The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission is set to make decisions on a memorandum of agreement with the Grand Ronde Tribe, the 2023-24 fishing regs and other matters in Salem on August 4....
Three West Coast tribes, including two from Puget Sound, are petitioning the federal government to prohibit the use of a tire additive that is known to kill coho and other Northwest salmon when it breaks down into a chemical compound and...
With Chinook observed in the Skykomish near Reiter Ponds and very limited allowable impacts on the stock this summer, WDFW is closing the river above Highway 2 to all fishing starting August 2....
All fishing on Oregon's North Umpqua and its tribs will be shut down starting Monday, July 31, due to a low return of wild summer steelhead, as well as water temperatures approaching 80 degrees....
Salmon anglers will need to release Chinook on Fridays and Saturdays when fishing the Washington Coast's Marine Area 2 off Westport, starting later this week....
Between July 1- 25, 2023, a total of 10,809 unmarked summer steelhead passed Bonneville Dam. A minimum of 9,900 was needed during the month of July to keep steelhead fishing open. If less than 9,900 had passed for the entire month...
With around two dozen sturgeon dying due to high water temperatures in the Mid-Columbia, state managers are closing all fishing for the long-lived species between The Dalles and Priest Rapids Dams starting this Saturday....
For the second summer in a row – and perhaps only the second time ever – the lower Wenatchee River will open for sockeye retention. It's later in the run, but salmon are still going over Rock Island Dam downstream of...
With Chinook still available in the quota, the San Juan Islands will reopen for hatchery kings this Friday and Saturday, July 28-29, WDFW announced this morning....
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....