Why Does the Columbia River Basin Need This Program? “Northern pikeminnow are voracious predators,” explained John Hone, a fish biologist. “Reducing their numbers has a direct impact on salmon ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Wildlife officials hope a new app allows anglers to spend more time fishing and less time registering to catch northern pikeminnow, the fish that’s worth cash in Oregon and ...

One Pacific Northwest man earned $159,310 for spending the summer fishing from his boat and turning in his catch to a ...

The bounty program that pays anglers for turning in northern pikeminnow caught on the Columbia and Snake Rivers opens for the 2025 season on Thursday, May 1. Recreational anglers earn up to $10 per ...

It's 1 pm on a cloudless Tuesday in mid-May at Boyer Park and Marina, about a half hour south of Colfax. Joyce and Tom Bledsoe carry a cooler full of 24 fish between them to a canopy on the grass, ...

Each year, invasive northern pikeminnow consume millions of young salmon and steelhead, undercutting significant conservation efforts to save Oregon’s anadromous fish. In past years, Oregon sport ...

KENNEWICK – A summer spent fishing was lucrative for one angler who earned a record amount of just more than $164,000 for turning in the northern pikeminnow caught in the Columbia or Snake rivers. The ...

Tri-Cities anglers can get a jump on the annual northern pikeminnow program, which offers cash for the fish they catch and turn in. Last year the top earner in the program was rewarded with nearly $50 ...

The 2023 season opened May 1 for pikeminnow, the fish that earns anglers a bounty if they register first and catch them in the Columbia or Snake rivers of Washington and Oregon. “Catch cash, save ...