OREGON, USA — There’s a well-worn adage that goes: “It’s the early bird that catches the worm!” In the great Oregon outdoors, I have discovered the saying also holds true for catching big fish! It’s a ...

On the lower Columbia River from Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were seven salmonid boats and three Washington bank rods tallied on Oct. 25.

Federal fisheries managers are violating the Endangered Species Act by allowing fishermen to catch Puget Sound chinook salmon supposedly protected under the law, fishing and conservation groups ...

The ocean salmon fishery off Ilwaco (Marine Area 1) is now closed, but anglers are reeling in lots of coho, chinook and summer steelhead from the Columbia River, according to the Department of Fish ...

A juvenile chinook salmon was caught in the Kettle River in British Columbia earlier this month, marking the first time since reintroduction efforts began that the species was found in the stream. The ...

Guide Bill Monroe holds a typical spring Chinook taken in the lower river. While the run has mostly passed, anglers are still getting a few by anchoring with plugs. (Photo by Bill Monroe Outdoors) Due ...

From white sturgeon to bald eagles, explore the remarkable species thriving along the Columbia River, the lifeblood of the ...

“Excellent numbers of Chinook salmon” were reported in some Lake Michigan harbors like Frankfort while others are just starting to see salmon season's bounty. The Department of Natural Resources’ ...

Co-management of a Chinook salmon hatchery on the Coquille river in southwest Oregon has helped the fish population thrive again. That means Chinook fishing could soon return. Natural populations of ...

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Video captured a Chinook salmon successfully summiting the fish ladder at an upper Klamath River dam this week, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife — the ...