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EDITOR'S BLOG
Springer Bite Improving
(Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:24:07 +0000)
I received a message from Jason Bauer's iPhone sent at precisely 9:12 a.m. today. He had the boat back on the trailer and was pulling away from the Marine Park launch in Vancouver to go get some breakfast. ... >>>
Poachers Suck
(Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:37:36 +0000)
On the heels of yesterday's take-down of an allegedly massive oyster-poaching ring on Hood Canal, WDFW Enforcement also sent out its quarterly report. As always, the document is part comical and part maddening. ... >>>
‘Massive’ Oyster Poaching Case
(Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:06:57 +0000)
The owner of a Hood Canal seafood company and an employee were arrested this morning in connection to a case that involves the theft of "hundreds of thousands of shellfish from tidelands off state parks and private lands." ... >>>
Bios Worry About Shed Antler Hunters
(Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:08:28 +0000)
Read through today's Weekender Report and one thing is clear: Washington wildlife biologists are not keen about hunters. But not your everyday hunters, rather the ones who track down shed deer and elk antlers on winter range. ... >>>
800 Columbia Springers Caught So Far
(Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:04:03 +0000)
A report this morning says that since Feb. 1, at least 800 spring Chinook have been landed on the Columbia, but despite this year's monster upriver forecast, most of those have been bound for lower-river tribs. ... >>>
Spring Kings? Nah, It’s Steelie Time In The NW!
(Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:52:18 +0000)
Tell you what: With the missus and kids fleeing the country in two weeks I had planned on using every available minute springer fishing. Now, I'm not so sure. ... >>>
Springer Report
(Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:54:48 +0000)
We're not quite out of the single-digit days, but the editor is breathing a little easier this morning: Spring Chinook are trickling over the dam in increasing numbers -- nine yesterday! Meanwhile downriver and on the Multnomah Channel, Northwest Sportsman writer Andy Schneider spent the weekend fishing. ... >>>
3 Charged In Deer Poaching
(Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:01:31 +0000)
The deer were gathered on their wintering grounds not far from Wenatchee when two local men and one from the Westside allegedly started shooting, killing three does and a yearling. ... >>>
Steve Foley, Longtime WDFW Bio, Passes
(Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:46:50 +0000)
Steve Foley, an "irreplaceable" Seattle-area salmon and steelhead biologist, passed away last Sunday afternoon, the victim of an apparent heart attack while working out at a gym. ... >>>
Come On, Springers …
(Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:51:11 +0000)
High effort, low catch -- and what is being reeled in is mostly downriver Chinook. This year's forecasted record springer return to upper Columbia tribs is indeed starting out slowly, like every season since 2005. ... >>>
‘A Really, Really Big Decision’
(Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:28:25 +0000)
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service put greater sage grouse on the list of "candidate" species for ESA protection, stopping short of a threatened status. ... >>>
More On WDFW’s Budget Battles
(Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:45:40 +0000)
I wrote my state Senator a letter last week voicing my opposition to a WDFW-DNR merger, and surprise, surprise, she wrote back! ... >>>
Group To Protest Sea Lion Removal
(Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:31:41 +0000)
Activists are gathering at Bonneville Dam today to protest ODFW and WDFW's removal of problem California sea lions that gather there, the first of which was killed by lethal injection yesterday. ... >>>
WDFW Reveals Salmon Forecasts, Season Ideas
(Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:48:38 +0000)
Chinook in the ocean and Columbia, Puget Sound coho, more selective -- and possibly restrictive -- king fisheries, no repeat of last summer's first-since-1993 Skagit king fishery and forget about Lake Washington sockeye. ... >>>
Sportsmen Help Head Off WDFW-DNR Merger
(Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:55:50 +0000)
A Friday-night budget amendment keeps WDFW as a separate agency, but retains over $6.5 million more in cuts. ... >>>
