More details are coming out about the attempted poaching of five sturgeon on Scappoose Bay earlier this month, including that one of the fish was over 7 feet long....
In the wake of the North Umpqua's very low wild summer steelhead run last year and recent fires and drought, ODFW is assessing the population, including taking a look at and input on the river's hatchery program and more at upcoming...
The remarks of one of the newest Washington Fish and Wildlife Commissioners are being parsed for where the nine members will likely land on the state's 2022 limited-entry spring black bear permit hunt when they vote on the proposal this Saturday....
WDFW announces that Puget Sound's Marine Area 10 off Seattle, Shoreline and Bainbridge Island will open for seven-day-a-week fishing and a daily limit of two salmon for the rest of March....
Ocean salmon fishing alternatives are out from the Pacific Fishery Management Council and they include a big potential jump in coho quotas from 2021, while Chinook options range from slightly fewer than last year to several thousand more....
Early to mid-March 2022 spring Chinook, steelhead, sturgeon and walleye catch stats for the Lower Columbia, Gorge pools and select Southwest Washington tributaries....
In the third prong of a three-part anti-poaching strategy, a prosecutor recently hired by the Oregon Department of Justice will focus on investigating and bringing wildlife law violators to justice....
Columbia sturgeon managers cancelled the March 16 keeper day on the Bonneville Pool after last Wednesday's higher than expected catch didn't leave enough fish in the guideline for another opener....
Thanks to a tip on Oregon's Turn In Poachers hotline, several poachers were cited for illegally fishing for and retaining sturgeon on Scappoose Bay. ...
Seeking to maintain public access for hunters and anglers to the nation’s wildlife refuges, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, National Rifle Association, Safari Club International and Sportsmen’s Alliance filed to intervene in a lawsuit by an environmental group suing the U.S....
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will hear a briefing and take public comments on proposed spring black bear special permits during its March 11 virtual meeting....
Early March 2022 catch stats for spring Chinook, winter steelhead, sturgeon and walleye on the Lower Columbia, gorge pools and select Southwest Washington tributaries....
"Exploratory netting" for walleye at American Lake late last week turned up bass and perch instead, but WDFW says monitoring will continue for the species that could only have been illegally introduced here by bucket biologists....
WDFW announces the next round of razor clam openers on the Washington Coast, digs that will occur March 16-22 on a combination of evening and then morning tides....
Heads up that WDFW has again reduced adult hatchery spring Chinook limits on Columbia tributaries from Longview to Lyle due to a mix of low forecasts and need to meet broodstock goals, which have actually been expanded in one case....