Preparing for the 2024 Columbia River Spring Chinook Fishing Season

Nice fat springer caught just above Warrior Rock

The first thing you should know about the 2024 Columbia River Spring Chinook fishing season is that it’s almost here! We’ve had a few chinook go over the Bonneville Dam, and a few reports of chinook caught in the lower river and now is the time to take stock of our gear and make plans to go fishing for the tastiest of all PNW Salmon.

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Columbia River Spring and Summer Chinook Salmon Forecast 2024

Columbia River Spring chinook 2023 1

Before the spring and summer salmon seasons get announced on the Columbia we get to review the final tally of the 2023 returns and the 2024 forecast.

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Washington salmon fishing seasons tentatively set for 2023-24

Box full of fresh chrome salmon

April 6, 2023
Contact: Fish Program, 360-902-2700
Media contact: Mark Yuasa, 360-902-2262

Washington salmon fishing seasons tentatively set for 2023-24

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Columbia River Fishing 2023

Nice mid teens spring chinook from the lower columbia river

Every year the Columbia River draws thousands of anglers to its banks and waterways to chase incredible numbers of salmon and steelhead. This blog post exists to provide tools you can use through the 2023 season to keep track of the runs of salmon and steelhead, monitor the forecasts and be dialed into fishing reports and in some cases detailed how-to pages.

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