My fishing guide, Shiloh Patterson, vividly remembers the first time he hooked a king salmon back in 1997. The fight lasted only 10 seconds before his line snapped, but it was all he could talk about ...
California regulators have decided to ban fishing for chinook salmon on the state’s rivers for a second year in a row, in effort to help the species recover from major population declines. The ...
July 16 has been, for many years, the day that Chinook salmon fishing opens to recreational anglers on the Sacramento, American, Feather and Mokelumne rivers. One of the most popular salmon fishing ...
While work crews continued dismantling dams on the Klamath River, leaders of four tribes gathered on a riverbank last week to watch and offer prayers as a valve on a tanker truck was opened. From a ...
For millennia, Indigenous people living in Alaska and Canada’s Yukon territory have relied on Chinook salmon. The large, fatty fish provide essential nutrients for Arctic living and have influenced ...
KLICKITAT, Wash. — Fishery managers have announced significant restrictions on salmon fishing in the Klickitat River in response to a concerning forecast for the 2025 spring Chinook return. The ...
Summer is picking up speed and moving at a quick pace. As we cross into mid-July, we are starting to change lots of tactics to fit the mold of summer fishing patterns. We are now into hot days with ...
Crystal Robinson remembers the call from her team reporting an adult spawning chinook salmon spotted in a creek leading to the Klamath River, which was the subject of the recent removal of four ...
Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, all anglers age 15 and older must purchase a Columbia River salmon and steelhead endorsement to fish recreationally for salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River and many of ...
A salmon passed through the fish ladder of a key dam on the upper Klamath River on Sept. 24, in what wildlife officials hope is a sign of the iconic fish repopulating ever-greater stretches of the ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Known for its diverse runs of salmon, the Columbia River draws thousands of anglers to test their luck each year. But with salmon runs nowhere near what they once were, fishing is ...