The action, which took place Thursday, allows anglers to fish for a single hatchery spring chinook from March 1 to April 8 from Bonneville Dam downriver to Buoy 10 at the river’s mouth ....
A day after the first official legal Willamette River spring chinook salmon of 2026 was landed, Oregon and Washington managers approved an early spring season for the lower Columbia River, two days longer than last year’s initial opening.
Stuart Rosenberger of Boise landed this fall chinook near Lewiston in September 2015, which is the peak of the fall run. Fall chinook commonly run in the 15- to 20-pound range and, on average, are larger than spring or summer ... .