Ocean salmon anglers are required to use barbless hooks when fishing for salmon in the ocean. The minimum size for Chinook is 22 inches. For coho the minimum is 16 inches.

Coho fishing should be very good if the catches in the ocean off the mouth of the Columbia River are an indication. Salt water trips are getting quick limits of coho salmon.

The Umpqua River, along with Smith and North Fork Smith rivers, has special regulations this fall due to low returns of both ...

Secondly, a record 50,000 juvenile coho salmon known as smolts migrated from Lagunitas Creek to the ocean in 2023. That is nearly 400% of average, Ettlinger said.

Coho salmon are returning in record numbers and spreading into parts of the Upper Willamette Basin they’ve never historically been seen. After a record number of the ocean-going fish entered the ...

Coho salmon are returning in record numbers and spreading into parts of the Upper Willamette Basin they’ve never historically been seen. After a record number of the ocean-going fish entered the ...

The number of coho salmon returning to the Upper Willamette Basin smashed records for the second year in a row, but it wasn't necessarily a bonanza for anglers. A total of 53,169 adult coho passed ...

Land-based aquaculture is still coming into its own, but it stands to upend an industry plagued by environmental concerns. These coho salmon are being raised on land in tanks at LocalCoho in ...