Alsea River Fall Chinook opened Aug. 1, and with the rain early this week, fishing is starting to pick up in tidewater. Trout season opened May 22, and there should be some nice cutthroat around.

Chinook fishing on the Columbia River from Longview, Wash., to Portland is peaking. Anchor anglers working wobblers in 30 to 50 feet of water are having success. Anglers will lose access to ...

Alsea River and Bay and Drift Creek: Aug. 1 – Dec. 31: Daily adult wild chinook salmon bag limit is two fish. No more than 10 adult wild chinook salmon may be retained for the period.

ALSEA - Anglers should smile about good news on the Alsea River. The steelhead run on the North Fork should be better in February and March this winter, thanks to a wild brood stock returning for ...

The Umpqua River, along with Smith and North Fork Smith rivers, has special regulations this fall due to low returns of both ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Fishery managers in Washington and Oregon made the decision today to close the fishing of adult Chinook for the summer, due to low tracking on pre-season expectations.

An initial in-season run update may be available on Sept. 11. The preseason forecast was for 554,000 adult fall Chinook to the mouth of the Columbia River with 374,000 passing Bonneville Dam.

The South Fork Alsea River Backcountry Byway is open year-round. Be sure to watch the weekly half-hour program of Grant’s Getaways. The show airs each Saturday and Sunday at 4 p.m. on KGW.