3 More Days For Area 10 Chinook Anglers
WDFW announces that the waters off Shoreline, Seattle, Kingston and Bainbridge Island will open August 18-20 for hatchery Chinook....
Category: HEADLINES
Salmon Shark Carcass Found On Idaho’s Salmon River
It probably didn't swim there on its own like the bluefin tuna that turned up on an Orcas Island beach earlier this summer, but Idaho officials are confirming that yesterday they investigated the carcass of a salmon shark found on the...
Inslee Wades Into WDFW Wolf Downlisting Proposal
Top state officials traded tense letters over Washington wolves earlier this month as one pressed his thumb on the scale and the other defended his agency's process in proposing to downlist the hot-button species....
Walleye Continue ‘Alarming’ Spread Into Hells Canyon
Idaho fishery managers report receiving more pictures and reports of walleye being caught in Hells Canyon than all prior years, terming it "alarming" and "indicators that more walleye are coming, which is not good for salmon and steelhead."...
Oregon Boosts Anti-poaching Messaging With New Website Launch
"We are thrilled to introduce the Protect Oregon's Wildlife campaign as a united front against poaching. Poaching threatens Oregon's fish and wildlife populations and undermines the collective ownership and enjoyment of our natural resources,” said campaign coordinator, Yvonne Shaw. “Members of...
Lorna Smith Resigns From Jefferson Co. Planning Commission
Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission member Lorna Smith has resigned from a county planning commission as a result of a lawsuit over her dual roles on two appointive bodies....
Some WDFW Commissioners Mull Tweaking Bear, Cougar Hunts
Here we go again ... ? Some Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission members appear to want to move sooner than later on tweaking black bear as well as cougar hunting regulations, a proposition that caused a notable tensing at a meeting...
WDFW Moves Up Lower Snohomish Pink, Coho Opener; Eggs Barred
WDFW announces that the lower end of the Snohomish will open two weeks earlier than scheduled for pinks and coho, but that fishing with eggs will be prohibited throughout the river....
The Shore Solution: Area 11 Reopens For Pinks, Coho Off Bank Only
WDFW announces that Marine Area 11, which shut down to all salmon fishing last month, will reopen August 9-31 for coho and pinks only, and only for fishing from shore....
SW WA, Lower Columbia Fishing Report (8-7-23)
Early August 2023 Chinook, steelhead and sturgeon catch stats for the Lower Columbia and its Southwest Washington tributaries....
SW WA, Lower Columbia Fishing Report (8-2-23)
Southwest Washington and Lower Columbia fishing catch stats for late july 2023. ...
How The Area 11 Summer Salmon Fishery Got Hijacked …
I'm literally at a loss for words trying to explain the reasoning behind why WDFW paused salmon fishing off Tacoma with 81 percent of the hatchery Chinook quota still available – 2,734 keepers! – but just 17 percent of the sublegal...
Puget Sound Summer Dungeness Crab Openers Announced
WDFW announces summer 2023 Puget Sound Dungeness crab seasons, which open as early as July 1 in the Strait and North Sound....
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....
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....