fishing.

Columbia River salmon fishing will continue through at least Sept. 30

A client of guide Bob Rees holds a fine, bright Chinook he took earlier this year at Buoy 10. These fish are now peaking in the Vancouver area, where anglers will get an additional 7 days of salmon fishing.

September 18, 2024, 4:29pm Latest News

Salmon fishing season in the Columbia River will continue at least through Sept. 30, Washington and Oregon officials agreed Wednesday. Read story

Fishing guide Bob Rees holds a dandy coho taken in the estuary. Anglers can now keep one Chinook at Buoy 10 as part of a three-fish limit.

Extra days for fall salmon on lower Columbia River

Fishing guide Bob Rees holds a dandy coho taken in the estuary. Anglers can now keep one Chinook at Buoy 10 as part of a three-fish limit.

September 14, 2024, 6:15am Latest News

The states have agreed to allow an additional week of salmon fishing in the mainstem Columbia after salmon returns were better than expected. Read story

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

Columbia River and tributary fishing report for week of Sept. 2-8

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

September 14, 2024, 5:30am Outdoors

Beginning Monday through the rest of 2024, a size limitation of 15 inches will be place for any salmon kept while fishing in Yale Reservoir, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced. Read story

WDFW Police are seeking any information related to the illegal harvest and dumping of three, filleted sturgeon carcasses and approximately two dozen, tule Chinook salmon carcasses, located approximately five miles up the Washougal River in Clark County sometime on or before Sept. 5, 2024.

Help sought in fish dump on Washougal River

WDFW Police are seeking any information related to the illegal harvest and dumping of three, filleted sturgeon carcasses and approximately two dozen, tule Chinook salmon carcasses, located approximately five miles up the Washougal River in Clark County sometime on or before Sept. 5, 2024.

September 12, 2024, 5:09pm Outdoors

Police are seeking any information related to the illegal harvest and dumping of three, filleted sturgeon carcasses and approximately two dozen, tule Chinook salmon carcasses, located approximately five miles up the Washougal River last week. Read story

Washington and Oregon agreed Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, to extend Columbia River salmon fishing from Warrior Rock near Woodland upstream to Pasco through Sept. 22.

Columbia River salmon fishing extended to Sept. 22

Washington and Oregon agreed Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, to extend Columbia River salmon fishing from Warrior Rock near Woodland upstream to Pasco through Sept. 22.

September 10, 2024, 6:08pm Latest News

Washington and Oregon have agreed Tuesday to extend Columbia River salmon fishing from Warrior Rock near Woodland upstream to Pasco through Sept. 22. Read story

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

Fishing report: Be aware of changing fall salmon fishing regulations

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

September 7, 2024, 5:34am Outdoors

Angling regulations for fall salmon in the Columbia River are changing as planned closures in mid-September approach. Read story

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

Fishing Report: Buoy 10 very good; plus lower Columbia River and tributary samplings for week of Aug. 26

Salmon fishermen on the Columbia River.

August 31, 2024, 5:34am Outdoors

Salmon anglers at Buoy 10 in the Columbia River estuary are allowed to keep a wild chinook now through Tuesday, Sept. 3, then fishing switches to hatchery-coho only beginning on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Read story

FILE - The Klamath River head gates are seen here on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in Klamath Falls, Ore.

Workers are breaching Klamath dams, which will let salmon swim freely for first time in a century

FILE - The Klamath River head gates are seen here on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in Klamath Falls, Ore.

August 28, 2024, 12:05pm Business

For the first time in more than a century, salmon will soon have free passage along the Klamath River and its tributaries — a major watershed near the California-Oregon border — as the largest dam removal project in U.S. history nears completion. Read story

Thomas Scanlan, the Fish Distribution Program manager, processes a load of fresh surplus chinook salmon. The fish are surplus salmon from Washington hatcheries on the Lewis, Cowlitz, Kalama and Washougal rivers.

‘We have it in our DNA’: Cowlitz Tribe provides free salmon to all members – no matter where they live

Thomas Scanlan, the Fish Distribution Program manager, processes a load of fresh surplus chinook salmon. The fish are surplus salmon from Washington hatcheries on the Lewis, Cowlitz, Kalama and Washougal rivers.

August 24, 2024, 6:13am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

For Cowlitz Indian Tribe members, the taste of salmon is the defining flavor of their cultural identity. It’s so entwined with Cowlitz tradition that the tribe created a fish distribution program to ensure that all Cowlitz tribal members, no matter where they live, can get a taste of home in… Read story