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What’s Fishin’ In Oregon (2-29-12)

NORTH-CENTRAL OREGON ANGLERS LIKE JUDY VILLALOBOS ARE FINDING FRESH WINTER STEELHEAD IN THE HOOD RIVER. (WRIGHT & McGILL/EAGLE CLAW PHOTO CONTEST)

As Oregon anglers await the arrival of the spring Chinook run in bulk, there are other species to chase.

ODFW has been busy stocking lakes throughout Western Oregon while late-run steelies are sliding into coastal streams.

Crabs are crawling into …read more…

What’s Fishing In Washington (2-29-12)

PETE HOBERG SHOWS OFF A NICE STEELHEAD CAUGHT RECENTLY IN THE GRAYS HARBOR AREA. (TEAM GREAT NORTHWEST GUIDE SERVICE)

From Forks to Montesano to Vancouver to Yakima to Tri-Cities to The Middle of Nowhere to Soap Lake to Spokane, there are fish to be caught across Washington in the days and weeks ahead.

WDFW has just fired off it’s …read more…

Chance To Win One Of 10 Guided Turkey Hunts On SW OR Ranch

(OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE PRESS RELEASE)

ODFW’S Access and Habitat program is offering youth hunters (age 17 and under) the opportunity to win a guided turkey hunt on a private ranch in Jackson County during the spring 2012 …read more…

‘Wolf Position Statement’ In The Works At WA FWC

Three months after they approved the statewide wolf management plan, the Fish & Wildlife Commission is preparing another major document on Canis lupus in Washington, albeit a far shorter and more succinct one.

Early next month the nine-member citizen panel …read more…

Another Stuck Pig — 18.54 Tri-Cities Walleye

BRIAN COE AND HIS 18.54-POUND WALLEYE. (BRIAN COE)

When the readout of their digital scale flickered around the 19-pound mark as this past Monday afternoon faded into early evening, Brian Coe and friend Rick Sutherland decided they should probably get the fat walleye Brian had just caught onto …read more…

Larry Cracked Corn, And The Feds Did Care

A Southwest Washington man was fined over $7,500 by a Federal judge last week and has lost his state hunting privileges for a year after pleading guilty to illegally baiting waterfowl, a violation of the Federal Migratory Bird Act.

During …read more…

Lost-net-reporting Bill Unanimously Voted Out Of House

A couple weeks ago I wrote my Washington state representatives Cindy Ryu and Ruth Kagi asking them to support Engrossed Senate Bill 5661, which would require commercial fishermen to report lost nets within 24 hours, when it came up for …read more…

Might just see Judy Villalobos of Hood River in our next Real Women of Northwest Fishing photo feature. "Although I am only one of the few lady anglers in my small town, I don't care — the fish have …read more…

Huge Coho Run Forecast For WA Coast

ANGLERS LIKE DEVON KIRK WILL BE BIG WINNERS IF THIS YEAR'S BIG COASTAL COHO FORECAST MATERIALIZES -- JUST UNDER 600,000 ARE PREDICTED TO RETURN TO TRIBS FROM WILLAPA BAY TO LA PUSH, WITH ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE TOTAL HEADED FOR THE GRAYS HARBOR SYSTEM, WHERE THE CHEHALIS ANGLER CAUGHT THIS ONE LAST SEASON. (WRIGHT & MCGILL/EAGLE CLAW PHOTO CONTEST)

Highlights from today’s Puget Sound and Washington Coast summer salmon forecasts:

Rivers from Naselle to Forks are expected to see nearly 600,000 coho return this fall, roughly 144,000 more than last year.

Leading the charge, Grays Harbor where just under …read more…

SW WA, Lower Columbia Fishing Report (2-27-11)

(REPORT COURTESY FISHERIES BIOLOGIST JOE HYMER)

SALMON/STEELHEAD

Deep River from the mouth to town bridge – From March 1 through June 15, the daily limit for salmon may not include more than one hatchery adult chinook during those days when …read more…

 
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