Dalles Pool Closing For Sturgeon Retention After Hot Start To Winter Season
The recreational sturgeon season in The Dalles Pool (The Dalles Dam upstream to John Day Dam) will close effective tonight (11:59 p.m. Monday, Jan. 4), under rules announced today by fishery managers from Oregon and Washington.
Mule Deer Captures Set To Begin On Cascades’ East Slopes, Blue Mountains
Starting in mid-January, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will conduct mule deer captures from helicopters in three study areas along the east slope of the Cascades in Okanogan, Chelan, Kittitas, and Klickitat counties, and in the Blue Mountain counties of Walla Walla, Columbia and Garfield.
Tri-Cities Steelhead Updates (1-4-21)
WDFW estimates 1,345 angler trips in December (352 bank, 993 boat) with 24 steelhead harvested (18 A-run and 6 B-run). 156 wild steelhead were caught and released (90 A-run and 66 B-run).
Second Named To WDFW Commission
Another new Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission member has been officially announced, confirming weekend rumors.