Forecasts for salmon fishing in the Columbia River in 2025 is out. Overall, the news is good. The only exception is the summer Chinook run.

Plus, there are early reports of spring chinook being caught on a few local tributaries. Merwin is still fishing well, although most anglers who report are headed to the annual Lake Chelan Kokanee ...

Longtime Cowlitz River fishing guide Dave Mallahan of Fishing ... two months the numbers of anglers will also build. Mallahan reports that many fishers need to pay more attention to boating ...

Plus, the later returning tributaries, like the Kalama and the Cowlitz, are slowly starting to get more fish every week.