Wildlife officials in northern California last week came across one of the biggest Chinook salmon ever found in the state -- a monster more than 4 feet long and weighing 85 pounds.

MANISTEE, MI – A veteran fishing guide caught the biggest chinook salmon he’s ever seen this week. Larry Raney, owner of Premier Angling Guide Service, was float fishing on the Big Manistee ...

The largest and oldest Chinook salmon -- fish also known as 'kings' and prized for their exceptional size -- have mostly disappeared along the West Coast, according to a new study.

More chances to bag a salmon this summer, but clamming on Clatsop County beaches comes to a close for the season.

Feb. 27 (UPI) --Chinook salmon on the West Coast are getting younger and smaller as the species' kings disappear.The kings are the largest and oldest Chinook salmon, and each year, there are fewer ...

The big salmon measured 44 inches long. Kinns Sport Fishing, via Facebook. The fish is perhaps a “wild” salmon, according to Kinns, because it didn’t have a clipped adipose fin. Such fins commonly are ...

As happens with many big chinook, also called king salmon, the fish nearly took all the line off the reel. “Just looking at that line disappear, it looked like it was going to be about gone ...

The biggest recorded trout or salmon in the Great Lakes was a 63.12-pound laker caught in 1952 in the Ontario waters of Lake Superior. The fish was 51.5 inches long and had a girth of 32.8 inches.

The last of the spawning spring-summer Chinook salmon arrived here in June after a herculean 800-mile upstream swim. Now the big fish — which can weigh up to 30 pounds — are finishing their ...

West Coast seal and sea lion populations have recovered over the past 40 years. All those extra predators may be eating more chinook salmon than people are catching, according to a new study.

Like its old-growth trees, the Northwest’s big, old chinook salmon are largely gone, a new study finds, with implications for Puget Sound’s critically endangered southern resident killer whales.

What has happened to all of our Chinook salmon? The recent discovery of a dead fish (see photo) in Battle Creek in Tehama County was significant enough for the Department of Fish and Game to issue ...