Pikeminnow Profit Academy

Save Juvenile Salmon And Earn Cash

You can help save salmon and get paid to do it by going fishing! The Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program, funded by the Bonneville Power Administration and administered by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission , pays anglers for each Northern Pikeminnow they catch that is nine inches or longer.

Rewards range from $6 to $10 per fish and the more fish an angler catches, the more they’re worth. The first 25 in one season are worth $6 each; after 25, they are worth $8 each; and after 200 they are worth $10 each. Verified external tags are worth $500 and verified PIT tag only fish are now worth $200 each!

In 2024, the top-twenty anglers caught an average of 4,677 fish per angler and averaged reward payments of $47,286 each for the 5 month season. The highest paid angler earned $164,260