A CHINOOK SEASON similar to 2025, with a coho fishery that could be limited in Puget Sound’s Marine Areas and on the Quilcene River, were the big takeaways from Wednesday’s first state Department of ...

As ice fishing wraps up, anglers are shifting to river fishing, with the Mississippi near Red Wing buzzing as fish gather for spawning. Discover top spots and tips to catch big saugers.

Mid-March 2026 spring Chinook, steelhead, sturgeon and walleye catch stats for the Lower Columbia, lower Willamette and select Southwest Washington tributaries.

Smelt dipping will be allowed in the Sandy River from the mouth up to the Stark Street Bridge on Wednesday between noon and 7 p.m. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the short season ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A line of dipnetters search for smelt at Gerhart Gardens Park on Feb. 18 in Longview. (Photo by Henry Brannan/The Columbian) ...

There will not be a Wednesday or Saturday smelt dip on the lower Cowlitz this week, state managers posted late this afternoon. “Current catch reports from the mainstem Columbia River are insufficient ...

The Yangtze River Basin, a global biodiversity hotspot, has endured severe ecological degradation over several decades due to intense human activity, leading to a marked decline in aquatic ...

Western Washington leaders are monitoring the Cowlitz River as heavy rain pushes decades-old Mount St. Helens sediment downstream, heightening flood risks. Supreme Court could upend a century of legal ...

CASTLE ROCK, Wash. — City and county leaders across Cowlitz County are raising alarms about escalating flood risks along the Cowlitz River, warning that sediment from Mount St. Helens continues to ...

Thousands of residents across Washington are expected to be affected by “major flooding” on Tuesday, as an ongoing atmospheric river brings continued rainfall. Washington Governor Bob Ferguson said ...

Leaders around Cowlitz County said that sediment from Mount St. Helens worsened flooding along the Cowlitz River and called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to start dredging it — a request the ...

The NWS has issued new warnings from Sunday, December 14, to the following areas in Washington: Cedar River, Cowlitz River, and Yakima River. According to the NWS, residents in King ...