The Buoy 10 salmon and steelhead fishing season has begun on the lower Columbia River.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said on Thursday that “current catch estimates and projections indicate sufficient summer steelhead” to allow for a season downstream of The Dalles Dam.

Preseason forecasts anticipate a return of 736,200 adult fall Chinook to the mouth of the Columbia River this year, up from the 2024 return of 669,505 fish. The projected coho return is 342,100 fish.

There are three specific time periods in August with different rules depending on location on the Columbia.

Buoy 10 to the Rocky Point/Tongue Point line

Through Aug. 6: The daily limit is two salmon or one salmon and one hatchery steelhead. No more than one Chinook may be retained. Chinook minimum size 24

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