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Puget Sound Dungeness crab fisheries faced with summer closures south of Vashon Island due to poor abundance levels
Bymarkyuasa May 14, 2018

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…

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Englefield Bay: Your annual angling trip of a lifetime!
ByTom May 3, 2018

To be completely honest, I cannot really recall how I became aware of the magnificent fishing in the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) but I’m certain that I was a very young angler that was quite impressionable. However, the reverent tones that this incredible location inspired among the anglers that I deeply respected left a…

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Rain doesn’t damper spirit of anglers on opening day who found fairly good success
Bymarkyuasa April 30, 2018

While the weather was a bit wet for the statewide lowland lakes trout opener on Saturday that didn’t deter many from getting out to try their luck at catching fish. “We ran into some rain, but that is a typical opening day scenario in the Pacific Northwest and we had a very solid plant of…

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Trout-fishing mania begins with statewide lowland lakes opener April 28-29
Bymarkyuasa April 16, 2018

Spring is marker when the sun rises earlier and earlier over the eastern horizon, the days are getting a lot longer, the flowers and trees are blooming and so are the trout fishing opportunities. Thousands and thousands of anglers are prepping their fishing gear for the traditional statewide lowland lakes trout opener on April 28-29….

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Halibut sport quotas set and season starts May 11, and salmon season process meeting is Tuesday
Bymarkyuasa April 2, 2018

The halibut catch quotas were finalized this past week, and anglers can start making plans to pursue these hard-fighting bottom dwellers when the season gets underway on May 11 off the coast and open areas of Puget Sound. “The catch quota of 1.19-million pounds (for sport, tribal and non-tribal commercial fisheries) was adopted in Catch…

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Preliminary salmon fishing options come to light, and Puget Sound anglers could see more time on the water
Bymarkyuasa March 19, 2018

State fisheries and Pacific Fishery Management Council developed ocean salmon fishing options, and some early work was made for Puget Sound and Strait of Juan de Fuca fisheries at meetings that ended last week in Sonoma, California. Chinook and coho returns are still in the recovery phase after several grim years due to poor ocean…

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2018 salmon forecasts unveil a mixed bag of highlights and lowlights for possible salmon fisheries
Bymarkyuasa March 5, 2018

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) unveiled salmon forecasts, and there are some improvements peppered with returns that could restrain opportunities as fishery managers take the first steps in a lengthy process of setting fishing seasons. “Overall Puget Sound hatchery chinook are up 21 percent based on the 10-year average,” said Aaron Dufault,…

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UPDATED: More 2018 salmon news coming to light ahead of Tuesday WDFW forecast meeting in Lacey
Bymarkyuasa February 26, 2018

With the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) salmon forecast meeting looming on the near horizon – Tuesday, Feb. 27 – to be exact we now have word leaking out on early expectations for the 2018 fishing seasons. “We are still compiling the tables so they aren’t complete yet and won’t have them done…

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Coastal bottomfishing season starts soon, plus word on springer and razor clams
Bymarkyuasa February 20, 2018

The popular of the coastal black rockfish and lingcod sport fishery gets underway on March 10 off some coastal ports, and anglers can expect some blissful spring days on water weather permitting. The black rockfish population remains healthy in coastal waters, according to Heather Reed, a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) coastal fish…

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Focus this month is marine salmon fishing action as more areas reopen soon
Bymarkyuasa February 6, 2018

The clock on the wall says it’s time to hitch up the boat for some chinook fishing opportunities in the months ahead. The San Juan Islands (Marine Catch Area 7) continue to produce some stellar hatchery chinook fishing although rough seas and bad weather has been an issue of late. Hatchery chinook in the San…

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