Final Razor Clam Dig Of Washington’s 2025-26 Season Coming Up April 30-May 6
Washington razor clam diggers will have one last series of morning low tides to harvest on as the 2025-26 season wraps up with a seven-day opener running through May 6.
Oregon Marine Board Advances Compromise Siletz River Motor Restriction Rulemaking
The Oregon State Marine Board will pursue a middle path on the Siletz and begin rulemaking to limit motors to 15 horsepower and speeds to slow/no wake on a portion of the river above tidewater instead of ban all engines like a local tribe had petitioned them to do.
Washington’s Snake Below Little Goose To Open For Springers
Spring Chinook fishing will open in the waters below Little Goose Dam on Tuesdays and Fridays starting on May 5, WDFW announced. Just under 500 springer mortalities are available prior to next month’s runsize update.
Chopaka Lake Campground To Stay Open As Other DNR Facilities See Recreation Cuts
The state campground at Chopaka Lake will stay open after all, a relief for flyrodders who strongly urged the Washington Department of Natural Resources to keep the facility at the destination Okanogan County trout water open in the face of continued budget cuts.
NWTF Smoot Hill Habitat Project Aims To Boost Cougar Country Turkey Population
Volunteers with the National Wild Turkey Federation planted around 4,000 trees and shrubs on a Palouse property enrolled in the state’s Hunt by Reservation system in hopes it will provide roosting and travel corridor habitat for gobblers and enhance hunting opportunities.
Lower Columbia Springer Anglers Now Wait For The May Run Update
Lower Columbia spring Chinook anglers will be biding their time on the Willamette, Lewis, Drano and elsewhere in the wake of last Saturday’s one-day reopener of the mainstem that appears to not have left enough wiggle room in the early quota for any more time on the big river until May and its runsize update.
SW WA, Lower Columbia, Lower Willamette Fishing Report (4-21-26)
Mid-April 2026 spring Chinook, steelhead, sturgeon and walleye catch stats for the Lower Columbia, lower Willamette and select Southwest Washington tributaries.
Along With Washington’s Trout Opener Come Youth Fishing Events And Derbies
Tens of thousands of anglers will descend on lakes across Washington this weekend for what is shaping up to be a glorious opening day of lowland fishing season, but don’t overlook all the youth fishing events on tap this time of year.
Chehalis River Bass Suppression Study To Begin
WDFW will run a pilot suppression study on three species of bass in Grays Harbor’s Chehalis River this spring to see if it can help reduce Chinook smolt predation there.
Northwest Congressmen Introduce 6PPD Task Force Bill
A pair of Western Washington Congresswomen and an Oregon US Senator have introduced bills to create a task force to “bridge together federal, state, tribal, and industry voices to coordinate further 6PPD-quinone research and identify a safe alternative.”
Washington Wolf Survey Shows Sharp Uptick After 1-year Downturn; 500 In WA, OR Combined
A minimum of 270 wolves roamed Washington at the end of 2025, a 17.4 percent jump over the previous annual count. The rise marks a return to the population’s growth after just a one-year blip across 16 years of surveys.
One More Day For Lower Columbia Spring Chinook Anglers
Lower Columbia anglers were greenlighted to get back out on the big river this Saturday, April 18, for another day of chasing one of the Northwest’s tastiest fish.
SW WA, Lower Columbia, Lower Willamette Fishing Report (4-14-26)
Early to mid-April 2026 spring Chinook, steelhead, sturgeon and walleye catch stats for the Lower Columbia, lower Willamette and select Southwest Washington tributaries.
2026 West Coast Ocean Salmon Recommendations Adopted
A West Coast ocean salmon fishing council has adopted recommended frameworks and quotas for seasons off Northwest, and this summer will see slightly more Chinook and coho in the quota than last year off Washington and Oregon north of Cape Falcon and a continuous king season south of Cape Falcon with 47,600 summer hatchery coho quota and 27,500 September any-coho quota. The recommendations now go to NMFS for approval.
Lower Columbia To Reopen For Spring Chinook
State salmon managers are reopening the Lower Columbia for spring Chinook for three more days after catch estimates showed a large enough harvestable balance still available below Bonneville Dam.
NMFS Celebrates Collaboration’s Removal Of Bateman Island Causeway At Mouth Of Yakima
Federal fishery overseers are celebrating the collaborative effort to remove a barrier at the mouth of the Yakima River that created thermal and predation issues for adult and young salmon and steelhead, a project decades in the making and six weeks of on-the-ground work completed earlier this year.