Forecasts for salmon fishing in the Columbia River in 2025 is out. Overall, the news is good. The only exception is the summer Chinook run.

Officials are still not close to reaching their goal of returning at least 5 million salmon and steelhead to the Columbia River Basin. However, new data shows a positive trend in total abundance ...

“But predicting fishing pressure, catch rates and weather involves some uncertainty, so we want people to recognize that the fall harvest will depend on how much of the state’s walleye harvest ...