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Pick of the Week: Columbia Basin upland birds
Cold and snow in the northern Columbia Basin may not make for the most comfortable time of year…
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Pick of the Week: Blackmouth Derby
The annual Resurrection Derby out of Anacortes is scheduled for Dec. 2-3, but the last day to purchase…
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Puget Sound crab safe, despite coastal closures
The Puget Sound winter recreational crab season will continue as planned, with the crab free of marine toxins…
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Pick of the Week: Hoodsport Chum Salmon
Only a couple of weeks remaining for chums at the Hoodsport Hatchery, according to a Washington Department of…
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Razor clams finally safe; three-day dig opens Thursday
After a lengthy period of disappointing razor clam closures on coastal beaches, due to the presence of unsafe…
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Pick of the Week: Lake Campbell Rainbow
In early October, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife sweetened the pot for fall trout fishermen by…
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Everett ‘No Coho’ Blackmouth Derby an all-around success
Even with the deck stacked against them, organizers of last weekend’s Everett “No-Coho” Blackmouth Derby managed to pull…
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Wayne Kruse’s Pick of the Week: Calimari Time
Last winter was a banner season for squid jiggers, and Mike Chamberlain sees indications this may be another.…
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Newly named Everett No Coho Blackmouth Derby this weekend
If the state says you can’t keep ‘em, you have to look elsewhere. So what was — for…
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Kruse: Chinook opener a better bet locally than last year
Tuesday’s winter blackmouth opener in local saltwater should be a better bet than last year’s, if only because…
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Kruse: Storm shortens season’s first razor clam dig
Last weekend’s storm pretty much washed out the first two days of the season’s initial razor clam dig,…
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Kruse: Deer, waterfowl seasons open this weekend
The two most popular hunting seasons of the year — waterfowl and modern firearm deer — open Saturday,…
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Kruse: First few days of local river coho fishing not bad
The second half of the unusual (and some say controversial) limited coho “season” runs Thursday through Sunday on…
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Kruse: WDFW announces fishery openings, closings
UPDATE: After this report was published Sept. 28, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that the…
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Kruse: Pair of derbies offer chance to get back on the water
In this summer of our discontent, local salmon fishing opportunity seems slim to nil. So, it’s apparently time…
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Online sale of hunting, fishing licenses still suspended
Online sales of fish/hunt licenses remained on hold early this week as state and federal agencies continued to…
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Wayne Kruse’s Pick of the Week: Buoy 10 chinook opportunity
Anglers working the buoy 10 fishery on the bottom end of the Columbia River will be given extra…
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Kruse: WDFW resumes sale of licenses, but only in person
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has resumed the sale of fishing/hunting licenses and tags, and the…
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Sockeye on Baker Lake bite best at tail end of fishery
Don’t give up on the Baker Lake sockeye fishery just yet anglers — the best could be still…
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Bothell man breaks 40-year-old record for biggest largemouth bass
A top executive with the Bass Anglers Sportsmen’s Society visited Washington a number of years ago, promoting the…