California biologists collect young spring-run Chinook salmon in Deer Creek, a tributary of the Sacramento River, on Oct. 10, 2023. (Peter Tira, California Department of Fish and Wildlife) The ...

Spring Chinook salmon fishing is reopening on the lower Columbia River for two weekends in May and four days in June, it was announced Wednesday, May 15, 2024, by Washington and Oregon fishery ...

Spring-run Chinook have unique habitat requirements for migration, spawning and juvenile rearing. Their suitable spawning habitat is in mainstem rivers and tributaries, and these early returning fish ...

On Dec. 9, Washington and Oregon released the first spring Chinook projections for 2026, and the runs should be very similar to 2025. Some runs are down, but a few are expected to perform better than ...

Restricted spring chinook salmon fishing will begin March 1 in the lower Columbia River and tentatively last through April 5 from Buoy 10 to Bonneville Dam. From the dam upriver to the ...

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 ...

Columbia River spring chinook salmon anglers will get to continue fishing through the weekend, as well as Monday and Tuesday. The season was scheduled to close Friday, but Oregon and Washington ...

A very low return of spring Chinook salmon in the South Umpqua River has conservationists alarmed. Several groups now want the fish given federal protection. Fall Chinook salmon swim upstream near the ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s recent count of spring-run Chinook salmon returning to the South Umpqua River showed just 17 wild adult fish detected during snorkel ...

Wildlife officials hoping to replenish depleted salmon populations hurled tens of thousands of the young fish into a northeastern Oregon creek last week. The issue? It was the wrong waterway. The ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries biologists are pursuing urgent measures in northern California this fall to ...