Author: Andy Walgamott

Oregon and Washington fishery managers recently announced seasons and regulations for 2021 Columbia River summer and fall salmon and steelhead fisheries....

A sportsmen's show organizer whose company pulled off the first large-scale consumer events in the Northwest during the pandemic reports good business and few compliance issues at two held in Oregon last month....

Reason for action: The 2021 Columbia River forecasted return of upriver spring Chinook salmon is sufficiently abundant to allow for harvest opportunity on the Snake River based on WDFW Commission Policy C-3620. The U.S. v. Oregon (2018-2027) Management Agreement provides Endangered...

"The Department is well positioned for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead." That is literally the bottom line in an all-staff message yesterday from WDFW Director Kelly Susewind coming out of the just-concluded Washington legislative session....

Drano Lake – 27 bank Kept one Chinook. 122 boats/298 rods kept 48 Chinook and released three Chinook. ...

There aren’t many good-news stories in the Puget Sound steelhead world, but today we have two. With federal approval in hand, WDFW began releasing a new local strain of summer-runs into the Skykomish, ensuring continuation for the popular fishery on the...

Washington's wolf population rose once again – and sharply this past year – and now number a minimum of 178 as of this past winter count, up from 145 at the end of 2019, according to WDFW....

The statewide trout fishing season heats up beginning April 24, when hundreds of lakes throughout Washington open for business and the annual statewide trout derby kicks off for 2021....

Last fall saw the highest Washington deer harvest since 2016 as nearly 10,000 more deer hunters than the previous season also took to the woods and fields of the Evergreen State....

A major new piece of legislation, co-sponsored by Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio, was introduced in the House of Representatives today. The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2021 (RAWA) would provide vital new resources for the conservation of Oregon’s at-risk fish and...

State wildlife biologists counted 173 wolves in Oregon this past winter, a 9.5 percent increase over last year’s count of 158 according to the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management 2020 Annual Report released today at odfw.com/wolves....

With North of Falcon wrapping up late last week, WDFW is now beginning to post the agreed-to 2021-22 Chinook, coho, sockeye, pink and chum salmon fisheries....

Diamond Lake anglers who harvest rainbow trout over 20 inches can help ODFW maintain the lake’s quality fishery by providing scale samples from their catch. Anglers who donate scale samples have a chance to win a $50 prize....

John Day Pool – 35 boats/89 rods kept 333 walleye and released 133 walleye. ...

Reason for action: Allows sport harvest opportunity for hatchery spring Chinook as agreed to under the 2021 co-management Harvest Agreement for spring and summer salmon fisheries in the Quillayute River system. ...

Despite a strong projected coho return to the state’s ocean waters, this year’s Washington salmon seasons largely reflect continued low runs of some wild Chinook and coho stocks, especially in Puget Sound, state fishery managers announced yesterday....