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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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2018 Columbia River Fall Chinook Forecast
Byjasonbrooks February 17, 2018

2018 Fall Chinook Forecast for the Columbia River by Jason Brooks The 2018 Fall Columbia River Chinook forecast was just announced today. Anglers hoping to catch an Upriver Bright won’t be too excited over the forecast. Last fall the predicted return was 582,600 fish but after the season was over the actual return fell over…

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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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5 Tips for High Water Steelhead
Byjasonbrooks January 30, 2018

5 TIP’S FOR HIGH WATER STEELHEAD by Jason Brooks Two weeks of rain and counting with more to come. It seems like our rivers and streams will never come back “into shape” and our winter steelhead season continues to dwindle down from months to weeks. Rain and high water makes it difficult but it doesn’t…

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IPHC sets halibut catch quotas that are down slightly from 2017, but still better than in recent years
Bymarkyuasa January 27, 2018

The International Pacific Halibut Commission set the 2018 halibut catch quotas in Portland, Oregon on Friday, and the overall poundage is slightly down from last year. The total sport catch quota is 225,366 pounds compared to 237,762 pounds in 2017, and 214,110 pounds in 2016, 2015 and 2014. A breakdown of the 2018 halibut catch…

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Chances of smelt dip-net fishery on Cowlitz River are unlikely, but hinge on in-season updates
Bymarkyuasa January 24, 2018

The possibility of having a smelt season on any tributary of the Columbia River – including the highly popular Cowlitz River dip-net fishery – is still up in the air, but chances are very slim according to the latest news coming out from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). They’re predicting the smelt…

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Predator Hunting

4 Tips for Taking More Coyotes
Byjasonbrooks January 13, 2018

by Jason Brooks With winter in full swing and our big game season’s over the hunter who doesn’t chase waterfowl might be finding themselves wishing it was still October. But there are a few other things that those who prefer to chase after ungulates instead of fowl can do right now to keep the hunt…

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Recent coastal razor clam digs excellent and San Juan Islands chinook fishery off to a good start
Bymarkyuasa January 8, 2018

Razor clam diggers who rang in the New Year by hitting coastal beaches had plenty of celebration time with excellent digging success. “It was good digging on just about every beach, and people were having a wonderful time,” said Dan Ayres, the head Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) coastal shellfish manager. “I was…

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Tips for a Successful Late Season Quail Hunt
Byjasonbrooks January 4, 2018

by Jason Brooks With just a few weeks left in the upland bird hunts for Washington it is time to start changing up tactics a bit to increase your success on late season quail. The birds have been hunted hard now for several months but thanks to these small and tasty birds the broods are…

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