Mid-March 2026 spring Chinook, steelhead, sturgeon and walleye catch stats for the Lower Columbia, lower Willamette and select Southwest Washington tributaries.

On the lower Columbia River from Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 72 salmon boats and 51 Washington bank rods were tallied on the March 7 flight count.

This week in Southwest Washington, we’ve had sunshine and cold weather in the forecast dropping the rivers quickly and turning them clearer and clearer by the day. Steelheading is slowing on the ...

Anglers have more time to go after hatchery steelhead on Salmon Creek. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife set the season beginning Sunday (March 16) through May 23. The WDFW said in a ...

This week in Southwest Washington, the rain and snow are going to give way and give anglers a dry weekend to chase steelhead in the local tributaries. Winter steelhead fishing on earlier returning ...