ALL SEVEN SHRIMP species commonly harvested by sport shrimpers typically undergo a sex change in their life cycles at the bottom of the Puget Sound… Continue reading
LINGCOD SEASON IS underway off La Push and Neah Bay, and while limits didn’t change for these ugly but delicious fish, recreational anglers fishing off… Continue reading
ANGLER, AUTHOR AND guide John Beath of Sequim will present his Top 10 Tactics for Catching Halibut in the Strait of Juan de Fuca at… Continue reading
improperly harvesting animals such as fish, deer, elk or natural resources like timber — is common.… Continue reading
GOOD AND BAD news comes with the release of finalized Pacific Ocean, Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound salmon seasons by the Pacific… Continue reading
WARM BEVERAGES AND plenty of patience will be sought-after commodities Saturday morning for the annual Kid’s Fishing Derby at the Lincoln Park Ponds in Port… Continue reading
HEADING INTO THE back stretch of North of Falcon, the annual salmon season setting process, anglers should be cautiously optimistic about potential saltwater and Puget… Continue reading
NEW SIMPLIFIED FISHING rules will go into effect throughout Washington in July, highlighted by the repeal of mandatory hatchery steelhead retention, the separation of trout… Continue reading
ANGLERS WILL GET a bonus beginning Friday in Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet). The daily limit will rise to two hatchery chinook per day through… Continue reading
HOT ON THE heels of Thursday’s Outdoors column, which touched on recent trout plants, comes the official release of the state Fish and Wildlife Department’s… Continue reading
EARLY LAST YEAR, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife floated a proposal to purchase a parcel of land that would restore recreational fishing access… Continue reading
OCEAN-GOING ANGLERS take note: salmon seasons will be reduced this summer. That’s the takeaway from the options developed by salmon managers for ocean salmon fisheries… Continue reading
DESIGNED TO PROTECT resident killer whales, Fisheries and Oceans Canada has proposed either an all-fin ban or a salmon ban for sports fishing in Canadian… Continue reading
SALMON RUN ESTIMATES released recently by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife are expected to be lower this year compared to last season, including… Continue reading
IT’S THE LAST chance for chinook anglers to get in the running for a serious cash prize. Ticket sales for the 2018 Olympic Peninsula Salmon… Continue reading
MARINE AREA 9 (Admiralty Inlet) reopened to blackmouth chinook fishing today and the fishery will run until encounter guidelines are met, or April 15, whichever… Continue reading
IT DOESN’T PROVIDE anglers the ability to immediately report their catch totals, a function fishermen have been angling for for years, but the state Department… Continue reading
HALIBUT BYCATCH, the end result of big money commercial halibut fishing, is having an impact on flatfish stocks. This is reflected in lower recruitment, the… Continue reading
FOR JUST THE second time in more than 90 years U.S. and Canadian members of the six-person International Pacific Halibut Commission adjourned their annual meeting… Continue reading
HEAD FOR THE Ridge on Saturday and Sunday, as a day spent in the snow atop Hurricane Ridge would be a fitting tribute for alpine-film… Continue reading
