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 ...

The program, paid for by Bonneville Power Administration, has cost an average of $1.1 million annually in recent years. Last year, just over $1 million was paid out in rewards. Winther, who like Gross ...