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WDFW Sets Tentative First Razor Clam Dig, Fall Follow-ups

(JASON BAUER)

(WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE PRESS RELEASE)

The first razor-clam dig of the season is tentatively scheduled to begin in late October on four ocean beaches, with additional digs planned through late December.

In announcing its initial digging schedule, …read more…

Scanewa Lake Rainbow Limit Bumped From 5 To 10

ORANGE IS THE HOT COLOR FOR SCANEWA LAKE RAINBOWS, KENNETH SCOTT (LEFT) TOLD OUR ANGLER-WRITER UNCLE WES MALMBERG. HE AND HIS WIFE EILEEN AND FRIEND HEIDI SWIHART, ALL OF RANDLE, LIMITED OUT AT THE COWLITZ RIVER RESERVOIR IN SEPTEMBER 2008. GOOD BETS INCLUDE WORKS OR SHRIMP BEHIND A TROLLING GANG, OR EGGS UNDER A BOBBER. (WES MALMBERG)

(WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE EMERGENCY RULE CHANGE NOTICE)

Daily limit of trout increased on Scanewa Lake

Action: Increase trout daily limit to 10 in Scanewa Lake

Effective dates: Oct. 1, 2011 until further notice

Species affected: Trout

Location: …read more…

5 Dumped, Wasted Pronghorns Were All Does

(OSP)

UPDATE OCT. 12, 2011: A total of $3,500 is now being offered for information on this case, thanks to a $2,500 contribution from The Humane Society of the United States and The Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust.

UPDATE OCT. 7, …read more…

2011 Oregon Deer, Elk Hunting Prospects

FORT ROCK UNIT MULE DEER. (RUGER PHOTO CONTEST)

(EDITOR’S NOTE: With Oregon’s rifle deer season starting tomorrow, I thought I’d repost this roundup of prospects from ODFW)

Big tip of the cap to the cat herders, err, hard-working public affairs folks at ODFW who have managed to round …read more…

Possible New Record Brown Bullhead Reported

POSSIBLE STATE RECORD BROWN BULLHEAD. (WDFW)

UPDATE OCT. 28, 2011: Genetic testing conducted by the University of Washington confirmed that this fish was actually a channel catfish, according to The Columbian.

Word this afternoon that Washington may have a new brown bullhead record.

Brown bullhead, you …read more…

OSP Looking For Info On 5 Dumped Pronghorn

(OSP)

(OREGON STATE POLICE PRESS RELEASE)

Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division troopers are asking for the public’s help to identify the suspect(s) responsible for illegally dumping the remains of 5 antelope carcasses found Thursday morning in the Marvin Hill …read more…

Umpqua Wild Coho Fishing To End As Of Oct. 1

(OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE PRESS RELEASE)

The Umpqua River wild coho fishery will be closed beginning Saturday, Oct. 1, ODFW fishery managers said. The fishery is closed to both adult and jack wild coho salmon.

Since the season …read more…

Another Columbia Fishing Record About To Be Broken?

AMONG THE ESTIMATED 19,251 CHINOOK THAT HAVE MADE THIS A SEPTEMBER TO REMEMBER ON THE COLUMBIA, THIS FINE BRIGHT LANDED OFF THE COWLITZ BY KASSIDY HENSON, WHO REPORTEDLY GIGGLED THROUGHOUT HER FIGHT WITH THE 23-POUNDER. (WRIGHT & McGILL/EAGLE CLAW PHOTO CONTEST)

Lower Columbia anglers are within 519 Chinook of setting another fishing record this summer-fall season.

Through last Sunday, Sept. 25, 25,677 kings have been kept since Aug. 1 between Astoria and Bonneville Dam, a figure that is second only to …read more…

DNR Lifts Burn Ban On State, Private Lands

(WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES PRESS RELEASE)

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that the statewide burn ban on DNR-protected lands will expire October 1, 2011. Recent rainfall and moderating temperatures have reduced fire danger in …read more…

What’s Fishin’ In Oregon (9-28-11)

(WRIGHT & McGILL/EAGLE CLAW PHOTO CONTEST)

Postcard from The Oregon Coast:

Andy, just wanted to forward a couple of pics of some buddies’ recent salmonid scores!

The first one is Mike Turner of Portland. He was out over the weekend in Tillamook Bay trolling plug-cut herring …read more…

 
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