Salmon Fishing USA

An unexpected rush of red salmon to the Kenai River is proving a boon for sport and commercial fishermen.

Fisheries officials fear the number of Chinook salmon in the Yukon River will set a record low this season, while subsistence fisheries in Yukon and Alaska are being asked to reduce how much they catch.

This years run of spring Chinook returning to the Columbia River 291,000 adults counted passing Bonneville Dam by the last day of spring is comfortably above the 10-year average of 204,000. By contrast, the annual average in the decade of the 1990s, when 12 populations of steelhead and salmon in the Columbia Basin were listed for protection under the Endangered Species Act, was only 60,500 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A world-class river for sport king salmon fishing is closed, leaving outfitters and guides wondering where all the big fish have gone. They know where their clients went. The...

Local anglers are eagerly anticipating the first Chinook salmon fishing season on the Feather River in several years.