In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness goes deep on the record coho salmon runs in the Upper Willamette Basin. Urness talks with Chris Kern, the west region manager for the ...

Coho salmon are returning in record numbers and spreading into parts of the Upper Willamette Basin they’ve never historically been seen. After a record number of the ocean-going fish entered the river ...

The nonselective season for ocean coho salmon starts on Saturday, Aug. 30. That means that any ocean coho salmon at least 16-inches in length is legal to keep — subject to the two salmon daily limit.

Every year the silver (coho) salmon return to their home rivers in August and September, from the Oregon coast up through ...

NEWPORT - As the sun broke over the Coast Range, illuminating the Yaquina Bay Bridge Labor Day morning, nearly a dozen fishermen made their way onto a Newport Tradewinds charter boat for the first ...

While anglers are celebrating a strong start to the salmon season, a new Simon Fraser University study warns coho salmon are ...