Imagine yourself standing carefree on the deck of a high-end fishing yacht, drink in hand, voyaging through the vast turquoise Caribbean sea. You feel the rejuvenating crisp breeze dashing across your face as you return from an exhilarating fishing experience, having caught a huge trove of delicious fish from snapper to wahoo, grouper and …
With almost endless great salmon fishing rivers in both Washington and Oregon it’s no simple task to come up with the top 20 salmon fishing rivers in the Pacific Northwest. Granted many anglers would probably disagree with a few on our list but the rivers below have produced excellent salmon catch rates for generations …
GOLD BEACH, Ore – Beginning tomorrow November 17th the low flow angling closures are lifted on the Chetco, Winchuck, and Sixes rivers. Recent rains and more showers expected this week have fall chinook moving up river and migrating throughout the mainstems of these rivers. For the Chetco and Winchuck rivers, anglers are reminded they …
CLACKAMAS, Ore.— Due to a better-than-expected return of B-Index summer steelhead and low cumulative impacts to wild ESA-listed fish, Oregon and Washington fishery managers are easing steelhead regulations for the ongoing fishery in the mainstem Columbia River above The Dalles Dam. From Nov. 1-Dec. 31, anglers may retain up to one hatchery steelhead within …
CLACKAMAS, Ore.— Oregon and Washington fishery managers are liberalizing the bag limit for adult salmon on the Columbia River; beginning Oct. 1, the daily adult bag limit of two salmon may include up to two Chinook. The change applies to the ongoing recreational fishery open through Dec. 31 in the Columbia River from Buoy …
SALEM, Ore – Two more days (Sept. 28-29) are added to the Columbia River Subarea all-depth recreational Pacific halibut fishery. The subarea runs from Leadbetter Point, WA to Cape Falcon, OR and currently is open each Thursday and Sunday through September 30 or until the quota is met. Enough quota remains to add …
Nine year old Blake Bernier from Fife, Washington caught the second salmon of his young life today on the Big Quilcene river. Blake was giving fishing lessons to allot of the folks on the water who where swinging away trying to snag fish but coming up empty handed. Blake had his rig set up with …
One June 25 both Washington and Oregon closed the Columbia river for Sockeye and Steelhead retention from the mouth all the way to McNary Dam. Harvest goals were met forcing the closure. At 1pm on Tuesday the Washington/Oregon joint (PRC) committee held a compact hearing is regards to treaty summer commercial fisheries and the recreational …
SALEM, Ore.— Following poor Chinook salmon returns last fall and forecasted low 2020 returns in certain coastal rivers, ODFW is implementing some restrictions on coastal wild adult Chinook salmon harvest. The changes to wild Chinook salmon harvest are consistent with existing ODFW management plans, which specify increases or decreases to harvest levels in response to …
CLACKAMAS, Ore. – The departments of fish and wildlife from Oregon and Washington declined to set additional spring Chinook salmon fishing on the mainstem Columbia River. In a public hearing on May 20, fisheries managers from the two states were presented information on the current status of upriver spring Chinook and fisheries to date. …