2 Sections Of Lower Snake Opening For Springers
WDFW announces that sections of Washington's lower Snake River will open for hatchery spring Chinook in early May....
Category: HEADLINES
ODFW: Gold Hill Man Attacked By Domestic Dog
ODFW is pinning the animal attack on a Southern Oregon man that made headlines last week on a male domestic dog, based on DNA testing....
SW WA Fishing Report (4-17-23)
Mid-April 2023 spring Chinook and steelhead catch stats for Southwest Washington's Cowlitz, Kalama, Lewis, Wind and Klickitat Rivers and Drano Lake....
RMEF Highlights Its Volunteers’ $26.3M In Conservation Work
“When I think of an RMEF volunteer, what I think about is our greatest asset this organization has,” said Kyle Weaver, RMEF president and CEO. “They give us the most valuable thing they have which is their time. And there’s nothing...
Skykomish: 3 May Days Is It For Summer Kings
Skykomish River anglers will only be able to count on three days to catch hatchery summer Chinook and steelhead late next month below the Wallace, as any fishing after that will depend on the results of an in-season update....
Angler Releases Potential OR Record Bull Trout; Right thing to do
Oregon angler Ryan Mejaski released a 33.5-inch-long, 26-inch-around bull trout from Lake Billy Chinook that maxed out a 25-pound scale, meaning it could have been at least 2 pounds bigger than the standing state record....
Washington’s Big Game Regs Out
WDFW's 2023-24 big game hunting pamphlet for Washington deer, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goats and black bears is now available....
ODFW Collects Evidence From Man Claiming Wolf Attack; No Site Acc …
Oregon wildlife managers say they're evaluating evidence collected from a man who claims to have been attacked by a wolf near Gold Hill earlier this week, but have been unable to gain permission from the private landowner to access the site...
Smelt Show In Kalama River Too
This year's smelt run is continuing with its surprises, with fish being reported this week in the Kalama, where a pod of hungry sea lions has also gathered....
IDFG Wraps Up CWD Deer Cull; 442 Removed, 24 Positive So Far
Idaho wildlife managers report that at least 24 of 442 deer lethally removed during chronic wasting disease sampling between Lewiston and Cascade have tested positive for the always-fatal condition....
ODFW To Talk Columbia Basin Summer Steelhead Woes, Fisheries
Oregon steelhead managers are holding an April 18 webinar to talk about this year's poor summer-run expectations for tributaries above Bonneville, what it means under newer "fishery frameworks" guiding seasons and more....
Commission’s WDFW Draft Conservation Policy Out For Comment
Public comment is now open on the draft of a controversial new conservation policy for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, a document with "hot buttons in every paragraph," as one of its primary writers has acknowledged....
ODFW Hosting April 17 Webinar On Mule Deer Plan Revisions
Oregon wildlife managers will hold a mid-April virtual meeting about revisions to the state Mule Deer Management Plan, including "management based on more biologically meaningful herd ranges," as well as distribution, biology, ecology and objectives and goals....
SW WA, Lower Columbia Fishing Report (4-10-23)
Early April 2023 spring Chinook and steelhead catch stats for the Lower Columbia and select Southwest Washington tributaries....
216 Wolves Counted In Annual Washington Survey
No surprise, but Washington's wolf population rose yet again over the past year, marking the 14th straight year of growth, including a first pack in the South Cascades, "a fundamental leap forward" towards reaching state recovery goals....
More Details On Sound Salt, Columbia Summer, Fall Salmon Seasons
Here are more specific details on 2023-24 Puget Sound saltwater and Columbia River summer and fall salmon fisheries following Thursday evening's announcement from WDFW that seasons had been tentatively set....