It's 1 pm on a cloudless Tuesday in mid-May at Boyer Park and Marina, about a half hour south of Colfax. Joyce and Tom Bledsoe carry a cooler full of 24 fish between them to a canopy on the grass, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Wildlife officials hope a new app allows anglers to spend more time fishing and less time registering to catch northern pikeminnow, the fish that’s worth cash in Oregon and ...

The bounty program that pays anglers for turning in northern pikeminnow caught on the Columbia and Snake Rivers opens for the 2025 season on Thursday, May 1. Recreational anglers earn up to $10 per ...

Angler earned $159,310 in 2025 northern pikeminnow reward season. He landed 15,715 pikeminnows in 5 months, some with bonus tags. BPA funds the bounties of up to $10 per fish to reduce salmon loss.

KENNEWICK – A summer spent fishing was lucrative for one angler who earned a record amount of just more than $164,000 for turning in the northern pikeminnow caught in the Columbia or Snake rivers. The ...

Turn in northern pikeminnow you catch in the Columbia and Snake rivers for cash rewards starting May 1. Bonneville Power Administration Richland, WA The 2024 northern pikeminnow bounty season on the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – One angler reeled in over $100,000 in the 2023 Northern Pikeminnow Sport-Reward Program, according to data released by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. The top ...

The Eel River Pikeminnow fishing derby is in full swing to try to thwart the fish, which is invasive in the river. A cash prize of up to $400 is being offered up to anglers who catch the most or ...