This year’s Columbia River summer steelhead forecast looks grim. ODFW predicts “the 2023 combined preseason forecast for upriver summer steelhead (those destined for areas upstream of Bonneville Dam including…
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President’s Message – June 2023
Summer is arriving to Portland highlighted by– Rose Festival festivities, fleet week, Hood strawberries!!! Long and warm sunny days and cool evenings perfect for outdoor activities, picnics, hikes, sightseeing and…
Conservation Corner – Looking Back at 2019 Wild Columbia River Steelhead Returns
Editor’s Note: We knew 2019 was going to be a bad year for wild steelhead returns in the Columbia River system. A few FCO members found fish on the…
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Conservation Corner
Another Challenging Year for Wild Summer Steelhead Hot summers, warm water, harvest and bycatch, poor ocean conditions, dams, water diversion, hatchery influences, habitat degradation, sea lions, and yes, anglers. I…
Columbia River Steelhead Update
Hello Friends, As most of you have likely seen, Oregon and Washington have “closed the Columbia to steelhead fishing” (their words) as the initially improved 2018 forecast for upriver summer…
