July 21, 2021, 3:45pm Outdoors
Fishing reports for waters in southwest Washington, including the Columbia River and tributaries as reported to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on July 19. Read story
July 14, 2021, 3:34pm Outdoors
Counts from July 10 in Southwest Washington Read story
July 7, 2021, 11:59pm Outdoors
Effective through July 31, the daily catch limit on salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River from the Megler/Astoria Bridge upstream to Bonneville Dam is six, with up to two adults may be retained — up to one of which may be a sockeye and up to one may be… Read story
July 1, 2021, 5:56am Outdoors Subscriber Exclusive
The Pacific Ocean all-salmon fishing season on the Washington coast got under way last weekend, and although it was a slow start, it is expected to get much better over the next few weeks. Read story
June 30, 2021, 10:55pm Outdoors
With the recent and long-term declines in coastal steelhead and last season’s early closure of the coastal steelhead fishery, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife fishery managers are hosting a suit of virtual public town hall meetings this summer to gather feedback from the public as they prepare for… Read story
June 23, 2021, 5:13pm Outdoors
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife director Kelly Susewind is scheduled to adopt 2021-2022 state salmon season fishing regulations at 3 p.m. Thursday, July 1. Read story
June 16, 2021, 6:01pm Outdoors
Sport anglers will have the opportunity to reel in salmon off the Washington coast starting Saturday (June 19) in all four coastal marine areas, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Tuesday. Read story
June 9, 2021, 6:25pm Outdoors
Fishing reports for waters in southwest Washington, including the Columbia River and tributaries as reported to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on June 7. Read story
June 3, 2021, 6:00am Outdoors
Fishing reports for waters in southwest Washington, including the Columbia River and tributaries as reported to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on June 1. Read story
May 27, 2021, 7:39am Northwest
A virus is being transmitted between net-pen salmon farms and wild juvenile Chinook salmon in British Columbia waters, according to new findings published Wednesday in Science Advances. Read story
