Knowledgeable salmon fishermen are using superlatives to describe early coho action in local waters: “Best fishing I’ve seen in years and years,” said Mike Chamberlain at Ted’s Sport Center in ...

With the third consecutive year of good coho returns forecast, several rivers will be open for wild coho fishing this year that weren't last year, including the Siuslaw, Coquille and Floras/New. Most ...

Despite declines in some salmon runs from Washington, the lower Columbia River and northern California, offshore anglers will see substantially more hatchery coho fishing this year over last, ...

Coho returns to the Columbia River have been way above the projection, with the fish pushing into areas where they are rarely seen, and delighting anglers. With the earlier returning “A” run busting ...

Courtesy of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife It’s a great time to go fishing in Western Oregon. But recent runs of coho salmon have set a record and spawned a mystery. Jeff Ziller is the ...

WASHINGTON – Anglers can prepare for salmon fishing as the 2025-2026 statewide recreational salmon fisheries have been finalized, offering various marine and freshwater opportunities. According to the ...

Idaho Fish and Game commissioners approved a coho fishing season but delayed a hot-topic decision on restoring steelhead harvest seasons during a telephone meeting Monday. The rejected proposal, ...

WE WERE FISHING for coho, but I was treated like a king during a salmon fishing trip off Sekiu on Tuesday. Brandon Mason, the owner of Olson’s Resort (360-963-2311) in Sekiu, invited me out on the ...

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) ...

Puget Sound cohos are still no-shows, for the most part. "The town is full, campgrounds full, moorage full, but the fishing is slow," said Chris Mohr, proprietor of Van Riper's Resort at Sekiu on the ...