This year’s Northern Pikeminnow Sport-Reward Fishery, which for 30 years has paid anglers to catch qualifying northern pikeminnow in the Columbia River basin, has been extended through Oct. 11 at select registration stations...
Sec 2 (Camas/Washougal) – 42 boats/105 rods kept 49 Chinook, six Chinook jacks, one coho and released four Chinook, one Chinook jack and one coho jack. ...
State and federal agencies are extending the season for the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program on the Columbia and Snake rivers until Oct. 11. They are also boosting the per-fish reward amounts for the remainder of the 2020 season....
Fishery managers were able to reopen the 2020 Chinook retention season starting this Saturday, Sept. 19, four days earlier than scheduled based on preseason planning and run forecasts. ...
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is reopening all recreation lands east of the Cascades to recreation beginning Friday, Sept. 18. Eastside recreation was initially closed on Sept. 8 due to critical wildfire danger. While fire danger overall has...
Despite the unprecedented wildfires and evacuation of six ODFW-managed fish hatcheries, millions of fish at these facilities remain alive with hatchery staff returning as they are able to care for fish and even spawn spring Chinook during a critical time in...
Two men caught setting stolen crab traps in Cape Falcon Marine Reserve of the North Oregon coast await trial following a joint effort of citizen reporting and solid detective work....
Sec 5 (Woodland) – Six bank anglers kept three Chinook. 24 boats/67 rods kept 38 Chinook, two Chinook jacks, two coho and released one Chinook jack and one coho. ...
Meeting September 15 via conference call, the Commission approved a Coho season for the Clearwater River. Fishing for Coho on the mainstem Clearwater River downstream from Memorial Bridge begins immediately with fishing allowed 7 days a week....
Shellfish managers have scheduled 39 razor clam digs on ocean beaches for dates through December. State shellfish managers have also approved the first four days of razor clam digging starting Sept. 16 after marine toxin tests showed the clams are safe...
Fishing and catching picked up this past week for boat and bank anglers. Harvest for the week was the highest on record since the record return in 2015. ...
This morning the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's Public Affairs division sent out a press release on the Fish and Wildlife Commission's big vote Friday changing Columbia River salmon management policies. ...
In a close vote this afternoon, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to make major changes to Columbia salmon reforms, changing sport-commercial allocations and surely giving WDFW budget issues next year and further challenging concurrency with Oregon....
Pointing to hunter ethics and image and longheld wildlife conservation beliefs, Washington Fish and Wildlife Commissioners voted to ban hunting contests targeting coyotes and other animals that don't have bag limits....
Washington DNR has extended its lands closures east of the Cascades through Thursday, Sept. 17, while WDFW is asking deer, elk and other hunters to “cold camp” at state wildlife areas not hit by wildfires but still under high to extreme...