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 ...

September’s coho rodeo off the central Oregon coast just got rowdy for a little longer. The preseason quota for an any-coho season, 25,000 legal-sized fish, has been boosted to 30,700. Beginning Sept.

The number of coho salmon returning to Oregon’s coastal rivers has improved dramatically in recent years, to the point that the salmonoid may qualify for removal from the federal Endangered Species ...

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 ...

LA GRANDE — A coho salmon fishing season on the Grande Ronde River opened Sept. 1, although state fish biologists don’t expect coho to begin arriving in the river until later this month. This is the ...

Since Oregon coast coho were first listed as Threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act in 1998, habitat restoration and careful hatchery and harvest management have helped recover the ...

Hatchery coho fishing off the Central Oregon coast closed at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday because the quota was met, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reported Tuesday. Oregon and the Pacific ...