bucked the boss Friday and declared the lower Columbia and Willamette rivers and other tributaries will be barbless hook zones for salmon and steelhead fishing effective Jan. 1 (not for warmwater ...

OLYMPIA — Washington salmon and steelhead anglers will be required to use barbless hooks in the lower and mid ... been two trout with a 12-inch maximum-size. Most anglers at the lake already ...

With spring chinook season heating up, will step up enforcement of new barbless hook rules for recreational salmon fishing on the Columbia River and other major fishing spots. Anglers using barbed ...

Barbless hooks required on Columbia Sun., Jan. 6, 2013 Don McBride sets downriggers before sunrise. (FILE) ...

Months ago, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission directed agency officials to make barbless hook rules for salmon, steelhead and other species, with the exception of sturgeon, voluntary ...

At the Aug. 2 meeting in Salem, Ore, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission refused an agency request to make barbless hooks voluntary on the Columbia River for salmon and steelhead fisheries.

Washington officials have had an itch for years to shift to barbless hooks for salmon and steelhead sport fishing in the Columbia River. It’s been proposed — then postponed because Oregon was ...