On the lower Columbia River from Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 222 salmonid boats and 31 Washington bank rods tallied on the Oct. 4 flight count.

Average salmon and steelhead counts in the Columbia River Basin over the last decade are still well below officials’ goal of 5 million fish per year. From 2014 to 2023, just 2.3 million salmon and ...

With the days getting longer and the warmer, people are gearing up for an exciting season of fishing all the way till the end of fall. Tri-Cities offers an incredible number of places to go fishing ...

But 56% of them were hatchery-raised fish which, in the eyes of the region’s Native American tribes and environmental groups, don’t count. The tribes estimate that before the dams were built on the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers says this year’s Pacific Lamprey run have been well under average to this point. As of September 14, fish counters estimate only 22,021 lampreys ...

OREGON, USA — There’s a well-worn adage that goes: “It’s the early bird that catches the worm!” In the great Oregon outdoors, I have discovered the saying also holds true for catching big fish! It’s a ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

The Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC) and The Conservation Angler (TCA) have announced plans to sue the federal government over the damage they claim hatchery fish are doing to wild salmon, steelhead, and ...

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