Kyle Bratcher News Today

WENAHA WILDLIFE AREA — When going after steelhead, you have to know what you’re doing.

ENTERPRISE — Anglers can try to hook a hatchery spring chinook salmon in the Snake River in Hells Canyon starting Saturday, April 22.

ENTERPRISE — The Snake River will be open for the retention of hatchery Chinook salmon, effective April 22 through Aug. 10.

ENTERPRISE — For the third year since 2017, anglers will be able to harvest coho salmon from the Grande Ronde River.

ENTERPRISE — For the first time since 2016, anglers will be able to fish for spring chinook salmon in the Imnaha and Wallowa rivers.

ENTERPRISE — For the first time since 2016, anglers will be able to fish for spring Chinook in the Imnaha and Wallowa rivers as the 2022 run exceeds expectations.

Anglers had to wait longer than they have in more than a decade, but they will again get the chance to hook a spring chinook salmon in the Snake River

It’s been another tough year for anadromous fish runs in the Snake and Columbia rivers, but coho are providing a glimmer of good news.

ENTERPRISE — For the second consecutive year, anglers will be able to harvest coho salmon in the Grande Ronde River.

Spring Chinook season opens in Hells Canyon on April 24 ENTERPRISE, Ore. – Spring Chinook season will open in Hells Canyon on April 24 from the Dug Bar boat ramp to the boundary below Hells Canyon Dam. Snake River spring Chinook are currently migrating up the main stem Columbia River and will be arriving in the Oregon section of the Snake in the upcoming weeks. “While it will take a bit for the fish to get here, we like to have the fishery open when they arrive,” said Kyle Bratcher, Acti...