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 ...

While trolling 5 miles from the shore of Lake Michigan on Saturday, Capt. Kyle Nied watched one of his clients hook a big salmon on a downrigger. Nied and his party of four anglers had left the dock ...

Courtesy of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife It’s a great time to go fishing in Western Oregon. But recent runs of coho salmon have set a record and spawned a mystery. Jeff Ziller is the ...

The number of coho salmon returning to Oregon’s coastal rivers has improved dramatically in recent years, to the point that the salmonoid may qualify for removal from the federal Endangered Species ...

While anglers are celebrating a strong start to the salmon season, a new Simon Fraser University study warns coho salmon are under serious threat. Marine heat waves and overfishing are among the ...