Cold and snow in the northern Columbia Basin may not make for the most comfortable time of year to be afield, but there’s little doubt… Continue reading
The annual Resurrection Derby out of Anacortes is scheduled for Dec. 2-3, but the last day to purchase tickets, either online (www.resurrectionderby.com) or at the… Continue reading
The Puget Sound winter recreational crab season will continue as planned, with the crab free of marine toxins and safe to eat. Don Velasquez at… Continue reading
Only a couple of weeks remaining for chums at the Hoodsport Hatchery, according to a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife technician there. The run… Continue reading
After a lengthy period of disappointing razor clam closures on coastal beaches, due to the presence of unsafe levels of marine toxins in the clams,… Continue reading
In early October, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife sweetened the pot for fall trout fishermen by stocking a number of lakes around the… Continue reading
Even with the deck stacked against them, organizers of last weekend’s Everett “No-Coho” Blackmouth Derby managed to pull a rabbit out of the hat. Informed… Continue reading
Last winter was a banner season for squid jiggers, and Mike Chamberlain sees indications this may be another. “It’s beginning to look like last year,… Continue reading
for lo these many years — the Everett… Continue reading
Tuesday’s winter blackmouth opener in local saltwater should be a better bet than last year’s, if only because anglers won’t be wasting half their fishing… Continue reading
Last weekend’s storm pretty much washed out the first two days of the season’s initial razor clam dig, according to Dan Ayres, coastal shellfish manager… Continue reading
waterfowl and modern firearm deer — open Saturday, and state biologists are saying both should… Continue reading
The second half of the unusual (and some say controversial) limited coho “season” runs Thursday through Sunday on the Snohomish River, hopefully to more participation… Continue reading
UPDATE: After this report was published Sept. 28, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that the Snohomish River would open to fishing for… Continue reading
In this summer of our discontent, local salmon fishing opportunity seems slim to nil. So, it’s apparently time to make lemonade as we play the… Continue reading
Online sales of fish/hunt licenses remained on hold early this week as state and federal agencies continued to investigate a data breach discovered about three… Continue reading
Anglers working the buoy 10 fishery on the bottom end of the Columbia River will be given extra opportunity to boat and keep chinook on… Continue reading
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has resumed the sale of fishing/hunting licenses and tags, and the state Discover Pass, after all sales were… Continue reading
the best could be still to come. Washington Department of Fish and… Continue reading
A top executive with the Bass Anglers Sportsmen’s Society visited Washington a number of years ago, promoting the big, national, organization and bass fishing in… Continue reading
