On the lower Columbia River from Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 131 salmonid boats and 31 Washington bank rods tallied on the Oct. 18 flight count.

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 ...

Anglers in the popular Buoy 10 fishery at the mouth of the Columbia River will be limited to keeping only hatchery chinook and hatchery coho salmon during the 2023 summer season. (The Columbian files) ...

Jun. 12—OLYMPIA — The recreational fishing season for salmon and steelhead on the Columbia River has been extended, including the section of river downstream from the Highway 395 bridge in Pasco.

A fisherman swings his fly through a run while fishing the Lower Deschutes. It has been a good year for fish returns in the Columbia River, and the high numbers of summer steelhead passing through ...

Fishing across Southwest Washington is heating up in several key areas, with Buoy 10 leading the charge as anglers report consistent limits. Steelhead action remains strong throughout the Columbia ...

The river continues flowing at a steady 2,800 cubic feet per second with no changes expected until late June. Chinook fishing remains closed as the hatchery awaits more hens, while steelhead numbers ...

More fishing seasons on the Snake and Columbia rivers will be closing or remain closed under new emergency rules due to low returns of steelhead. The steelhead return is the fourth-lowest on record ...

FILE - Coho salmon in Eagle Creek, a tributary of the Columbia River, in a 2009 file photo provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Rick Swart / Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Known for its diverse runs of salmon, the Columbia River draws thousands of anglers to test their luck each year. But with salmon runs nowhere near what they once were, fishing is ...