!–paging_filter–pMarch is the time to plan a pilgrimage in honor of Northwest royalty. Spring-run chinook salmon—known as spring kings, or springers—are pushing up the lower Columbia River right now, ...

It is finally feeling like spring around here, and if you are a spring salmon lover, like I am, it is REALLY feeling like spring. Ever since I caught my first spring chinook salmon at the mouth of the ...

For over a month now, I’ve been waking up before dawn thinking about spring-run Chinook salmon. Analyzing fish counts at Columbia and Snake River dams and tracking updates about where and when I can ...

On Dec. 9, Washington and Oregon released the first spring Chinook projections for 2026, and the runs should be very similar to 2025. Some runs are down, but a few are expected to perform better than ...

LEWISTON – Washington is expected to open limited fishing seasons for hatchery spring chinook on two stretches of the Snake River but not at Clarkston. Chris Donley, fish program managers for the ...

Spring-run Chinook have unique habitat requirements for migration, spawning and juvenile rearing. Their suitable spawning habitat is in mainstem rivers and tributaries, and these early returning fish ...

Washington and Oregon officials say they will wait to decide whether to reopen spring chinook salmon fishing in the lower Columbia River despite anglers having about 40 percent of their early-season ...

LA GRANDE — Anglers will have a chance to try to hook a chinook salmon on Lookingglass Creek north of Elgin after all. Earlier this spring, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that ...