Locally caught buoy-gear swordfish can be on your plate a day after it’s caught. (iNaturalist) While gillnet fishing has substantial environmental impacts, it does have a high rate of catch.

A fine Buoy 10 Chinook salmon caught while fishing with guide Cameron Black. Black reports that before it was closed this past Wednesday, the Chinook bite had been fantastic.

The buoy gear is set to catch fish during the day and fishermen stay close to monitor for catches. Mesh drift nets were often unattended for hours as they floated across the ocean, mostly between ...

Be forewarned, though, the fishing at Buoy 10 is not for everyone. In this portion of the Columbia River, freshwater flows over the top of incoming ocean water, and if there is a wind at all ...