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Stories by Terry Otto

Columbian staff writer

Fishing report, Oct. 17

October 16, 2019, 10:49pm Outdoors

The Columbia River fall salmon season is now closed from the Tongue Point/Rocky Point line up to the Highway 395 bridge near Pasco. Read story

Maurice Frank, the Restoration Coordinator for the Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group, throws a salmon carcass into the upper Washougal River. Salmon carcasses are an important source of marine-derived nutrients that feed the river and its watershed, and help young salmon survive.

Planting of fish carcasses brings nutrients to upper Washougal River

Maurice Frank, the Restoration Coordinator for the Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group, throws a salmon carcass into the upper Washougal River. Salmon carcasses are an important source of marine-derived nutrients that feed the river and its watershed, and help young salmon survive.

October 16, 2019, 10:47pm Outdoors

The truck bounced along the rough gravel road as we pushed further up into the Washougal River watershed. The crystal-clear river plunged through the canyon, spilling over rocky falls and funneling into deep, green pools. Read story

Fishing Report, Oct. 10

October 10, 2019, 6:00am Outdoors

The Columbia River fall salmon season is now closed from the Tongue Point/Rocky Point line up to the Highway 395 bridge near Pasco. Read story

Blacktail bucks are one of the most challenging deer to hunt, but conditions are much better than in 2018. Patient hunters should find success.

SW Washington Hunters on the trail of Blacktail bucks

Blacktail bucks are one of the most challenging deer to hunt, but conditions are much better than in 2018. Patient hunters should find success.

October 9, 2019, 10:53pm Outdoors

The general rifle hunting season for Western Washington blacktail deer will start Saturday and run through the end of the month. Hunters across Southwest Washington will head into the woods to try and harvest one of the most challenging big game animals, the blacktail buck. Read story

Wild mushroom gatherers are happily collecting plenty of tasty fungi this fall following the plentiful rains of September. Mushroom hunters need a permit, available for free online, to collect them on national forest lands.

Wet September boosts growth of mushrooms in the Gifford Pinchot

Wild mushroom gatherers are happily collecting plenty of tasty fungi this fall following the plentiful rains of September. Mushroom hunters need a permit, available for free online, to collect them on national forest lands.

October 2, 2019, 8:19pm Outdoors

We had reached the dead end of the closed-off road in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest without finding any of our target species — Grouse and wild mushrooms. There had always been birds and shaggy mane mushrooms here when the September weather was wet. Read story

Wild mushroom soup: a rewards for hunting up wild fungi. They are also great when paired with game meats.

Nature’s Feast: Cream of wild mushroom soup

Wild mushroom soup: a rewards for hunting up wild fungi. They are also great when paired with game meats.

October 2, 2019, 8:15pm Outdoors

This recipe was designed for chanterelles, but other wild mushrooms will do. Try this with king boletes, or oyster mushrooms. Pairing shaggy manes with lobster mushrooms, both of which fruit early in the fall, makes for an excellent soup. Read story

Fishing report, Oct. 3

October 2, 2019, 8:13pm Outdoors

The Columbia River fall salmon season is now closed from the Tongue Point/Rocky Point line up to the Highway 395 bridge near Pasco. The closure remains in effect through Oct. 31 downstream of Bonneville Dam and through Dec. 31 upstream of Bonneville Dam. Read story

Fishing Report, Sept. 26

September 26, 2019, 6:01am Outdoors

The fall salmon season is now closed from the Tongue Point/Rocky Point line up to the Highway 395 bridge near Pasco. The closure remains in effect through Oct. 31 downstream of Bonneville Dam and through Dec. 31 upstream of Bonneville Dam. Read story

The states were projecting a big coho run this fall, but catch rates and mark rates have not been good. This has left many anglers asking, where are the fish?

Columbia coho run short of expectations

The states were projecting a big coho run this fall, but catch rates and mark rates have not been good. This has left many anglers asking, where are the fish?

September 25, 2019, 10:01pm Outdoors

The 2019 coho run does not seem to be coming in as strong as fisheries managers expected, and hatchery mark rates have been lower than expected as well. Read story

Fishing report, Sept. 12

September 11, 2019, 9:01pm Outdoors

The fall salmon season is open from Buoy 10 upstream to the Oregon/Washington Border above McNary Dam. However, the Columbia River below Bonneville Dam is closed to the retention of chinook. Anglers may still keep two hatchery coho a day. Read story