Here are some tips from him and Eric Winther, pikeminnow program manager. • Pikeminnow hang around structures like boulders, pilings and wing dams. They aren’t strong swimmers and can’t hold in heavy ...

Why Does the Columbia River Basin Need This Program? “Northern pikeminnow are voracious predators,” explained John Hone, a fish biologist. “Reducing their numbers has a direct impact on salmon ...

The 2023 season opened May 1 for pikeminnow, the fish that earns anglers a bounty if they register first and catch them in the Columbia or Snake rivers of Washington and Oregon. “Catch cash, save ...

The bounty program that pays anglers for turning in northern pikeminnow caught on the Columbia and Snake Rivers opens for the 2025 season on Thursday, May 1. Recreational anglers earn up to $10 per ...

It's 1 pm on a cloudless Tuesday in mid-May at Boyer Park and Marina, about a half hour south of Colfax. Joyce and Tom Bledsoe carry a cooler full of 24 fish between them to a canopy on the grass, ...

The 2024 Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program turned into the ultimate fishing side hustle for one dedicated angler, who earned over $164,000 by targeting these predator fish in the Columbia and ...