Spring chinook salmon passage at Bonneville Dam is only at about 25 percent of the 10-year average for the date. (RICK BOWMER/Associated Press) The spring season for spring Chinook salmon and hatchery ...

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 ...

The upcoming spring Chinook seasons for the mainstem Columbia River announced Wednesday by Washington and Oregon are almost exactly the same as the initial seasons that were set in 2024. The 2025 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Spring chinook fishing is not expected to be good these next few days, but at least the lower Columbia River is below flood stage and anglers have a glimmer of hope of success. For the season to date, ...

There’s not likely to be much spring chinook salmon fishing in the lower Columbia River in April, no matter how Washington and Oregon structure the season. Figure on being done downstream of ...

The spring Chinook fishing season opens April 26 in the Salmon, Snake and Clearwater river drainages. Two stretches of the Salmon River open that day. The Lower Salmon River from the Rice Creek bridge ...

Columbia River anglers will get to continue fishing for hatchery spring chinook salmon below Bonneville Dam from March 1 through April 6. Sport fishing is currently open through March 31 for hatchery ...