Forks, Willapa Steelhead Rivers To Close

With worrisomely low returns of wild fish so far to rivers in the Forks area and Willapa Bay, Washington Coast steelhead managers are again closing fishing early.
Springer Season Set On Lower Columbia, Upper Gorge Pools

ODFW and WDFW Columbia salmon managers adopted staff recommendations for initial spring Chinook seasons on the lower river and the middle and eastern gorge pools during a teleconference late this morning.
‘Very Limited’ Skookumchuck Steelhead Fishery Nixed

A long-shot bid to open steelheading on a short stretch of the Skookumchuck below the dam for a large expected surplus of late-timed hatchery fish appears to have run into an unyielding brick wall.