A typical fall Chinook salmon taken last year in the boat of guide Bill Monroe Jr. The fish was caught above Bonneville Dam after the Buoy 10 fishery was closed early. (Terry Otto for The Columbian) ...

There are a lot of numbers in fly fishing, and some of the numbering may not make sense to the uninitiated—or to the initiated, for that matter. A higher number means a smaller hook, yet the opposite ...

FORT PECK RESERVOIR — King salmon is not a species commonly associated with Montana, but after Jim Fauth reeled in a new state record on Aug. 8 — a 32.65-pounder that narrowly edged out the prior ...

Two Montana couples went out for a leisurely day of salmon trolling on Fort Peck Lake on Aug. 9. Fishing aboard James and Nancy Fauth’s 25-year-old pontoon boat, Tony and Emily Simonsen were enjoying ...

SHEBOYGAN - The July 8 pre-dawn conditions in the Sheboygan harbor were conducive to a clandestine operation. Low, thick clouds dropped rain on the area and high humidity reduced visibility. But as ...

Social media was burning up this week with reports of a massive run of Chinook salmon up the Salmon River in Pulaski. There were photos of salmon chasing each other over dry sandbars (and with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 23—Fishery managers from Washington and Oregon approved this year's Columbia River recreational spring Chinook salmon fishing ...

Washington and Oregon officials say they will wait to decide whether to reopen spring chinook salmon fishing in the lower Columbia River despite anglers having about 40 percent of their early-season ...