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PORTLAND — Sturgeon fishing will not open as usual on Jan. 1, 2026, for the Bonneville and The Dalles pools on the Columbia River. Fishery managers in Oregon and Washington decided during a hearing on ...

Lurking in the Snake River is a remnant of long ago, when giants ruled the world. The white sturgeon is Idaho’s largest fish, reaching up to 15 feet and exceeding 1,100 pounds. They remain throughout ...

Tip of the week: With sturgeon fishing now open on Lake Roosevelt, anglers should know that sturgeon fishing while anchored is not the same as salmon fishing while anchored. Salmon will eventually ...

A one-day retention season for sturgeon was held on Monday in the Columbia River’s Bonneville Pool, and although anglers did catch the lion’s share of the catch quota, they did not blow past the quota ...

The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho raises juvenile white sturgeon at their hatchery near Bonners Ferry, Idaho. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) Ecologists describe the sturgeon as a living dinosaur. The large ...

Fisheries managers on the Hells Canyon section of the Snake River are contemplating a future in which they may routinely move sturgeon and possibly boost their numbers through a hatchery program. It ...