A summer spent fishing was lucrative for one angler who earned a record amount of just more than $164,000 for turning in the northern pikeminnow caught in the Columbia or Snake rivers.

Lothrup said upper Columbia River summer chinook fishing is likely to be constrained. Fisheries managers are forecasting a return of just 38,000 summer chinook. It’s too early for a fall chinook ...

A summer spent fishing was lucrative ... five days before the end of the season. Fishing conditions, particularly in the lower Columbia River, were very good this year and participation in the ...