A West Coast ocean salmon fishing council has adopted recommended frameworks and quotas for seasons off Northwest, and this ...

Oregon and Washington met by telephone Wednesday and re-opened the Columbia River to chinook salmon fishing from Saturday through July 19. The open area is from the Astoria/Megler Bridge upriver to ...

One of the most complex summer and fall salmon seasons in recent history is locked in place for the Pacific Ocean and Columbia River. Oregon’s coastal fall seasons are typically announced later than ...

The Pacific Fishery Management Council has adopted recommendations for ocean salmon fishing along the Pacific west coast in ...

When the salmon hit the docks in Astoria, Ore., during the Buoy 10 fishery, the town puts on a festival atmosphere. If you go, better make the reservations soon. Most hotels will book up solid. (Team ...

On a tributary of the Clatskanie River, near Astoria, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has set up a “hatchbox.” It’s basically six large barrels: three that filter the stream water and three ...

The impending lemon of a record-low snowpack this summer is nothing to joke about. But for now, anglers in Oregon and ...

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 ...

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission opened a new salmon fishing season on the Coquille River and approved a new statewide kokanee bag limit during a Sept. 12 meeting in Ontario. The changes, which ...

California’s salmon fishermen will head back out to sea this spring for the first time in three years, after the management ...

Three ocean salmon fishing catch-quota options were set by state and federal fisheries officials, and it could mirror last summer’s good season. “Our quota range for coho encompasses last year, but it ...