chinook salmon

The festival is meant to celebrate the return of salmon into the river system to spawn after years in the Pacific Ocean.

The spring fishing season is starting to heat up on the waters of North Central Washington. The spring season for Chinook salmon on the Icicle River opened on May 16 and will run until June 30. Expert angler Dave Graybill, The Fishing Magician, says the hot temperatures and heavy snowpack in the mountains made for a challenging outset to the new season...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has released its forecast for salmon returning to the Upper Columbia River this year. WDFW collaborates annually with the state's tribes to produce the forecast. This year's projections include the return of nearly 85,000 summer Chinook and over 272,000 fall Chinook, which are similar numbers to the past three years...

The last Rock Island Confirmation Survival Study was completed back in 2021, with an estimated 94% survival rate.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that the Chinook salmon fishing seasons on the Chelan and Entiat Rivers will open at sunrise July 16th and run through sunset October 15th. The daily limit for both is six with a minimum size of 12 inches ...

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) requests that farmers and other irrigators contact the department two to four weeks in advance before irrigation systems are shut down for the season. This is an effort to rescue fish in irrigation canals and place them back to their stream...