Federal and state managers announce that the waters off the mouth of the Columbia from Cape Falcon to Leadbetter Point will close as of tomorrow for Chinook retention, but near-shore waters along the Long Beach Peninsula will reopen for hatchery coho....
"Summer is a great time to enroll in hunter education class because as fall hunting seasons draw near, seats in these courses fill quickly," said David Whipple, WDFW hunter education section manager. “Beat the fall rush and sign up today, especially...
Shellfish swine appear to be in some sort of contest this summer for the most gluttonous overlimit. WDFW Police this morning reported two shrimpers were caught in the San Juan Islands in July with 1,225 spot shrimp, tasty Puget Sound denizens...
Oregon fishery managers announce that parts of nine coastal rivers will open for wild coho retention, but also that steelhead retention won't be allowed on portions of three northeastern streams....
Idaho big game managers say deer and elk hunters "should be optimistic and concerned about this fall's seasons, as wapiti herds are mostly healthy and stable and there's potential for increased mule deer production and harvest, but Clearwater whitetails won't have...
ODFW reports that more than twice as many wild summer steelhead have been counted on the North Umpqua compared to all of 2021, and while still below average, the agency considers it an "encouraging sign" for the struggling stock, and the...
A federal five-year review of ESA-listed salmon and steelhead in the Snake and Mid- and Upper Columbia Rivers finds increasing urgency to implement "recommended recovery actions" such as fish passage, habitat work, predatory control and more, but doesn't analyze dam breaching...
WDFW announces Chinook rule changes for Marine Area 2, including a retention closure starting Tuesday, August 23, so as not to exceed the season's "modest" king guideline and keep fishing for more abundant coho open for the rest of summer....
George Wuerthner will be no stranger to lonely howls in the wilderness, and that's pretty much what he's issued over legal, regulated tribal wolf harvest in the wolfiest part of Washington....
An angler who caught a 10-foot-4 sturgeon on a Snake River reservoir in Southwest Idaho has set a new state catch-and-release record for the species....
Got a young'n eager to try their hand at hunting birds? ODFW is holding a series of pheasant hunts at wildlife areas and private lands across the state in September and October and here are the details....