Fly fishing Silver Bow Fly Shop guides say the bigger Spokane River rainbow trout are starting to show up now. Larger Chernobyls with droppers are still the best bet. October caddis and blue-winged ...

It’s the first major development in the decades-long legal battle since the Trump administration blew up a 2023 agreement for ...

The Columbia River Basin once sustained 10 to 16 million salmon and steelhead annually. Today, over a third of those ...

The Trump administration abruptly exited this partnership in June and offered no replacement salmon recovery plan. | Opinion ...

As king salmon feel the impulse to spawn in fall, they move closer to shore, putting them within reach of small-boat anglers and shore fishermen. / Joe Shead Fall is trophy king salmon season for ...

Conservationists and the state of Oregon have asked a federal court to approve changes to dam operations on the lower Snake ...

Sliver-blue is the choice today as we troll for salmon using the American Smelt crankbaits. The key strategy today is to vary the speed by about 1mph and slowly troll in an s-pattern. The s-pattern ...

Today folks, we are targeting salmon, but the water is super murky where we are fishing. We are flat-lining the American Smelt which has rattles in it, and that will help the salmon find our lure, in ...

A common setup for many anglers during the fall chinook salmon season is to troll downstream with a flasher and a Superbait stuffed with scented tuna. ENTERPRISE — Starting Friday, Sept. 19, and ...

Warm water and late salmon runs delayed fall fishing along the Columbia River. Backtrolling Kwikfish lures and flat-lining Wee Warts proved consistently effective. Anglers share stories that preserve ...

Last week, California’s ocean recreational salmon fishing season closed for 2025. The recreational season lasted six days — after two fully closed seasons. California’s commercial fishing fleet has ...