ODFW says anglers can now permanently use spears, spear guns and bait to help remove smallmouth bass from a coastal salmon stream where the bass were illegally introduced. Before, the agency approved ...

Columbia fall salmon season dates, hatchery-Chinook-only retention periods, September river closures, a new boundary line for a super popular fishery near the mouth of the Lewis River. All that and ...

An independent Washington think tank’s report raises more immediate questions about the state of the Fish and Wildlife Commission and its future than it does WDFW’s mandate to protect critters and ...

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson has signed into law a pair of bills increasing the cost to fish and hunt in the state. One raises the price of most fishing and hunting licenses by 38 percent and the ...

Spring Chinook season will roll into mid-June on the Lower Columbia and reopen in the gorge pools for 25 days starting later this week, state managers decided this afternoon. True, the bulk of the run ...

Hunters and anglers are cheering this evening after a bid to sell off or exchange nearly half a million acres of public land in the West was stripped out of a US House reconciliation budget bill ...

THE FOLLOWING FISHING REPORT WAS FORWARDED BY JERRY PRUIETT, WDFW Preliminary Lower Columbia River and Washington Tributary Sport Summary – May 19-25, 2025 Mainstem Columbia River Lower Columbia River ...

The abundance of four listed Columbia salmon and steelhead runs improved in 2024 relative to two years beforehand, and more stocks are on the positive side of a biannual ledger than the past two check ...

Blacktail deer hit and killed by vehicles in Cowlitz, Clark and Wahkiakum Counties can now be salvaged under a new rule recently approved by WDFW. A BLACKTAIL BUCK HANGS OUT NEAR AN OCEAN SHORES MOTEL ...

THE FOLLOWING FISHING REPORT WAS FORWARDED BY JERRY PRUIETT, WDFW Preliminary Lower Columbia River and Washington Tributary Sport Summary – May 12-18, 2025 Mainstem Columbia River Lower Columbia River ...

THE FOLLOWING IS A PRESS RELEASE FROM KING COUNTY NATURAL RESOURCES AND PARKS Seven years after a catastrophic decline in the number of adult kokanee salmon returning from Lake Sammamish put the ...

With the upriver spring Chinook run now expected to at least make forecast and catch balances available above and below Bonneville, Columbia salmon managers this week are exploring fishery options and ...