Guide Bill Monroe holds a typical spring Chinook taken in the lower river. While the run has mostly passed, anglers are still getting a few by anchoring with plugs. (Photo by Bill Monroe Outdoors) Due ...

Spring chinook anglers get another weekend of fishing in the lower Columbia River, with recent catches better downstream than in the metropolitan area. During the five-day extension through April 24, ...

Spring Chinook passage over Bonneville Dam has increased during the last week, and the fishing at Drano Lake and the Wind River has picked up. Both fisheries are doing well, but Drano Lake has been ...

Not much change for spring chinook fishing along the Lower Columbia River, and I had a chance to get a first-hand look at the mighty river while crossing the I-5 Bridge on Friday and Sunday. Sure ...

Spring chinook salmon will begin returning to the Snake River in Hells Canyon, and the fishing season starts April 22, 2023. LA GRANDE — Anglers will have a chance to try to hook a chinook salmon on ...

LEWISTON – The return of upriver spring chinook to the Columbia River that starts in a few months will nearly mirror the 2024 run, according to fisheries managers. That’s the sort-of-good news. The ...

A spring male chinook Salmon. (Courtesy Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife) Adult spring chinook salmon numbers at Bonneville Dam are a little more than 120,000, the third best in the last 10 ...

Spring chinook salmon fishing is heating up in the mid-Columbia at a couple popular fishing holes. In fact, right now, (if you are reading this during daylight hours) there are approximately 139 boats ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Chinook salmon angling on the McKenzie River will close beginning Monday, July 8 through the end of the year. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday it is taking ...

A temporary rule prohibits wild spring Chinook salmon harvest on the mainstem Umpqua River and reduces the North Umpqua bag limit, ODFW announced Friday. Feb. 1 – June 30, 2025: Only hatchery spring ...