PASCO, Wash. - Fishery managers have announced additional salmon fishing days in the Columbia River, extending from west Puget Island to the Highway 395 Bridge in Pasco, through Sunday, Sept. 21.

The daily limit is two adult salmon, but only one may be a Chinook.

Wild coho caught downstream of the Hood River bridge must be released, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced.

“While the overall forecast is lower than preseason expectations, the projection for upriver brights is tracking similar to expectations,” said Ryan Lothrop, WDFW’s Columbia River Fisheries Manager. “That gives us flexibility within our allowable harvest limits to provide additional opportunity in the lower river while still meeting our conservation obligations.”

Fishing is closed near Tanner

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