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Six Days Added to Angle for
Spring Chinook Below Bonneville Dam

by Terry Otto
The Columbian, May 15, 2026

Extension approved after catches come in below forecast

A small fleet of fishing boats cast their lines in the lower Clearwater River during spring chinook season in 2022. (Austin Johnson/Lewiston Tribune file) Ahead of the spring Chinook mid-May Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) run update, the fisheries managers of Oregon and Washington opted in a bi-state meeting last Tuesday to reopen the Columbia River for additional retention days over two weekends.

Anglers will be allowed to fish for, and keep, spring Chinook in the Columbia River below Bonneville Dam for six days, from Friday through Sunday and Saturday, May 23, through Monday, May 25.

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Terry Otto
Six Days Added to Angle for Spring Chinook Below Bonneville Dam
The Columbian, May 15, 2026

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