Lower Columbia River spring Chinook salmon seasons closed June 1, 2023, due to low salmon returns. (Terry Otto for The Columbian) The recreational fishery for spring Chinook salmon and steelhead on ...

Steelhead fishing on the Salmon River was cut short this year, after a threat of a lawsuit from conservation groups forced the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to indefinitely suspend the season.

Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica obtained data from Columbia Basin Research at the University of Washington describing fish in several salmon and steelhead trout populations that were ...

Salmon River outfitter Rich Friend, owner of River Adventures boat charter and jet-back service, expects a strong close to the 2023 season. Many of our excursions are made up of return customers who ...

A lone salmon hovered in a holding tank just below Cougar Dam, waiting to begin his road trip in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fish taxi waiting below. Just a single fish wasn't what Greg Taylor ...

But the Salmon River is not all about fall salmon. From October through May, the river hosts an outstanding run of steelhead averaging from five to 12 pounds, with occasional 20-pounders caught. And ...

Steelhead angler effort increased this past week on the upper Salmon River, but catch rates declined. Over the weekend, the majority of bank anglers were observed downstream of North Fork in location ...