March 1, 2024, 3:36pm Latest News
There will be another opportunity to dip for smelt in the Cowlitz River as the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has approved an additional one-day recreational fishery from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5. Read story
February 24, 2024, 6:03am Editor's Choice
Oregon and Washington state fisheries managers have finalized and announced the recreational spring Chinook salmon season on the Columbia River for 2024. Anglers will get to fish the big river for these highly prized fish through April 5. Read story
February 23, 2024, 5:00pm Outdoors
Fishery managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife have scheduled several opportunities for the public to participate in setting state-managed salmon seasons in 2024-2025, beginning with a hybrid statewide forecast meeting on March 1. Read story
February 17, 2024, 6:02am Outdoors
Razor clam diggers will have opportunities to hit the beaches starting next week, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife coastal shellfish managers confirmed Thursday. Read story
February 17, 2024, 6:01am Outdoors
Washington reaped its fair share of benefits from the 2020 Great American Outdoors Act. Read story
February 12, 2024, 5:00pm Latest News
Smelt-dipping will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has approved a one-day recreational fishery on Thursday. Read story
February 10, 2024, 6:05am Outdoors
Hunting the spring season in the Northwest Goose Permit Zone is a hunting opportunity that does not see anywhere near as much hunting pressure as the regular goose seasons. It is a chance to hunt un-pressured birds, but there are special rules involved with this hunt. Read story
February 9, 2024, 7:33am Business
Nearly 30,000 Chinook salmon were wasted as bycatch in the Canadian trawl fishery, which was targeting hake and walleye pollock, a new report from Canadian fisheries officials found. Read story
