A pair of podcasts out this week scrutinize the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission and its recent controversial decisions around spring black bear hunting, attempts to write a new conservation policy and other moves....
Latest steelhead, Chinook and sturgeon catch stats for the Lower Columbia, select Southwest Washington tributaries and the Hanford Reach, as well as a request for reports of any dead sturgeon seen in the Hanford Reach, where a handful of floaters have...
WDFW announces additional halibut fishing opportunities in all open marine areas and a temporary relaxation of the annual limit from four flatties to six....
The 5th Annual Rogue Pikeminnow Roundup runs August 1-27 and offers prizes for anglers helping to remove the out-of-basin species that is impacting the Southern Oregon River's salmon populations....
With two-thirds of the legal encounter quota still available (and slowing catch rates), WDFW is bumping the hatchery Chinook daily limit in the waters off Sekiu and Pillar Point to two, effective today....
WDFW is reporting Washington's first case of rabbit hemorrhagic disease, an eastern cottontail found dead in the wild on Whidbey Island and which follows an outbreak in domestic rabbits in the same county....
Mid-July 2023 Chinook, sockeye, steelhead, sturgeon and shad catch stats for the Lower Columbia, select Southwest Washington tributaries and the Hanford Reach....
ODFW reports that it expects to close on the second and final phase of acquiring a 15,573-acre wildlife area in Northeast Oregon along the Minam River, thanks to funding from the Forest Service and RMEF....
“Although the spot shrimp fishery this year has seen average participation in most areas, enough quota remains to allow some late-season shrimping.”...
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...
WDFW has announced a pair of fishery tweaks taking effect this Saturday, including a pause to salmon season in Tacoma saltwaters and a halt to all fishing on the Quillayute system. Details in the link...
Orcas Island is known for odd visitors from the wildlife world – a pair of bull elk, a bear – but what apparently washed ashore overnight may take the cake. ...
Early July 2023 steelhead, sockeye, sturgeon and Chinook catch stats for the Columbia below Bonneville, select Southwest Washington tributaries and the Hanford Reach....
The 23rd Annual Merwin Special Kids Day was a rousing success, if trout catches and pics from the event at the North Fork Lewis River hatchery are any indication – and they are....