With the feds breathing heavily down their necks, "intensely frustrated" state managers had to shut down hatchery spring Chinook and steelhead fishing on the Lower Columbia effective tomorrow after Endangered Species Act limits on listed salmon were exceeded....
Oregon fishery managers say "human error at ODFW and compounded by infrastructure issues" led to the loss of steelhead smolts that will affect the 2024 and 2025 fisheries on the Rogue and 2025-26 fisheries on the Coos....
Buried deep in the minutiae of the pending 2023-24 Washington fishing regs are rule changes that Forks-area steelheaders and salmon anglers may want to make their thoughts known about in the coming two weeks....
Like a pitbull that won't let go of a little kid, the Wild Fish Conservancy is continuing to try and derail increased hatchery Chinook production for Washington's imperiled resident orcas after a federal judge ruled against the organization's bid to halt...
WDFW and ODFW extended the hatchery spring Chinook fishery on the Lower Columbia by 11 days, with season now running straight through Sunday, June 4....
The third petition in a year to list a coastal Northwest salmonid population has been filed with the feds, with two environmental groups calling for Olympic Peninsula and Chehalis River spring Chinook to be placed on the Endangered Species Act list....
Oregon's second of three 2023 Free Fishing Weekends is coming up on the first Saturday and Sunday in June, and along with free fishing, clamming and crabbing across the state, ODFW is planning nearly a dozen Family Fishing Events that weekend...
Oregon State Police wildlife troopers say a Portland-area man has been indicted by a grand jury of 38 counts of unlawful possession/take of big game and four counts of felon in possession of firearms....
Idaho wildlife managers report three members of a family were recently found guilty of 10 felonies and eight misdemeanors after pursuing an elk herd in a truck and killing at least six animals and wasting four of them. ...
Mid- to late May 2023 spring Chinook, steelhead and shad catch stats for the Lower Columbia as well as Cowlitz, Kalama, Lewis, Wind and Klickitat Rivers and Drano Lake....
Washington wolves have "far exceeded" breeding pair numbers needed for delisting under the 2011 management plan, WDFW is acknowledging, but with packs slow to set up shop in the South Cascades, the agency is recommending only downlisting them from state endangered...
ODFW and a local church are hosting the "most fun-packed family fishing event on the Mid Coast" this Saturday, featuring 1400 rainbows in Eckman Lake and a kid-friendly carnival just across the street outside Waldport....