More fishing seasons on the Snake and Columbia rivers will be closing or remain closed under new emergency rules due to low returns of steelhead. The steelhead return is the fourth-lowest on record ...

The Lake Pend Oreille Thanksgiving Derby runs Nov. 22-26 and Nov. 28-30 with a short break for Thanksgiving. (Get entry details and more at LPOIC.org.) A friend trolling a fly on a planer board took a ...

A common setup for many anglers during the fall chinook salmon season is to troll downstream with a flasher and a Superbait stuffed with scented tuna. ENTERPRISE — Starting Friday, Sept. 19, and ...

Lower Columbia River spring Chinook salmon seasons closed June 1, 2023, due to low salmon returns. (Terry Otto for The Columbian) The recreational fishery for spring Chinook salmon and steelhead on ...

With the days getting longer and the warmer, people are gearing up for an exciting season of fishing all the way till the end of fall. Tri-Cities offers an incredible number of places to go fishing ...

Anglers in the popular Buoy 10 fishery at the mouth of the Columbia River will be limited to keeping only hatchery chinook and hatchery coho salmon during the 2023 summer season. (The Columbian files) ...

To the editor — I attended the recent field hearing of the House Natural Resources Committee on the importance of Eastern Washington’s Lower Snake River dams. Rep. Newhouse’s invitation promised ...

Upvalley Anglers — On The Road. My in-town office is the post office on Main Street. I drop off mail and pick up stories. Listen to this adventure told to me by Ron Cia. He and Ron Ogletree decided to ...

LEWISTON – The Clearwater River is setting up for a fun season of steelhead fishing, according to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. The river that is known for its strain of big, rod-bending ...

There’s no reason a steelhead should eat a fly that skitters across the surface of a river. Actually, there’s no reason steelhead should eat flies at all. Steelhead leave the Pacific Ocean and swim ...