With "largely encouraging" Chinook and coho forecasts, the West Coast ocean salmon fishing council has adopted options for 2026 seasons off Washington, Oregon and the rest of the coast, and here's ...

Commercial and recreational fishing for Chinook salmon will be banned this year in marine waters off California, and most of Oregon due to historically low fall-run Chinook salmon returns to the ...

Will there be salmon seasons this year on the ocean waters off the California Coast and on the Sacramento and Klamath rivers? We will get an idea of the potential for recreational and commercial ...

Ocean salmon fishing in California has been canceled through May 15 to protect Sacramento River and Klamath River fall Chinook, state officials said. Salmon fishing for the entire year could be nixed, ...

Chris and Larissa Giffin hold a fine fall Chinook taken during last year’s Buoy Ten fishery. They were fishing with guide Matt Eleazer of Eastfork Outfitters. (Photo courtesy of Top Guides NW) Ocean ...

Open ocean salmon fishing last weekend generated quite a bit of anticipation and excitement. As expected, there were hundreds of boats fishing for kings on Monterey Bay for the “limited opening” on ...

Oregon’s spring ocean salmon season was supposed to open in mid-March, but the National Marine Fisheries Service closed both the recreational and commercial seasons through mid-May in much of the ...

A large swath of the West Coast that’s been dealing with drought could soon see a ban on ocean salmon fishing. The ocean salmon fishing season is set to be prohibited this year off the coast of ...

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A deckhand nets a salmon reeled in from the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Ilwaco. (Photo by Al Thomas) Salmon fishing in the ocean at Marine Area 1 (Ilwaco) will close beginning Tuesday after ...

Three ocean salmon fishing catch-quota options were set by state and federal fisheries officials, and it could mirror last summer’s good season. “Our quota range for coho encompasses last year, but it ...