THE FOLLOWING IS A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has extended this year’s special hunt application submission ...

Fishing for spring Chinook will reopen on the Columbia River above and below Bonneville this weekend and next, state salmon ...

Another round of heavy state budget cuts from state lawmakers could lead to reduced opportunities on important North Sound salmon rivers, coastal razor clam beaches and Cowlitz smelt dipping. So ...

Very grim news for Lake Washington salmon and those working to revive and protect its fish and fisheries. Tribal fishermen have netted 37 northern pike out of the big metro lake so far this month, a ...

Lookingglass Creek, a tributary to the Grande Ronde River at Palmer Junction, will open to fishing for hatchery spring Chinook on Friday, May 15. The open area is from the mouth upstream to the ...

Nearly 167,000 rainbow trout had to be sent to a private landfill instead of local lakes earlier this week due to an outbreak ...

Columbia summer and fall salmon and steelhead anglers can begin to further firm up their fishing plans for the big river and Washington-side tributaries with a handy-dandy tentative schedule graphic ...

Lower Columbia anglers were greenlighted to get back out on the big river this Saturday, April 18, for another day of chasing one of the Northwest’s tastiest fish. Director designees from the ...

The Pacific Fishery Management Council has adopted recommendations for ocean salmon fishing along the Pacific west coast in 2026. The seasons provide coastwide recreational and commercial ...

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The invite to go spring Chinook fishing came at around 2 p.m. on Friday afternoon – the jinx about an hour and a half afterwards. Bob Rees wanted to know if I could jump on his guide boat on the Lower ...

A sitting Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission member and her environmental attorney ally have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against top WDFW brass, claiming they’re the targets of attacks ...