Oregonian

Spring chinook salmon sportfishing on lower Columbia River extended through mid-June

Columbia River spring chinook salmon sportfishing below Bonneville Dam will continue through June 15 with just one break for a limited commercial fishery Monday. Oregon and Washington biologists met ...
The Columbian

Columbia River to reopen for spring Chinook fishing below Bonneville Dam

A chinook salmon, second from the bottom, swims in the Columbia River with sockeye salmon at the Bonneville Dam fish-counting window near North Bonneville. (Associated Press files) OLYMPIA — With ...
The Columbian

More days added to Columbia spring Chinook fishery

Spring Chinook like this one, caught last year with guide Bill Monroe, should be more plentiful this year, according to the projections. River conditions look to be better, too. (Photo courtesy of ...
The Spokesman-Review

Anglers have shot at 10,000 spring chinook, number of fish returning to Idaho rivers continues to look relatively strong

LEWISTON – Idaho anglers will be able to catch and keep nearly 10,000 hatchery spring chinook, according to the latest harvest share estimates from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. The number of ...
Oregonian

With spring chinook salmon run up 30% at Bonneville Dam, more fishing days added on lower Columbia River

Anglers will get another shot at a better-than-expected spring chinook salmon run on the Columbia River. Bolstered by a 30% uptick in the spring run at Bonneville Dam, Oregon and Washington biologists ...
The Spokesman-Review

Snake River spring Chinook struggling like never before, feds decide against classifying them as ‘endangered’

LEWISTON – Federal fisheries managers found that wild salmon and steelhead from the Snake and Columbia rivers are threatened by climate change like never before and that urgent action is required to ...
La Grande Observer

Imnaha, Wallowa rivers open for spring Chinook June 25; first season since 2016

ENTERPRISE — For the first time since 2016, anglers will be able to fish for spring Chinook in the Imnaha and Wallowa rivers. “All current projections indicate this year’s run will exceed our ...
La Grande Observer

Chinook salmon fishing starts April 22 on Snake River

ENTERPRISE — Anglers can try to hook a hatchery spring chinook salmon in the Snake River in Hells Canyon starting Saturday, April 22. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the spring ...
Los Angeles Times

Wildlife officials truck Chinook salmon to cooler waters in emergency move to help them spawn

In a stopgap measure to help struggling spring- and winter-run Chinook salmon spawn in the face of rising water temperatures and lower water levels due to climate change, state and federal wildlife ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Survey Shows Only 17 Wild Spring Chinook Salmon Return to Oregon’s South Umpqua River

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 ...
KTVZ

ODFW: No spring Chinook season on Deschutes River this year due to continued poor returns

THE DALLES, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has decided there will be no spring Chinook season on the Deschutes River for 2022 due to expected poor returns, but has set the ...