(CLACKAMAS, OR) — Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington took joint state action today to add another three days of recreational spring Chinook salmon fishing in the mainstem Columbia River downstream of Bonneville Dam….
Category: Columbia River
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: First spring Chinook season in the Lower Deschutes since 2018 to open May 5-20
(The Dalles, OR) – The lower Deschutes River will be open for spring Chinook salmon from May 5-20. “This is exciting news for anglers as the last spring Chinook season on the Deschutes…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Smelt fishery on Sandy River opens 12-7 p.m., Wednesday, March 11
(SALEM, Or) – Recreational harvest of eulachon smelt on the Sandy River will be open from 12-7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11 only. Regulations: Open area: From the mouth of the Sandy…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Initial Columbia River spring Chinook seasons set; Sturgeon retention days added in The Dalles Pool, Feb. 22 & Feb. 26
(CLACKAMAS, OR)—Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington adopted initial recreational spring Chinook seasons on the Columbia River during a joint state hearing today, February 19, 2026. Effective March 1 (downstream of Bonneville Dam) and April 1 (upstream…
OREGON DEPT. FISH & WILDLIFE: Additional days for Columbia River salmon fishery announced
CLACKAMAS, Ore. – Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington added more recreational salmon fishing days in the mainstem Columbia River during a joint-state hearing on Wednesday September 17, 2025. The decision came…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Recreational fishing days for adult hatchery Chinook and sockeye added for Columbia River mainstem
(CLACKAMAS, Ore.- July 9, 2025) — Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington added recreational fishing days for adult hatchery Chinook and sockeye to the on-going hatchery steelhead and hatchery jack Chinook fishery…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: States add Columbia River spring Chinook recreational fishing days
(CLACKAMAS, Ore. 5/7/25) —Following an in-season assessment of the upriver spring Chinook return, fishery managers from Oregon and Washington added more recreational spring Chinook fishing days on the mainstem Columbia during a…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Recreational spring Chinook to be open June 1-15 below Bonneville Dam
(CLACKAMAS, Ore. – May 29, 2024) —Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington added 11 additional fishing days (June 1-11) for recreational spring Chinook downstream of Bonneville Dam during a joint state hearing today….
COAST GUARD FOUNDATION TO HONOR COAST GUARD SERVICE EXCELLENCE IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST
SEATTLE, WA. – The Coast Guard Foundation will honor the Coast Guard’s service excellence, and its rescue of a mariner on the Columbia River Bar earlier this year at its biannual Seattle…
OREGON DEPT. FISH & WILDLIFE: Chinook retention reopens at Buoy 10 on Sept. 8
CLACKAMAS, Ore.—Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington added additional Chinook fishing opportunity for the popular Buoy 10 fishery on the Columbia River during a joint-state hearing today. The Buoy 10 season has…