A summer spent fishing was lucrative for one angler who earned a record amount of just over $164,000 for turning in the northern pikeminnow they caught in the Columbia or Snake rivers.
The Northern Pikeminnow Sport Report Program aims to reduce the number of pikeminnow preying on juvenile salmon and steelhead by paying anglers for the pikeminnow they catch and turn into Oregon and Washington Departments of Fish and Wildlife.
The 2024 top earner in the program topped 2023 earnings for a single angler of $107,800, and the record annual earning of just over $119,000 in 2016…