A federal fisheries biologist is sharing his guarded assessment of 2018's annual spring survey of young salmon off the Northwest Coast, one that offers a glimmer of hope for future Columbia River runs but also comes as the Pacific continues to...
Washington's Southern Resident Killer Whale Task Force has transmitted its recommendations for how to help out the state's struggling orcas to Governor Inslee, and members of the sportfishing community are reacting to the final package....
More details are coming out about last week's large-scale joint state-tribal survey on Lake Roosevelt, one that alarmingly turned up a 6-pound pike just 10 miles from Grand Coulee Dam and a 27.5-pound northern in the upper Spokane Arm, but may...
From an ADA-accessible blind at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Sal Trujillo watched as the first rays of sun peeked above the surrounding hills. Flocks of mallards, pintails and tundra swans soon filled the sky....
Significantly increasing Chinook abundance to help out starving orcas is among the recommendations Washington's Southern Resident Killer Whale Task Force voted to forward to Governor Jay Inslee yesterday....
More grim news on Lake Washington sockeye. This year’s second lowest count at the Ballard Locks was followed by an “all-time low” spawning run of the red salmon up the Cedar River. “Now just about everything that can go wrong is...
Opening weekend of Washington's rifle deer season was "good" in the state's northeast corner and average in the Okanogan, according to results from check stations....
Ahead of a five-year review and public comment on Columbia salmon and steelhead reforms, fishing advocates are sending out red alerts the tide might be turning in the lower river....
It was a tale of two rivers growing up. OK, three, since we lived for several years just off the banks of the Sultan, a tributary of the Skykomish. Born in the mountains, they've always symbolized true rivers in my mind....
There actually are some good signs out there – solid postseason buck escapement numbers in places, an easy winter that should mean more available deer in previously hard-hit units, and a liberalized bag limit in a key area for certain weapons...
While Beaver State bowmen have already taken the field, rifle hunters get their first cracks at deer and elk later this fall as their seasons open. What should they expect?...
A litigious native fish group appears to be in the process of dropping its complaint against federally funded Columbia River salmon and steelhead hatcheries. ...
Here is your chance to meet the guides and staff of Nootka Marine Adventures – the largest fishing resort operator on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. Drop by booth #1212 at the Portland Expo Centre from February 8th to...
