Feedback On Replacement Seattle Waterfront Fishing Pier Sought
WDFW is looking for public input on the draft design for a new fishing pier on the Seattle Waterfront to replace the Elliott Bay Pier, which has been closed since 2016....
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Seattle Boat Show Fishing, Boating Seminars Set To Grow To 150 For 2025 Event
Organizers of the Seattle Boat Show say they will put on 150 fishing and boating seminars at the January 31-February 8, 2025, show, up from 125 last year, and announced a lineup that includes experts John Keizer, Paul Kim, Tom Nelson,...
2025 Columbia Gorge Keeper Sturgeon Season Set
Columbia Gorge sturgeon managers set January 2025's keeper fisheries during a conference call....
With No Need For Broodstock, Tokul Opens Early For Steelhead
In an acknowledgement of the end of the line, at least for now, and trying to milk opportunity out of the last real run, WDFW is opening Tokul Creek to winter steelhead fishing starting tomorrow, Friday, November 8....
Public Comment Open On 20 Proposed WDFW Land Acquisitions
WDFW has its eyes on 20 potential land acquisitions for fish and wildlife habitat and public recreation, but wants to know if they're a good fit for the agency and whether to next pursue funding for them. Your chance to comment...
ODFW Hosting Another Hatchery Resilience Meeting Nov. 13
ODFW will talk about the ongoing legislatively mandated hatchery assessment process, alternatives evaluated by contractors and stakeholders and more at an all-day meeting November 13 in Salem and livestreamed online....
SW WA, Lower Columbia Fishing Report (11-4-24)
Late October and early November 2024 fall Chinook, coho and steelhead catch stats for the Lower Columbia and select Southwest Washington tributaries....
More On Why Early Winter Steelhead Releases Are Ending At Tokul Creek
The amount of hatchery steelhead genes in wild Snoqualmie winter-runs greatly exceeded allowable limits during a four-year monitoring period, and while the sample size was also relatively small, it led directly to this week's news that the Tokul Creek program would...
They Found Your Lucky Flasher(s): Divers Clean Columbia, Dozens Of 360 Setups At A Time
Divers are cleaning the Lower Columbia and its tributaries of lost fishing gear, dozens of 360 setups at a time. Who are they, why are they doing it and what the heck do they do with all the still-usable gear?!?...
New Member Joins Oregon Fish And Wildlife Commission
A fifth-generation Baker City tree farmer and rancher has been named to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission....
Help Needed Identifying NW OR Poacher Who’s Shot ‘Numerous’ Does
Oregon fish and wildlife troopers are looking for leads in the case of a suspected poacher who has shot "numerous" does this month in the Trask Wildlife Management Unit of Yamhill County....
Tokul Creek To Cease Producing Early Winter Steelhead
It's the end of Tokul Creek Hatchery early winter-run production and crossed fingers that federal overseers will eventually approve a new state-tribal broodstock program for the future of consumptive steelheading opportunities on the Snoqualmie River....
Portions Of Deep South Sound To Open For Chums
Green means go for Marine Area 13 and Kennedy Creek chum salmon anglers starting November 1, per a rule change out this afternoon from WDFW....
Rewards Offered For Info On 2 Central Washington Wolf Poachings
Federal and state officials are offering $10,000 rewards for info on the poaching of a pair of Central Washington wolves earlier this fall....
2 CWD-positive Wyoming Deer Brought Back To Oregon, Are Being Incinerated
The confirmation of CWD in two deer harvested in Wyoming and brought back to Oregon earlier this month has ODFW reminding hunters about carcass importation rules meant to stop the spread of the always-fatal deer family disease....
November 1-5 Razor Clam Digs On Washington Coast A Go
Washington shellfish managers OKed the next set of razor clam digs on the coast....