WDFW and Wild Fish Conservancy appear to have reached a settlement in a case that began against the new hatchery summer steelhead program on the Skykomish River and mushroomed to involve dozens of important salmon and steelhead production programs up and...
ODFW announces that Columbia River Subarea halibut anglers will be able to fish two extra days after strong winds made for tough fishing in the early season, while fishermen in the Central and South Coast areas can retain two a day....
There’s a $10,000 fish swimming in Oregon’s Coquille River, where the 2nd Annual Small Mouth Bass Derby kicks off on June 3 and runs through September 10....
"This should be called a draft preservation policy not a conservation policy."
"Thanks to the commission for moving in the direction of conservation of wildlife and the environment rather than giving in to those whose main interest in wildlife is consumption."
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For the second year in a row, a portion of Lookingglass Creek in Oregon's Union County will open for hatchery spring Chinook, starting June 3, which falls on the start of the state's Free Fishing Weekend....
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....