Oregon’s application period for potential assistance for COVID-19 impacts to fishing-related businesses is now open and extends through Sept. 8, 2020. ...
Sec 8 (Longview) – 127 bank anglers kept 7 steelhead and released two steelhead. 11 boats/21 rods kept one Chinook, four steelhead and released one jack. ...
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is seeking comments on proposed alternatives for 2021-23 hunting seasons and has scheduled several meetings in August and September to discuss proposals with the public....
Fresh snow had just melted and the scent trail was more than a day old when a yellow Labrador Retriever named Buck went in search of evidence linked to an elk that had been poached on March 19, near Cottage Grove....
Fall Chinook fishing on the Snake, Clearwater and Salmon rivers will open Aug. 18, and Sept. 17 for the North Fork Clearwater River. The Idaho Fish and Game Commission approved the season during their meeting in Idaho Falls on Thursday, July...
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will temporarily close the County Line Water Access Area along the Washougal River in Clark County from Aug. 20 through Oct. 15, 2020. Prior to this closure, the water access area will have...
August is the month for sockeye fishing at Lake Wenatchee. I have been actively participating in this fishery for over 20 years and can say that the techniques have improved dramatically over the past decade. ...
You won't hear WDFW crowing about winning a recent wolf case in court, but the agency's state lawyer called it a "home run of a decision," vindicating staffers' difficult job managing the controversial species....
Lower Columbia salmon anglers are increasingly concerned that key fishery reforms are in danger of "abandonment" as Washington overseers consider making changes to nontreaty commercial allocations and allowable net gear on the big river....
As returning sockeye salmon to the Columbia River continue to exceed preseason expectations, fishery managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced today that Lake Wenatchee will open to sockeye retention beginning Aug. 3, while anglers will also...
Cowlitz River – I-5 Br downstream – 31 bank rods kept two steelhead. Above the I-5 Br – 26 bank rods kept nine steelhead. 39 boats/139 rods kept 97 steelhead and released one jack and two sockeye. ...
Final decisions are still well down the road, but WDFW has identified a pretty jarring set of potential cuts tallying nearly $31 million due to budget reductions and other funding shortfalls for the Fish and Wildlife Commission to take a look...
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife today confirmed its Aug. 6 opening of coastal halibut recreational fishing, which was previously delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Puget Sound Marine Areas 5 – 10 will also re-open with additional fishing days....
A Northeast Washington wolf was lethally removed by WDFW today and its pack, the Wedge wolves of northern Stevens County, is believed to have been responsible for two more livestock depredations not long beforehand....