The 2026 Northern pikeminnow Sport-Reward Fishery will open May 1, offering anglers the chance to earn cash while helping protect vulnerable salmon and steelhead in the Columbia and Snake rivers.

Washington’s annual northern pikeminnow reward fishery on the Columbia and Snake rivers opened on Thursday, offering anglers a chance to bring home cash for catching the predatory species. The state ...

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 ...

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

A program that pays a bounty for northern pikeminnow caught in the Columbia and Snake Rivers has opened for the current fishing season in the Tri-Cities area. Although the 2026 Northern Pikeminnow ...

The 2026 Northern Pikeminnow Sport-Reward Fishery in the Columbia River Basin opens Friday. The fishery that pays anglers to catch and keep the native predatory fish will be open daily through Sept.

Anglers can get paid to fish for Northern pikeminnow starting Thursday at sites along the Columbia and Snake rivers, including the Kalama Marina, Ridgefield Marina and the boat ramp at the Port of ...

One Pacific Northwest man earned $159,310 for spending the summer fishing from his boat and turning in his catch to a Washington and Oregon bounty program. It was the second highest amount ever paid ...