There’ll Be More Smelt Dipping After All! (On Oregon’s Sandy)
ODFW announces a noon-7 p.m. smelt dipping opener on the Portland area's Sandy River this Thursday, March 27....
Category: HEADLINES
SW WA, Lower Columbia Fishing Report (3-24-25)
Mid- to late March spring Chinook and steelhead catch stats for the Lower Columbia River and select Southwest Washington tributaries....
The Girl And The Duck And ‘Trophy Shots’
Watching public input before the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission like I have over the years, I've heard a lot of stuff, but I can't recall that any particular comment has ever led me to do a stand-alone story. Until now....
Committee Day For Washington Fish And Wildlife Commission
It was committee day for the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission, and members of the various subpanels talked and heard about the Conservation Policy, federal funding concerns, a potential new keeper sturgeon fishery on the Mid-Columbia, and proposed chronic wasting disease...
SW WA, Lower Columbia Fishing Report (3-18-25)
Mid-March 2025 spring Chinook and steelhead catch stats for the Lower Columbia River and select Southwest Washington tributaries....
Chance For New Turkey Hunters To Get In On A Mentored NE WA Weekend Hunt
Registration for a popular mentored spring turkey hunting workshop in Northeast Washington opens at 7 a.m. March 23....
Smelt 2, Smelt Dippers 0: Saturday A Bust As Fish Stay In Columbia
It was a good day for steelheading and standing in the rain on the lower end of the Cowlitz, smelt dipping not so much....
Bears, Cougars, Ruckelshaus Report On WA Fish and Wildlife Commission Agenda
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will hold public hearings on proposed 2025 hunting season regulations for black bears and cougars, as well as discuss the legislatively mandated Ruckelshaus Report and more at its March 20-22 meetings....
Former WDFW Salmon Staffer Sounds Off On His Firing From NMFS
One of the most recognizable faces from WDFW's team at North of Falcon in recent years moved on after last year's edition of the annual salmon season setting to the National Marine Fisheries Service, but is now out of a job...
Brooks Talks About Hunting His Pending World-Record Kittitas County Bull Elk
Casey Brooks details the hunt for his pending world-record Central Washington bull elk last season in a podcast and magazine article....
Coyote Attacks Continue In Bellevue; WDFW Kills Second Coyote
WDFW is reporting this afternoon that it killed one of two coyotes believed to have been involved in a string of attacks in Bellevue involving children this week and which followed on two coyote attacks on adults in the same area...
John Day Pool Sturgeon Retention Closing After Thursday
With 90 percent of the John Day Pool guideline expected to be filled by then, the last of the Columbia Gorge's three keeper sturgeon fisheries this year will close after Thursday, March 13, state managers decided this afternoon. They also say...
SW WA, Lower Columbia Fishing Report (3-10-25)
Early March 2025 catch stats for the Lower Columbia and select Southwest Washington tributaries....
Smelt Dips Approved For March 12, 15 As Fish Show In Lower Columbia
WDFW approved a pair of smelt openers in the lower Cowlitz River next week (Wednesday, Saturday) after some were caught in a commercial test fishery that helps track the run and determine if enough are in to harvest some of the...
Two King County Coyote Attacks Reported In The Past Two Days
In an updated statement this afternoon, WDFW is now reporting that two Bellevue residents have been bitten by presumably the same coyote in the past two days – including a man inside his own garage late this morning. ...
WDFW Outlines 2025 Ocean, Straits, Sound Halibut Seasons
Washington halibut managers are detailing the shape of the 2025 fishery in Marine Areas 1-10, which kicks off April 3 in inside waters and May 1 on the coast....