KENNEWICK – A summer spent fishing was lucrative for one angler who earned a record amount of just more than $164,000 for turning in the northern pikeminnow caught in the Columbia or Snake rivers. The ...

Each year, invasive northern pikeminnow consume millions of young salmon and steelhead, undercutting significant conservation efforts to save Oregon’s anadromous fish. In past years, Oregon sport ...

THE DALLES — The program that gives anglers a chance to earn thousands of dollars by hooking fish on the Columbia and Snake rivers opened May 1. The Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program ...

Determining the pikeminnow population size in Merwin Reservoir was one of the tasks done by researchers before the federal fishery agencies decide whether salmon and steelhead will be reintroduced ...

The Eel River Pikeminnow fishing derby is in full swing to try to thwart the fish, which is invasive in the river. A cash prize of up to $400 is being offered up to anglers who catch the most or ...

The bounty program that pays anglers for turning in northern pikeminnow caught on the Columbia and Snake Rivers opens for the 2025 season on Thursday, May 1. Recreational anglers earn up to $10 per ...

Anglers who went after pikeminnow had a profitable spring and summer. The Bonneville Power Administration reports that the top earner in its Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program earned $53,100 for ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon and Washington anglers could be reeling in more cash this year after the Bonneville Power Administration announced it will increase the bounty for northern pikeminnow.