A day after the first official legal Willamette River spring chinook salmon of 2026 was landed, Oregon and Washington managers approved an early spring season for the lower Columbia River, two days ...

Columbia spring Chinook managers will consider a season on the river below Bonneville Dam that would run through April 8 and an April 1-26+May 2 Columbia Gorge season.

Fishing guide Bob Rees, left, and Paul Marshall with a nice lower Columbia River spring Chinook. (Photo courtesy of Bob Rees) With the fishery expected to have already met its allowable catch, ...

Ice and snow may come and go, but spring is the promise nature never fails to fulfill. People who love to fish are biding their time in this “tweener” season as winter fights to maintain its frigid ...