Looking to make a little pocket money in 2025?  How about a lot of money? Thanks to the Bonneville Power Administration’s funding, and the sport-reward program they support, there’s a bounty of fishing opportunity in the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Literally! Starting in May and running through September hundreds of anglers take advantage of this program and earn money catching fish on hook and line.  This year’s top producer earned just shy of $160,000!

Eric Winther with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is truly an expert when it comes to this particular fish. His seminar will discuss the bounty program and how to make money catching these fish, the biology of these fish and how and where to catch them. Like Eric says, “Since finding them is the hardest part of catching them, how do I find them, why are they in certain areas at certain times, etc.? They were here yesterday, but not today. What happened to them?” He’ll provide the detail you need to catch these fish consistently.

It’s a generous program and with a modicum of effort most anglers can rack-up thousands of dollars in earnings for going out, fishing and having fun.  We have Eric scheduled for 4PM on Thursday in the Blue Theater.