WDFW reports state biologists killed a pair of adult wolves in the Leadpoint Pack territory of northern Stevens County earlier this week in response to a series of calf depredations on private lands in late summer....
WDFW announces winter crab season will begin October 1 in many Strait of Juan de Fuca and northern Puget Sound marine areas, while catch card reviews are ongoing in Areas 10 and 11 to see if any Dungies are available in...
“After taking a short pause to allow for more marine toxin testing, we’re happy to report that razor clams on these beaches are safe to eat and pleased to get digging started,” said Dan Ayres, WDFW coastal shellfish manager. “As usual,...
Late September 2022 catch stats for Chinook, coho and steelhead for the Lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam and select Southwest Washington tributaries....
“With the disease detected in multiple species so close to Oregon, we are concerned it could already be here,” said Dr. Colin Gillin, ODFW state wildlife veterinarian. “That’s why we are asking successful hunters to please get their animal tested this...
Washington's Fish and Wildlife Commission has decided that by the end of this year it will set a policy around the spring black bear season, a limited-entry hunt that is socially controversial among some but biologically sound....
Washington Coast steelhead "trends in abundance, preliminary catch estimates, monitoring efforts, upcoming opportunities to stay engaged in pre-season planning, and to provide their feedback for the 2022-2023 season" are on agenda of an October 20 WDFW virtual town hall. ...
Fall salmon fishing has picked up in the Mid-Columbia's Hanford Reach, where anglers were averaging 1.2 fish per boat this past week, the highest rate of the season so far....
The Wild Fish Conservancy and The Conservation Angler have petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service to list prized Olympic Peninsula steelhead as either threatened or endangered, initiating a process that could lead to further reviews and possibly an ESA listing down...
The opening of razor clam season on Oregon's most productive sands, the Clatsop beaches, has been delayed due to domoic acid levels that have also postponed digging on the north side of the Columbia....
Del Stephens reports on the 2022 edition of the Lipstick Salmon Slayers tournament, which has become the second largest ladies fishing derby in the United States and saw a 29.4-pound Chinook take Big Fish honors....
With enough coho expected to return this fall, state managers announced that the Oregon side of the Grande Ronde, the Upper Columbia from Priest Rapids to Wells Dams and the lower Icicle and lower Yakima will open for retention, with kings...
The driest summer on record, as well as one of the warmest, has left a number of streams across Western Washington running at all-time lows as fall salmon begin to return to them....
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation details over $1 million in grant funding for habitat improvements in Washington's Asotin, Chelan, Cowlitz, Mason, Pend Oreille, Pierce, Skamania and Yakima Counties, as well as other projects....
WDFW issues some regulation updates for coho fisheries on the Skagit and Cascade, including periodic closures on the mainstem and a request not to fish holes likely to hold Chinook on the extremely low-flowing tributary....
