Smelt are running in the Sandy River and Oregon is opening a rare 7-hour dipping season Mar. 10, 2026, 10:58 a.m. Hagg Lake has had its first shot of catchables and is due soon for some larger trophy ...

On the lower Columbia River from Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 14 salmon boats and nine Washington bank rods tallied during the flight count on Feb. 28.

Oregon and Washington State fisheries managers followed the staff recommendations and anglers will get 39 days to fish the main stem Columbia River for spring Chinook this season.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge in Oregon has ordered narrow changes to hydropower dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest in order to help salmon, saying the Trump ...