More Salmon Forecasts Out
(Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:25:59 +0000)
A Federal fishery management group's salmon forecast finds just a hair more Puget Sound Chinook this year in the ocean and a solid jag more Sound coho, but mixed news for Willapa Bay silvers and kings. ... >>>
Senate Budget Kills WDFW
(Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:26:04 +0000)
WDFW would be merged with DNR under a state Senate committee's supplemental budget released this week. ... >>>
He’s ‘INN’ Tune With NW Game And Fish
(Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:51:38 +0000)
Ever walk away from your duck blind to go pee and have flocks finally drop in? Or put your rifle away and watch as a buck suddenly appears at deer camp? ... >>>
Late Feb. Steel Ops Shrink In ‘11-12
(Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:04:01 +0000)
If you're a Nooksack, Skykomish or Snoqualmie River steelheader sitting at home this mid-February weekend instead of trying to tangle with a wild winter-run or two -- or maybe card a late hatchery fish -- get used to that empty feeling. ... >>>
Bank Only Spring King Fishing Above I-205
(Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:38:01 +0000)
UPDATED 2-19: Washington and Oregon salmon managers set springer rules providing a "full range of fishing opportunities," except that the I-205 to Bonneville stretch will be bank-only fishing this year. ... >>>
HEADLINES
(March 19th) Only 13 Days For Sound Halibut Anglers(March 18th) ODFW Studying Sturgeon Spawning Area Below Falls(March 18th) Wolf Shot On Palouse Just East Of WA Border(March 17th) What’s Fishin’ In Washington(March 17th) What’s Fishin’ In Oregon(March 16th) Columbia River Fishing Report(March 16th) Spokane Sportsmen Form Backcountry Advocacy Group(March 16th) ODFW Closed This Friday(March 15th) Estacada Elk Shooter Sought(March 15th) North-Central WA Fishing Report(March 15th) OR Halibut Seasons, Sturgeon Protections Approved(March 11th) Ocean Salmon Fishing Options Out(March 11th) Spokane Has New Hunter Ed Home(March 11th) Hunter Ed Classes, Field Days In OR Coming Up(March 10th) Obama To Ban Fishing?! Not So Fast(March 8th) Chance To Comment On Hunt Changes This Weekend(March 7th) House Passes Budget(March 5th) Triploid Stocking Up For 2010(March 4th) What’s Fishin’ In Washington(March 3rd) Early Springer Counts Well Off Pace(March 3rd) Montesano Man Charged With Selling Bear Gall Bladders(March 3rd) A Different Kind Of Pig In A Blanket(March 2nd) 21K Catchables Headed For North Coast Lakes(March 1st) SW WA Fishing Report(March 1st) Remote Cameras Watch For More WA Wolves(March 1st) ‘Unprecedented’ Bighorn Die-off Across The West(March 1st) Early Limits On The Willamette(February 26th) ‘Easy Pickings’ For Sea Lions As Sturg Keg At Dam(February 26th) ‘A Significant Loss Of Services’: WDFW Chief On Senate Budget(February 25th) HSUS Ups Reward On Tillamook Elk Poaching(February 24th) What’s Fishin’ In Oregon(February 23rd) Dishonor Roll: Two Cited In NW Poaching Cases(February 22nd) SW WA Fishing Report(February 20th) 2010 Columbia Fall King Forecast Out(February 19th) 3 Elk Shot, Wasted Near Tillamook(February 18th) Springer Seasons Being Set 
Not a bad start to the 2009 Tuna Campaign for Deanna and Huan Vu, this 32.4-pounder caught out of Winchester Bay, Ore., on July 4. The summer saw the second best recreational albacore catch ...
INDUSTRY NEWS
RMEF Fires Back On Wolf Groups’ ‘Disingenuous’ Use Of Its Data
(Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:08:12 +0000)
In letters to legislators and newspapers across the West, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is calling out groups like Defenders of Wildlife, Western Wildlife Conservancy and others for their disingenuous use of data on wolves and elk. ... >>>
Poker, For A Cause
(Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:20:22 +0000)
Got a good poker face, know the difference between a royal and straight flush, AND want to benefit Northwest sport fishing advocates? ... >>>
RMEF Projects In OR, WA Announced
(Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:49:22 +0000)
(ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION PRESS RELEASE)
Wildlife conservation projects in 12 Oregon and 17 Washington counties have been selected to receive grants from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation in 2010.
In the Beaver State, funding totaling $153,500 will affect Benton, Crook, Curry, Deschutes, Douglas, Grant, Harney, La ... >>>
