Anglers net a spring chinook while fishing near Davis Bar on the Columbia River the last Saturday of the 2010 season. For the first time in years, chinook salmon fishing could be allowed in the ...

Growing up in Oregon was one of the greatest experiences of my life. It is no secret that I love this state, and her vast beauty still stuns me every time I return. I have written several pieces on ...

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 ...

The 53-foot truck rolled down an embankment toward Lookingglass Creek. Photograph courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Some 102,000 spring Chinook salmon smolts destined for the Imnaha ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Salmon are swimming their way up parts of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, making it the perfect time for a fishing trip. KOIN 6 News’ Kohr Harlan went on a fishing ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s recent count of spring-run Chinook salmon returning to the South Umpqua River showed just 17 wild adult fish detected during snorkel ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon is set to receive a “lifeline” $7 million in federal funding to address the state’s fishery disaster impacting Chinook salmon, lawmakers announced last week. Commercial ...

September’s coho rodeo off the central Oregon coast just got rowdy for a little longer. The preseason quota for an any-coho season, 25,000 legal-sized fish, has been boosted to 30,700. Beginning Sept.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it could make hydroelectric dams on Oregon’s Willamette River safe for endangered salmon by building gigantic mechanical traps and hauling baby fish downstream in ...