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....
The numbers of sockeye migrating into the Upper Columbia has dropped off for the year. Boats averaged less than a salmon harvested per boat, ~13 hours per fish. ...
Governor Jay Inslee has paused work on an environmental impact statement for a flood-control project on the upper Chehalis River and directed that a no-dam alternative be developed....
The summer heat can make fishing tough in places. But if you’re flexible about where you fish and what you fish for, there is still plenty of opportunity:...
