Baker Lake managers report that a record 91,880-plus adult sockeye returned to the Skagit system in 2025, a new all-time high mark in a year that also saw a record outmigration of 1.5 million of the juvenile salmon.
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Acting on a request from the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission, ODFW (after consultation with NMFS) has added more coho fishing opportunity on three Central Coast systems in November....
Early October 2025 coho, Chinook and steelhead catch stats for the Lower Columbia, Buoy 10, select Southwest Washington tributaries and the Hanford Reach....
WDFW is inviting the public to propose changes for the base 2027-29 hunting season package and says the ideas "will play a role in the Department deciding which hunting rule change proposals to consider in the rule making process."...
She wasn't exactly catfishing anyone, but a Northcentral Oregon woman who thought a pic of a sturgeon would turn heads on a dating app snagged the come-hither-with-that-illegal-fish glance of state fish and wildlife troopers instead....
Police booked a 21-year-old male volunteer at WDFW's Issaquah Salmon Hatchery on 10 counts of false reporting yesterday after a string of fake 911 calls that triggered responses for everything from an active shooter to bomb threats to medical emergencies....
The impending loss of Oregon ash trees due to an invasive bug spreading in the region is bad news for waters used by Willamette-Columbia system salmon, steelhead and their forage, according to a new study....
Late September 2025 fall Chinook, coho and summer steelhead catch stats for select Southwest Washington tributaries, Buoy 10, and the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River....
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission approved land acquisitions in Pend Oreille, Douglas and Okanogan Counties, as well as heard about WDFW's draft Resident Native Trout Harvest Policy and held a hearing on coastal steelhead rule change proposals....
Oregon shellfish managers are detailing results of razor clam surveys ahead of the October 1 opener on Clatsop County beaches, the state's best for the bivalves....
A camera just placed in the fish ladder at Keno Dam on Oregon's upper Klamath River captured the first video of a salmon in the facility since the removal of four downstream dams. It follows on salmon observed in the ladder...
ODFW reminds Oregon deer and elk hunters about chronic wasting disease testing requirements and outlines several ways to get their animals checked, including at highwayside sampling stations, via taxidermists and butchers, agency field offices, and drop-off barrels....
Washington fishery managers have posted a survey (included below the news release) on sturgeon angling and conservation as they ask fishermen about "participation and preferences on possible rule changes, including season timing, area closures, limited-entry permits, gear restrictions, and retention or...
Washington anglers and hunters, and fish and wildlife will benefit from $67 million in outdoor recreation and habitat conservation grants announced by the state Recreation and Conservation Office today....
