States add more Columbia River spring Chinook recreational fishing days

CLACKAMAS, Ore.—Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington added more recreational spring Chinook fishing days on the mainstem Columbia during a joint state hearing today. Eleven additional fishing days for the area from the Tongue Point/Rocky Point line in the estuary upstream to the Oregon/Washington border (upstream of McNary Dam) were adopted.

Open dates, areas, and daily adult bag limits for the days added follow:

Downstream of Bonneville Dam 

Dates: Friday, June 5 through Monday, June 15

Open area: Tongue Point/Rocky Point line upstream to the Bonneville Dam deadline. For exact boundaries visit the 2026 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations.

Retention allowed: Open for hatchery Chinook and hatchery steelhead 
Daily Adult Bag Limit: Two adult hatchery salmonids (Chinook or steelhead) per day, but only one may be a Chinook.

Upstream of Bonneville Dam 

Dates: Friday, June 5 through Monday, June 15

Open area: Tower Island power lines (approximately six miles downstream of The Dalles Dam) upstream to the Oregon/Washington border, plus only the Oregon and Washington banks from Bonneville Dam upstream to the Tower Island power lines.

Retention allowed: Open for hatchery Chinook and hatchery steelhead 
Daily Adult Bag limit: Two adult hatchery salmonids (Chinook or steelhead) per day, but only one may be a Chinook. 

All other permanent regulations apply, including the permanent retention regulations for hatchery steelhead (which differ above and below I-5 Bridge) on days when hatchery spring Chinook retention is not allowed.

Anglers are reminded that from March 1 through June 15 on days when the mainstem Columbia River recreational fishery below Bonneville Dam is open to retention of Chinook, the daily salmonid bag limit in Oregon and Washington Select Areas will be the same as mainstem Columbia River bag limits.

For the latest on Columbia River fishing regulations, see the ODFW Recreation Report.