With predation by smallmouth bass believed to be keeping Coquille River wild fall Chinook numbers from rebounding, ODFW again is authorizing the use of an array of lethal tactics to reduce the illegally introduced species' numbers....
The one-time release of over 500,000 spring Chinook from the Willapa River system in 2019 was meant to boost prey for killer whales but will also provide for a sport fishery that opens June 3....
After initially being scheduled to only be open four days a week for hatchery spring Chinook, Washington salmon managers announce the lower Cascade will be open every day as treaty fisheries there have concluded. ...
University, state and federal researchers looking into hoof disease in Southwest Washington elk and hunter harvest reports say infected bulls "were more likely to have asymmetrical antlers" and possibly add another way to identify the condition in the wild....
More details are emerging about Saturday morning's cougar attack on a 9-year-old girl, who continues to recover in a Spokane hospital and a Go Fund Me drive has raised over $65,000 for her and her mother....
Oregon's June 4-5 Free Fishing Weekend also includes eight Family Fishing Events planned at waters near Eugene, Forest Grove, Newport, Klamath Falls and elsewhere....
With hatchery spring Chinook broodstock goals expected to be met, Washington fishery managers are lifting the salmon closure on the Cowlitz River effective Saturday, May 28....
ODFW is hosting a couple June meetings to talk about fall salmon fisheries on the Oregon Coast, with managers also announcing there will be no wild Chinook retention on the Tillamook Bay system and all salmon fishing will be closed on...
ODFW announces steelhead, bass, Chinook and coho fishing closures for sections of the Deschutes River in the coming months due to a low return of Inland Northwest-bound summer-runs, though trout will remain open....
Fishing and hunting show season in the Northwest seems like it just wrapped up, but there's news today that next year will see the return of an ocean-angler-oriented show in Salem that's been on pause the past two winters....
The death of a Northeast Oregon wolf initially reported to have likely succumbed to a gunshot is now being considered a roadkill after examination at a federal forensic lab....