Awaiting Chinook Run, Salmon Anglers Pound Pinks
502877
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario _ Chinook salmon haven't reached the rapids of the St. Marys River in fishable numbers yet. They're still stacked up like cordwood farther downstream, where anglers in boats are having a field day.
390194
It's not a long season, there are plenty of restrictions and fishermen can't keep their catch.  But starting this morning, anglers will once more be angling for sea-run Atlantic salmon in Maine.
524259
By Rob Pavey< Staff Writer  CLARKS HILL, S.C. - Each morning, Susan Izbick sells plenty of minnows, tiny weighted jigs and other necessities to anglers bound for Thurmond Lake.
534734
By Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Jun. 25--DICKINSON, N.D. -- We hadn't even hit the water, and already, this was turning into a memorable fishing trip -- in the very best sense of the word.
541192
By Eric Sharp, Detroit Free Press  Sep. 10--BALDWIN -- This isn't something you hear of too often: an angler complaining that the fish are too big.
34882
To catch a mature Lake Ontario king salmon, with the trees showing the first of their fall colors, makes for a rare fishing experience.
652952
By Will Elliott  The Lake Ontario fall salmon run got an exceptionally early start this season.  Typically, after the spring salmon run in May, king (Chinook) salmon scatter to suspended depths across Ontario's vast expanses of open water. This year, they stayed near shore.
685881
By Kie Relyea, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Jun. 3--The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has given a Bellingham salmon restoration group $158,734 in grants.
580751
By Eric Sharp, Detroit Free Press  Sep. 23--The other day, a fisheries scientist was marveling at how pink salmon, after being landlocked in the Great Lakes for only 50 years, have evolved to a three-year life cycle, while pinks in their original Pacific Ocean homeland live only two years.
509531
By Kelly Kearsley, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Mar. 9--The Port of Tacoma is building a new aquatic habitat on the Puyallup River that will function as a rest stop for baby salmon making their way to Puget Sound.
517910
A Pacific Northwest utility must build new fish ladders and take other steps to help salmon swim freely past four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River if it wants to renew its license to produce electricity, federal fisheries agencies said Tuesday.
722820
By Mike Jackson Daily Herald Outdoors Writer  Fish catches made by several junior anglers lead the list of pending records awaiting certification by the IGFA (International Gamefish Association).
512401
By Justin Miller, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Sep. 7--September 7, 2006 - Salmon anglers looking to haul in bright, fresh fish might want to think about heading to the Sacramento River.
104675
By SAMANTHA YOUNG  SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A record run of chinook salmon is expected for California's Klamath River basin this year, prompting a federal fishery panel on Friday to suggest that restrictions on the West Coast salmon fishing fleet be eased for the 2007 season.
49251
By Mark Yuasa, Seattle Times  Mar. 10--The recreational salmon fishing seasons off the coast will be limited for chinook, but it could be a more rosy picture for coho this summer.
148875
By Larry Parsons, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Dec. 18--It's not a good mix. Lots of dirt and gravel running off backcountry roads into streams where steelhead trout go to spawn.   All the sediment mucks up the gravel the fish need to make new steelhead.
29848
River anglers are being warned about a deadly parasite which could wipe out Scotland's salmon stocks.