Pacific Northwest Fishing Reports

Due to lower than expected returns of salmon and steelhead to the Columbia River both WDFW and ODFW have decided to close a good portion of the Columbia.

Due to lower than expected steelhead returns WDFW & ODFW have closed steelhead retention on the Columbia from Bouy 10 to Hwy 395 at Pasco. This closure takes place effective Monday August 27th...

Summer Steelhead anglers that have been awaiting the opening of the Green River on Saturday, 2nd June will be disappointed by WDFW's decision to close the river to retention of all steelhead...

This week we'll be able to fish the C & R section of the Skagit and Sauk Wednesday through Sunday, April 18th - 22nd April. Hopefully we'll see water conditions just a tad better than last weekend...

WDFW will have two workshops open to the public concerning the Skagit River Basin proposed steelhead fishery. This will be of great interest to a good many of you that would like to see a fishery on this system...

Tokul Creek will open to fishing on Saturday December 23rd as the hatchery brood stock needs have been met...

Anglers will have an opportunity to retain hatchery steelhead on sections of the Snake River effective October 15th. There also we be increases on steelhead limits on some of the Snake River tributaries...

The Wallace River will open to fishing effective Saturday September 30th. The river reopened as Chinook broodstock numbers have been meet...

We have seen some fairly good fishing on the Skykomish River for both Steelhead and Chinook since it opened on June 1st...