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Happy clients with spring Chinook they caught while fishing with guide Matt Eleazer of East Fork Outfitters last year. With the runs improving in almost all waters, local anglers should be in store for much better fishing this spring and summer.

Spring Chinook salmon fishing season set for Columbia River

Happy clients with spring Chinook they caught while fishing with guide Matt Eleazer of East Fork Outfitters last year. With the runs improving in almost all waters, local anglers should be in store for much better fishing this spring and summer.

February 23, 2022, 5:58pm Latest News

The 2022 spring Chinook recreational fishing season for the Columbia River was set Wednesday by fishery managers from Washington and Oregon. And improvements are expected in returns compared to 2021. Read story

With fork tails and massive bodies, big sturgeon, look like toothless sharks coming to the boat.

Columbia River and tributary fishery report, Feb. 22

With fork tails and massive bodies, big sturgeon, look like toothless sharks coming to the boat.

February 23, 2022, 4:38pm Outdoors

Columbia River and tributary fishery report, Feb. 22 Read story

With fork tails and massive bodies, big sturgeon, look like toothless sharks coming to the boat.

Columbia River and tributary fishery report, Feb. 15

With fork tails and massive bodies, big sturgeon, look like toothless sharks coming to the boat.

February 16, 2022, 4:49pm Outdoors

Columbia River and tributary fishery report, Feb. 15, 2022 Read story

Columbia River and tributary fishery report, Feb. 8

February 9, 2022, 6:43pm Outdoors

Columbia River and tributary fishery report, Feb. 8 Read story

A brace of Chinook is collected at the Merwin Dam trap to be trucked above Swift Reservoir to spawn. Fish passage would allow more fish to access the upper Lewis River.

Groups want to see fish passage on Lewis River

A brace of Chinook is collected at the Merwin Dam trap to be trucked above Swift Reservoir to spawn. Fish passage would allow more fish to access the upper Lewis River.

December 22, 2021, 7:35pm Outdoors

In 2004 a settlement agreement signed by PacifiCorp and several tribal, state, and federal government agencies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) required the installation of fish passage as part of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) process of relicencing the three hydro-electric dams along the Lewis River in southwest Washington. Read story

Salmon swim below a culvert in Seattle's Carkeek Park.

Infrastructure money to help clear obstacles for salmon

Salmon swim below a culvert in Seattle's Carkeek Park.

December 20, 2021, 6:03am Northwest

The $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure package creates a new billion-dollar program designed to open thousands of miles of congested transportation corridors. Read story

Guide Matt Eleazer with a client and a fine spring Chinook caught during last year?s season. Prospects and projections for spring and summer salmon are up this year, and anglers could be looking at the best season they have seen in a number of years.

Columbia River spring Chinook projections are up for 2022

Guide Matt Eleazer with a client and a fine spring Chinook caught during last year?s season. Prospects and projections for spring and summer salmon are up this year, and anglers could be looking at the best season they have seen in a number of years.

December 15, 2021, 8:15pm Newsletter

Washington and Oregon have announced their spring and summer salmon run forecasts, and there is reason for optimism in the numbers. Read story

A chinook salmon, second from the bottom, swims in the Columbia River with sockeye salmon at the Bonneville Dam fish-counting window near North Bonneville.

Fishing report: Final check of 2021

A chinook salmon, second from the bottom, swims in the Columbia River with sockeye salmon at the Bonneville Dam fish-counting window near North Bonneville.

December 8, 2021, 3:17pm Outdoors

Fishing reports for waters in southwest Washington, including the Columbia River and tributaries as reported to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for Dec. 8. Read story

A chinook salmon, second from the bottom, swims in the Columbia River with sockeye salmon at the Bonneville Dam fish-counting window near North Bonneville.

Fishing report: Columbia River tributaries for the week of Nov. 22-28

A chinook salmon, second from the bottom, swims in the Columbia River with sockeye salmon at the Bonneville Dam fish-counting window near North Bonneville.

December 1, 2021, 6:06pm Outdoors

Fishing reports for waters in southwest Washington, including the Columbia River and tributaries as reported to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for Nov. 22-28. Read story

Swift Reservoir offers good fishing for rainbow trout in the fall in uncrowded conditions.

Fishing report: Good trout opportunity at Swift Reservoir

Swift Reservoir offers good fishing for rainbow trout in the fall in uncrowded conditions.

November 10, 2021, 3:50pm Outdoors

Trout fishing at Swift Reservoir continues through Nov. 30 and the smattering of trollers on the Skamania County water are experiencing good success. Read story