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Columbia River

Spring and fall Chinook, summer steelhead, and one of the best smallmouth and walleye fisheries in the West.

Bite forecast — Columbia River

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What swims here

Chinook Salmon (King salmon chinook salmon tail oncorhynchus tshawytscha.jpg)
Chinook Salmon#13
Freshwater · Peak May–Sep
Coho Salmon (Salmon coho fish oncorhynchus kisutch.jpg)
Coho Salmon#30
Freshwater · Peak Jul–Oct
Steelhead (Trout.jpg)
Steelhead#29
Freshwater · Peak Oct–Mar
Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu.jpg)
Smallmouth Bass#6
Freshwater · Peak May–Jun, Sep–Oct
Walleye (Sander vitreus.jpg)
Walleye#4
Freshwater · Peak Apr–Jun, Oct–Nov
American Shad (Alosa sapidissima (S0315) (12599984823).jpg)
American Shad
Freshwater · Peak Apr–May