A program that pays a bounty for northern pikeminnow caught in the Columbia and Snake Rivers has opened for the current fishing season in the Tri-Cities area. Although the 2026 Northern Pikeminnow ...

THE DALLES — A new app allows anglers to bypass the registration station so they can spend more time and earn more money for reeling in pikeminnows, the salmon-eating predators in the Columbia and ...

Details on the Pikeminnow Reward Program, including fishing tips and the location of check stations: (800) 858-9015 or www.pikeminnow.org. It’s time to fish for fame, and especially for fortune. The ...

The Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program met its annual goal to remove 10% to 20% of pikeminnow in the Columbia and Snake rivers that prey on juvenile salmon and steelhead, the Bonneville Power ...

Determining the pikeminnow population size in Merwin Reservoir was one of the tasks done by researchers before the federal fishery agencies decide whether salmon and steelhead will be reintroduced ...

The most effort so far this season has occurred in The Dalles with 1,411 anglers with 22,307 fish for 15.8 per angler with four tags recovered. Northern pikeminnow, a large member of the minnow family ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A popular Northwest fishing program is getting a late start this year due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The 2020 Northern Pikeminnow Sport-Reward Fishery will not open on May 1, ...

Anglers looking to fill their pockets with a few extra dollars will get some extra days to cash in on the northern pikeminnow reward program in the Columbia and Snake rivers. The recent high catch ...

Lower, warmer water conditions are likely contributing to the bumper crop of pikeminnow caught during this year's Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program. Compared to this time last year, the ...

It ain't chump change. The top 20 anglers in the 2013 bounty program for northern pikeminnows on the Columbia and Snake rivers were well into five figures, ranging from a high of $76,478 down to ...