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By Terry Otto, Columbian staff writer
Spring Chinook angling on the Columbia River is open through Friday to both boat and bank anglers from Tongue Point upstream to Bonneville Dam; and from Tower Island Power Lines upstream to the Oregon/Washington border above McNary Dam, plus the banks only between Bonneville Dam and Tower Island Power Lines. The bag limit is two adult salmonids.
"Free Fishing Weekend" is June 9-10, 2018, when fishing licenses are not required of anyone to fish in Washington. Free Fishing Weekend in Washington is always the first weekend after the first Monday in June.
By Bill Monroe For The Oregonian/OregonLive
The river will remain open Thursday below Bonneville through June 15, then will close to chinook until June 22 but remain open for summer steelhead.
Update Columbia River salmon, steelhead fisheries listed in the 2017-18 Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet
Action: Update Columbia River salmon and steelhead seasons listed in the 2017-18 Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet.
Effective dates: June 16 through June 30, 2018. Species affected: Salmon, steelhead.
On Free Fishing Weekends, you don’t need a license to fish, crab or clam anywhere in Oregon.
That’s no license, no tag, no endorsement needed.
Hagg Lake was stocked couple days ago with over 14,000 fish ranging in size from 4 - 24 inches.
Great weekend to get out there and enjoy the lake and the fishing with friends and family.
By Bill Monroe For The Oregonian/OregonLive
Spring chinook salmon fishing will reopen Friday on the Columbia River from Tongue Point, near Astoria, to the Oregon/Washington border.
By Bill Monroe For The Oregonian/OregonLive
Columbia River salmon biologists have downgraded the pre-season spring chinook salmon prediction for the upper Columbia from 166,700 to 116,500 fish.
by Bob Rees
High flows from the snowmelt inundating the Columbia have backed up the Willamette River, causing lake-like effect and quelling the bite.
Spring Chinook catches remain sporadic, and the high tide exchange through the weekend should prove productive for upper bay anglers.
The halibut opener out of Garibaldi didn’t go all that well.
By Bill Monroe For The Oregonian/OregonLive
Oregon and Washington will open summer steelhead fishing Wednesday on the Columbia River from the Interstate 5 bridge downriver to Buoy 10.
MICHAEL ZOGG DEL NORTE TRIPLICATE as posted Curry Coastal Pilot 5/11/18
Sportfishermen on both sides of the border were whacking bottomfish early last week, with limits of both rockfish and lingcod reported out of Brookings and Crescent City.
It was a good week for bottomfish anglers on both sides of the Oregon-California border until windy weather sent anglers back to shore on Thursday and Friday.
The Willamette Salmon Quest, this Saturday's signature fishing and fund-raising event for Portland-area anglers, will take registrations through Friday noon.
