THE DALLES — A new app allows anglers to bypass the registration station so they can spend more time and earn more money for reeling in pikeminnows, the salmon-eating predators in the Columbia and ...

The Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program met its annual goal to remove 10% to 20% of pikeminnow in the Columbia and Snake rivers that prey on juvenile salmon and steelhead, the Bonneville Power ...

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 ...

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.

Last year the top anglers caught 9,114 fish and three tagged fish worth $73,698; and the runner-up caught 4,916 fish with three tagged fish worth $39,918. Northern pikeminnow, a large member of 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 most effort so far this season has occurred in The Dalles with 974 anglers with 14,816 fish for 15.2 per angler with two tags recovered. Northern pikeminnow, a large member of the minnow family, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Substantial reward increases for the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery make it potentially more profitable for anglers participating in the 2022 season, the Bonneville ...

Lower, warmer water conditions are likely contributing to the bumper crop of pikeminnow caught during this year's Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program. Compared to this time last year, the ...

It ain't chump change. The top 20 anglers in the 2013 bounty program for northern pikeminnows on the Columbia and Snake rivers were well into five figures, ranging from a high of $76,478 down to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A popular Northwest fishing program is getting a late start this year due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The 2020 Northern Pikeminnow Sport-Reward Fishery will not open on May 1, ...