While this year's Columbia spring Chinook run exceeded the preseason forecast, allowing extended fishing, unfortunately, the big river's sockeye return is not following suit.| nwsportsmanmag.com
This year's Baker Lake sockeye run is now expected to smash a record set just two years ago.| nwsportsmanmag.com
A pair of Upper Columbia summer salmon derbies have been cancelled due to much lower returns of sockeye than expected and to help keep fishing open for other anglers, but meanwhile WDFW is reported to be considering "bubble" Chinook openers thanks to a somewhat larger return of summer kings than expected.| nwsportsmanmag.com
Washington sockeye managers are reducing the daily bag limit and the number of open days on the Columbia from Tri-Cities to the Brewster Pool after a runsize update earlier this week shrank the available quota. Changes begin July 7.| nwsportsmanmag.com