In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness goes deep on the record coho salmon runs in the Upper Willamette Basin. Urness talks with Chris Kern, the west region manager for 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 river ...

Courtesy of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife It’s a great time to go fishing in Western Oregon. But recent runs of coho salmon have set a record and spawned a mystery. Jeff Ziller is the ...

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Today was silver salmon day, and everyone around the lodge was excited. Guide Luke Valentino and I were assigned to take a family of five up the Kamishak to see if the silvers, also known as coho, ...

The number of coho salmon that returned to the Upper Willamette Basin in 2023 smashed previous records and provided a bright spot for anglers seeking to hook the delicious but enigmatic fish. Just ...

Anglers will get four more days to fish for fall chinook and coho salmon on most of the Columbia River. Oregon and Washington fish managers met Wednesday and approved fishing for chinook and hatchery ...

Here’s how fishing looks this week in the Northwest Lower Peninsula, Northeast Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula, according to the latest report from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.