With a show of hands last night in Renton, anglers and others asked a longtime Lake Washington sockeye advocate to request WDFW look into what it would take to recover the salmon stock and restore the fabled metro fishery....
After hibernating for the past two months, WDFW's fee bills have woken up and are moving again, but what will emerges from the den that is the Washington legislature remains to be seen....
Whether you’re a tournament bass pro, weekend warrior or an offshore fishing enthusiast, you always want your boat to perform at its absolute best. The same holds true for family pleasure boaters who find their on-the-water thrills racing across the lake...
Washington anglers can expect a mixed bag of salmon fisheries this year with increased coho opportunities in the ocean and the Columbia River, but additional necessary restrictions to protect chinook in Puget Sound. ...
Washington lawmakers heard all sides during a hearing on a bill that would add a .20 percent tax on certain recreational equipment and clothing over $200 to help fund the upkeep of WDFW-owned fish and wildlife habitat....
While much of the state experienced deep snowfall in February, the winter was relatively mild until that point, meaning turkeys were not stressed for a long period of time. Add that to the fact that most of the state's turkey populations...
If a WDFW staffer's analysis of a decade's worth of bass tournament catches spiked your interest in hitting Lake Osoyoos, we have a few more details to add about it and other hot spots....
More details are coming out about Washington's potential 2019 river salmon fisheries and WDFW is looking for public input on them as North of Falcon comes to a boil over the next two weeks....
I always wonder where my opening day will take me as I try to think of new options, consider revisiting old haunts and wondering what the new season might have in store....
Even though winter struck late and stuck around into March, Annemarie Prince, WDFW’s District 1 wildlife biologist, doesn’t think it will impact turkey numbers....
The Olympia Outsider™ has been taking his name very literally, soaking up some serious ray-age the past few days, but back indoors Washington lawmakers have been busy girls and boys in the halls of power, amending, debating and voting on all...
As a major organization in the Northwest fishing world now openly urges its members to oppose WDFW's fee increase proposal because of the Fish and Wildlife Commission's Columbia reforms vote last weekend, the head of Washington's agency has issued an extraordinary...
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission late this morning voted in favor of a joint-state subpanel's recommendation to decrease recreational salmon fishing allocations on the Columbia and keep gillnetters on the big river....
Supporters of Columbia River salmon reforms are urging anglers to get in touch with fishery overseers and one state's lawmakers after a subpanel of the Oregon and Washington Fish and Wildlife Commissions this week voted to revert to 2016 benchmarks....
The big North of Falcon salmon forecast reveal is being live-streamed today on WDFW's webpage, where the predictions for Washington Chinook, coho, sockeye, pink and chum runs are also posted, as are comparisons to past years....
