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 ...

One Pacific Northwest man earned $159,310 for spending the summer fishing from his boat and turning in his catch to a ...

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 ...

The pikeminnow catch has reduced predation on salmonids by about one-third. The pikeminnow program is much the same today as when it started, though the base pay has increased to $4 per fish for the ...