The Hanford Reach of the Columbia River is gearing up for its 2025 salmon fishing season, a prime opportunity for anglers to ...

Sockeye retention is now closed on the Columbia River downstream of the Highway ... Other rule changes Additional recreational halibut fishing dates will be available in August and September ...

A record run of sockeye in the Columbia River means a brisk start to sales for the 18-year-old Yakama tribe member who spends summers here selling fish caught by his family. "People prefer chinook ...

Most of those fish weigh in at half a pound each ... of one sockeye and one hatchery- marked steelhead. The 2025 Columbia River sockeye forecast of 350,200 is about half of last year’s record ...

Sockeye and steelhead fishing in some areas of the Columbia River closed the morning of June 25 after unexpectedly high catch rates, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials ...

The sockeye return to the Columbia River in 2024 was a surprise, and bested the forecast of 401,700 adults with an actual return of 761,682 fish. In 2025, the forecast is for 350,200 fish.

Here is the latest Columbia River sockeye data by state Fish and Wildlife: The 333,997 sockeye counted at Bonneville Dam is the 5 th highest through July 14 th since at least 1938 (updated count ...

Earlier this summer, the record return of sockeye salmon on the Columbia River looked to be doomed by water too warm to pass. But the run got a well-timed break from the heat. The Fish Passage ...

After a year, the young fish move down to the Columbia River, where they are flushed to the ocean. In the Pacific, the sockeye will start a three-year journey that might take them to Alaska or ...

They thrive by the millions in Alaska and British Columbia, but have struggled in the Northwest. The Snake River sockeye faced intense commercial fishing in the 1880s. By 1910, a dam was closing ...

Smashing records, sockeye salmon are booming up the Columbia River, in a run expected to top 700,000 fish before it’s over. But a punishing heat wave has made river temperatures so hot many may ...