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📍 Planning a trip to Pacific Northwest? Start with our complete Pacific Northwest fishing guide — seasons, species, hot spots, and tactics. The weekly reports below cover what is happening right now.
Pacific Northwest fishing report for the week of October 15, 2026: target coho in Puget Sound and the rivers, Chinook on the Columbia and steelhead after a rain.
Pacific Northwest fishing report for the week of October 8, 2026: target coho in Puget Sound and the rivers, fall Chinook on the Columbia and fresh steelhead after rain.
Pacific Northwest fishing report for the week of October 1, 2026: target fresh coho in the rivers after rain, with summer steelhead on the drift and chum arriving.
Pacific Northwest fishing report for the week of September 24, 2026: target coho pushing into the rivers after fall rains and fall chinook on the Columbia.
Pacific Northwest fishing report for the week of September 17, 2026: target fall chinook in the Gorge and Hanford Reach, coho in the tidewater and albacore offshore.
Pacific Northwest fishing report for the week of September 10, 2026: target coho at Buoy 10 in the top 20 feet, fall chinook upriver and albacore offshore.
Pacific Northwest fishing report for the week of September 3, 2026: target coho at Buoy 10 on the incoming, fall Chinook in the lower Columbia and offshore albacore.
Pacific Northwest fishing report for the week of August 27, 2026: troll the Buoy 10 channel edges for Chinook and building coho, or run offshore for albacore.
A field guide to Buoy 10 — the Columbia River mouth salmon fishery — for visiting anglers. How to read the tide, where to fish, what tackle to bring, and…