Early March 2023 spring Chinook and winter steelhead fishing report for the Lower Columbia and Southwest Washington tributaries, as well as recent trout releases....
A national sportsmen's organization today filed a lawsuit to bar Lorna Smith from the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission due to an "ongoing violation of state law" related to her concurrent position on the Jefferson County Planning Commission....
WDFW will hold March 22 and 23 meetings about the future of the Lake Roosevelt sturgeon fishery, including a transition to a fall keeper season and a change to the slot size....
There are enough wild steelhead forecasted to return to the Skagit and Sauk this winter to have opened a five-day-a-week season back on February 1, but a month into the fishery window there's still no sign of the federal OK that...
The sexy stuff today was 2023's salmon numbers, some of which – Puget Sound coho and pinks, coastal silvers – look pretty enticing, but Washington fishery managers also used the North of Falcon forecast reveal to update anglers on other fronts...
WDFW outlined this year's forecasts for Western Washington salmon, with bright spots including improved expectations for many Puget Sound and coastal coho and Chinook and nearly 4 million pinks, kicking off the annual season-setting process known as North of Falcon....
Richard Mann, a longtime Washington turkey hunter instrumental in setting up how-to workshops on pursuing the state's gobblers, has been named the National Wild Turkey Federation's Mentor Of the Year for his commitment to hunter recruitment, retention and reactivation, or R3,...
A pair of retired biologists – one a tribal fisheries bio, the other a former WDFW ungulate researcher – have been named to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission, and the term of its current chair has also been reupped....
Annual northern pike suppression efforts are slated to begin soon in Northeast Washington and anglers and local residents are likely to see boats out gillnetting for the unwanted apex predators over the coming weeks and months....
WDFW announced season dates for the 2023 halibut fishery on the Pacific, Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound, including an April opener for Sekiu and Marine Area 5....
Washington's offshore bottomfish season kicks off as usual the second Saturday in March, but come May, June and July, copper rockfish, quillback and vermilion rockfish retention will be prohibited "to reduce catch to stay within state specific federal harvest limits," per...
Starting March 1, Oregon's daily limit for midwater rockfish has been expanded from 10 to 15 for anglers using longleader gear, which keeps 30 feet between a weight at the bottom of their line and their first hook, and fishing outside...
Get out your calendars, Washington razor clam diggers, because WDFW has tentatively scheduled openers at Mocrocks and Copalis beaches March 3-8, 17-22 and 23-26....
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission’s Wildlife Committee will meet February 28 from 2-4 p.m. via Zoom with WDFW staff to continue work on the agency’s Game Management Plan....