Hunting and Fishing

Hunting and fishing license sales resumed after hack attempt

Hunting and fishing licenses are on sale again in Washington state, after someone hacked or attempted to hack… Continue reading

Sales of state hunting, fishing licenses temporarily halted

State officials say the sale of hunting and fishing licenses has been suspended due to a cybersecurity breach. The Washington Department… Continue reading

Sockeye on Baker Lake bite best at tail end of fishery

the best could be still to come. Washington Department of Fish and… Continue reading

Bothell man breaks 40-year-old record for biggest largemouth bass

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 big, national, organization and bass fishing in… Continue reading

Bothell man breaks 40-year-old record for biggest largemouth bass

New all-inclusive fishing licenses to be released this fall

When the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife makes a change in the state’s recreational fishing license setup, it often means (gasp) more money. This… Continue reading

Wayne Kruse’s Pick of the Week: Drano Lake Steelhead

no standing navel-deep in 33-degree water, no ice in… Continue reading

Kruse: Mosquitoes, low turnout mar Baker Lake Sockeye Shootout

A big bottle of mosquito repellent may have been more valuable than a dozen pink mini-squids to participants in the inaugural Baker Lake Sockeye Shootout… Continue reading

Kruse: Chinook fishery in Marine Area 9 about to close

Chances are slim that Puget Sound anglers will be allowed to chase the state’s most popular salmon species beyond this weekend in Marine Area 9,… Continue reading

Outdoor Outlook: North Sound chinook opener was ‘outstanding’

Last weekend’s opening of the short but popular hatchery chinook fishery in Marine Areas 9 and 10 was “outstanding,” according to All Star Charters owner/skipper… Continue reading

Pick of the Week: Lake Chelan Mackinaw

A 20-pound Lake Chelan Mackinaw (lake trout) came from the bar a week or so ago, the same area where the state record 35-pounder was… Continue reading

Selective chinook salmon fishery to open on Saturday

By Wayne Kruse Herald Writer Some years pretty good fishing, some years very slow, Saturday’s opening of the selective chinook fishery in marine areas 9… Continue reading

Kruse: Some good fishing, some bad over holiday weekend

A bunch of outdoor opportunities either opened or were already underway over the holiday weekend for Western Washington sport fishers, and here’s a short list… Continue reading

Pick of the Week: High Lakes Trout

Pick your category: Real high, not so high; long hike, short hike; lots of stunted trout, or a few big ones; rainbow or golden trout.… Continue reading

Pick of the Week: Crabbing

Pick of the Week: Crabbing

Crab fishing opens Friday, and if the rosy forecast from state Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists is accurate, you should probably stock up on… Continue reading

Pick of the Week: Crabbing
State reopens Puget Sound salmon fisheries, with big changes

State reopens Puget Sound salmon fisheries, with big changes

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has reopened Puget Sound-area salmon fisheries that had been closed since May 1 because of an impasse in… Continue reading

State reopens Puget Sound salmon fisheries, with big changes

Senate OKs amendment to study deadly fish virus on the West Coast

<I was going to turn this into a news story, but I decided instead to just offer statement from Sen. Maria Cantwell's, D-Wash., in its… Continue reading

Tire slashing spree in B.C.

As he has every year for many years, Jerry Buron of Marysville went fishing for chum salmon on the Harrison River in British Columbia, a… Continue reading

Helping military members heal while flyfishing in Montana

Project Healing Waters, which uses fly fishing and fly tying to help rehabilitate wounded military members physically and emotionally, is a very active organization around… Continue reading

Proposed new rules for steelhead, sturgeon in Washington

Closing winter steelhead fishing early in many Puget Sound rivers and preventing anglers from keeping sturgeon in the Sound and its tributaries are among new… Continue reading

Time to fish shiner patterns in Pass Lake

Pass Lake, which is near Deception Pass linking Whidbey Island to the mainland, is usually one of my go-to spots this time of year.Pass has… Continue reading