The total sport catch of fall chinook salmon this year in the lower Columbia River — 25,677 adult chinook through this past Sunday, Sept. 25, — is now the second largest since at least 1980 and could well take over the top spot in the coming days.
The total sport catch of fall chinook salmon this year in the lower Columbia River — 25,677 adult chinook through this past Sunday, Sept. 25, — is now the second largest since at least 1980 and could well take over the top spot in the coming days.