SW WA Steelhead Scale-sampling Project Needs Angler Volunteers
Calling all citizen-science steelheaders. WDFW is looking for anglers to help collect scales off winter-runs they catch on a number of Southwest Washington rivers this season “for the purpose of assessing age composition” of the fish.
Bill Requiring License To Dip Cowlitz Smelt Heard in Olympia
Quick, name the two Northwest counties with the ignominious distinction of having the most residents cited during last year’s smelt opener on the Cowlitz River – the one in which 2,800 pounds worth of overlimits of the ESA-listed fish were seized by game wardens.
Copalis Beach Opening For 3 Days Of Razor Clam Digs
WDFW announces that Copalis Beach will open for razor clam digging on evening low tides on January 21, 23 and 25, but other Washington Coast beaches will remain closed due to unsafe marine toxin levels.