Each year, invasive northern pikeminnow consume millions of young salmon and steelhead, undercutting significant conservation efforts to save Oregon’s anadromous fish. In past years, Oregon sport ...

The 2024 northern pikeminnow sport-reward fishing season has opened for 2024 to help reduce the native predator’s impact on salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River Basin. The season runs now ...

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 ...

Catch a fish, make a buck. Or five to eight bucks (per fish) under the annual pikeminnow bounty program, formally called a “sport reward program.” It's a unique bounty on a predator, funded by the ...

The Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program met its annual goal to remove 10% to 20% of pikeminnow in the Columbia and Snake rivers that prey on juvenile salmon and steelhead, the Bonneville Power ...

Tri-Cities anglers can get a jump on the annual northern pikeminnow program, which offers cash for the fish they catch and turn in. Last year the top earner in the program was rewarded with nearly $50 ...

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 ...

PORTLAND -- The Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program paid out $40,000 in special awards to 20 lucky anglers in September, the Bonneville Power Administration announced today. One angler, ...

Determining the pikeminnow population size in Merwin Reservoir was one of the tasks done by researchers before the federal fishery agencies decide whether salmon and steelhead will be reintroduced ...

KENNEWICK – A summer spent fishing was lucrative for one angler who earned a record amount of just more than $164,000 for turning in the northern pikeminnow caught in the Columbia or Snake rivers. The ...

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 ...