The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe has begun another warmwater test fishery on Lake Washington by deploying more than a dozen net sets on the east side of Mercer Island this week, alarming fans of the big metro lake's smallmouth and other spinyray...
Youth interested in learning all about turkey hunting are invited to a free clinic April 3 at the Denman Wildlife Area in Central Point. The turkey hunting clinic is open to youth age eight to 17....
With the spring turkey season set to begin April 15, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) urges new, prospective hunters to complete hunter education now to participate in 2021 hunting opportunities....
Lower Columbia mainstem from Bonneville to Astoria – 219 salmonid boats and 119 Washington bank rods were tallied during Saturday’s (3/13) effort count. ...
Fishery managers have developed options for Washington's ocean salmon fisheries that reflect the need to minimize impacts to low forecasted abundances of coastal coho stocks while providing opportunities to access the large forecast for Columbia River coho....
Congratulations to Adam Mann of Mosinee, Wisconsin, on landing the latest record yellow perch from Lake Cascade. After being weighed locally on a certified scale and inspected by a Fish and Game biologist, Mann was awarded a new certified-weight state record...
Another element of normalcy – maybe one of the final missing pieces? –returns to the Northwest fishing and hunting world in the time of Covid as the first in-person sportsmen's show in almost exactly a year opens today near Bend....
Lower Columbia mainstem from Bonneville to Astoria – 143 salmonid boats and 78 Washington bank rods were tallied during Saturday’s (3/6) effort count. ...
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is seeking public comment on an environmental analysis of a proposed update to the Department’s hatchery reform policy....
A Steller sea lion has been lethally removed at Willamette Falls, another first as Northwest states and tribes work to reduce pinniped predation on ESA-listed salmon, steelhead and other stocks in the Columbia system....
Fishery managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) today announced a March 13 opener to coastal recreational bottomfish and lingcod fishing with expanded angling opportunities....
Idaho elk and deer hunters had increased harvests in 2020, and elk hunting continues to steam toward all-time highs for consecutive years of harvest above 20,000 animals....