The winter sport Dungeness crab seasons are set to begin this Saturday (Oct. 6), but summer catch assessments showed the overall crab abundance was the lowest seen in a decade. “After looking at the (summer-time) catch data of pounds harvested this will go down as the lowest dating back to 2008,” said Don Velasquez, a…
Tentative coastal razor clam digging dates have been set and Long Beach will see one of the shortest seasons in more than two decades although albeit shellfish managers are hopeful it is just a one-year anomaly. “Long Beach is faced with a gap year (for digging in 2018-19), and there are clams on the beach…
If the first 10 days of June are any indication of what’s to come this summer for Puget Sound chinook then hold on tightly to your fishing pole as there will be plenty of action on the horizon. The spotlight is shining brightly on south-central Puget Sound in the Tacoma area (Marine Catch Area 11)…
Dungeness crab seekers have reason to make the upcoming Father’s Day weekend very special as the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Neah Bay to Sekiu opens June 16 for Dungeness crab fishing. That will be followed by some Puget Sound areas opening on June 30 in what fisheries managers say could be a good summer…
The hey days of the Puget Sound Dungeness crab fisheries could be a thing of the past as some marine areas mainly south of Seattle will be faced with summer closures due a drastic dip in abundance. “We haven’t been this low in Puget Sound for Dungeness crab harvest since 2012, and in general it was below…
The marine chinook salmon fisheries this month have come to a screeching halt, after state Fish and Wildlife determined the sub-legal encounter rate was alarmingly high. Salmon fishing is now closed as of Nov. 13 until further notice in Marine Catch Areas 8-1, 8-2 and 9 (northern Puget Sound and entire eastside of Whidbey Island)….
Great news for those who like to pursue Dungeness crabs! The winter Dungeness crab fisheries are set to open this Saturday (Oct. 7) after summer catch assessments taken by state Fish and Wildlife showed enough remained in the catch quota. “It was definitely not a good summer,” said Don Velasquez, the state Fish and Wildlife…
One of the most underrated aspects of life in the Great Northwest is harvesting and enjoying Dungeness crab with friends and family. This wonderful tasty privilege comes with a responsibility to fish your crab pots in a way that prevents gear loss and a wastage of this valuable aquatic resource. Many pots that folks assume…