ODFW Prepping Anglers For Hot Summer, Low Waters, Fish Impacts And Alternative Ops
With record-low snowpack and abnormally dry to extreme drought across most of Oregon, state fishery managers say conditions will present issues for salmonids, including disease, though they likely won’t implement afternoon/evening closures.
Federal Judge Again Denies Quinault Move To Expand Fishing Grounds South
A federal judge in Seattle yesterday denied the Quinault Indian Nation’s motion to reconsider their request to begin proceedings to include the Lower Columbia and Willapa Bay as part of their usual and accustomed fishing grounds.
Washington Coast Salmon Seasons Open June 20
WDFW lays out 2026 salmon seasons for Marine Areas 1, 2, 3 and 4, the waters off Ilwaco, Westport, La Push and Neah Bay.
SW WA, Lower Columbia, Lower Willamette Fishing Report (6-9-26)
Early June 2026 spring Chinook, steelhead, shad and sturgeon catch stats for the Lower Columbia, select Southwest Washington tributaries and the lower Willamette River.
WDFW Shuts Down North Fork Nooksack Spring Chinook Fishery
In another after-hours rule change notice, Washington state salmon managers announced that the North Fork Nooksack spring Chinook fishery will be closed starting tomorrow, June 9, because “Catch survey data indicates the maximum allowable encounters of wild Chinook has been reached.”
WDFW: ‘Unfortunate We Were Not Able To Open’ Icicle Spring Chinook Fishery
WDFW is today making it even more official what Northwest Sportsman reported earlier this week: “Icicle River will not open for spring Chinook fishing in 2026.”
Puget Sound Anglers Asks WDFW To Push DOI On Skokomish Boundary Issue
It’s been more than a decade since state anglers last fished the lower Skokomish for hatchery salmon, but some haven’t given up on being able to one day again access the Hood Canal river.
Oregon Kids Asked To Help Name New Fish And Wildlife K-9
Oregon fish and wildlife troopers’ new 1-year-old Labrador needs a name, and youths aged 9-17 are being asked to come up with one that’s related to the outdoors, wildlife or fish.
WDFW: No Icicle Springer Fishery This Season
The Icicle Creek spring Chinook sport fishery has not only been postponed – it’s been canceled for the entire season.
A Tale Of Two Chinook Fisheries
BY ANDY WALGAMOTT, NORTHWEST SPORTSMAN MAGAZINE Whiplash. That’s what I was feeling Tuesday afternoon. At 4:29 p.m., ODFW emailed to say they had greenlighted two-rod fishing on the Willamette, the river I’m trying to turn into my new home waters. Yippee, now I can run a second 360 and spinner!! (And probably just catch twice […]
Federal Judge Denies QIN Bid To Expand U&A To Lower Columbia, Willapa Bay
A federal judge in short order has denied a Quinault Indian Nation bid to expand their usual and accustomed fishing and shellfishing grounds to Willapa Bay and 60 miles up the Lower Columbia, though it could always be appealed.
Two Rods To Be Allowed For Willamette Springers Starting Wednesday
ODFW announces that the two-rod validation will be allowed on the Willamette for spring Chinook and other species except sturgeon starting June 3 after inseason counts at the falls determined broodstock salmon needs would likely be met.
Both Oregon Gubernatorial Candidates Weigh In Against IP 28
There wasn’t very much doubt that Oregon’s Republican candidate for governor would come out against Initiative Petition 28, the measure that would ban fishing and hunting in the state if passed by voters, but so too has the incumbent progressive Democrat.
ODFW Celebrates Reopening Of Southern Oregon Hatchery Burned In Labor Day 2020 Fires
Oregon fishing managers are “proudly” announcing the rebuilding and reopening of the Klamath Hatchery, which raises a variety of trout species, to the public. The facility burned in the Two Four Two Fire and required a foundational redesign of the hatchery house and the installation of 130 steel pilings.
How Hunting Opportunity Would Increase At PNW NWRs Under Trump Administration Proposal
Documents posted to a federal rule-making website provide sharper details about proposed hunting and fishing expansions on national wildlife refuges in the Northwest.
Snake River Shad, Walleye And Prawns, And The ‘Invasional Meltdown Hypothesis’
Up until recently, nobody could really say for sure whether the gazillions of American shad running up the Columbia River were having any impact on salmon and steelhead, either directly or indirectly. That may be changing.