WA Snake Reopening For Springers

(WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE PRESS RELEASE)

Three sections of the Snake River will reopen to fishing for hatchery spring chinook salmon, beginning with a stretch of the river near Clarkston later this week, the Washington Department of Fish …read more…

Early Ocean King Action Best Off Ilwaco/Astoria

One out of every three anglers out of Ilwaco and Astoria picked up a hatchery Chinook on last weekend’s opener.

“Sounds about right,” said a source at Pacific Salmon Charters in the Washington port closest to the mouth of the …read more…

$500 Reward For Info On Poached, Wasted Cow Elk Near Glide

(OSP)

(OREGON STATE POLICE FISH & WILDLIFE DIVISION PRESS RELEASE)

Oregon State Police (OSP) Fish & Wildlife Division is asking for the public’s help to identify the suspect(s) involved in a Douglas County-area elk poaching incident that occurred early Monday morning. …read more…

Upper Klickitat To Open For Springers As Of Thursday, June 13

(WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE EMERGENCY RULE CHANGE NOTICE)

Upper Klickitat River to open for hatchery adult spring chinook

Action: Up to two hatchery adult spring chinook may be kept as part of the salmon daily limit on the …read more…

Youth Waterfowl Workshops Coming Up In Littlerock

YOUTH HUNTERS HAVE A CHANCE TO GET EXPERT ADVICE FROM THE GRAYS HARBOR CHAPTER OF THE WASHINGTON WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION AT TWO UPCOMING WORKSHOPS. AFTERWARDS, THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO BE SUCCESSFUL DURING SEPTEMBER'S YOUTH WATERFOWL HUNTS -- ANTHONY BURNETT, THEN 9, BAGGED THESE CANADAS ON THE SKAGIT FLATS DURING 2009'S SPECIAL YOUTH WEEKEND. (BROWNING PHOTO CONTEST)

The Grays Harbor Chapter of the Washington Waterfowl Association is calling in all young, budding duck and goose hunters for two free workshops this summer.

The first, to be held Wednesday, June 26 at the Evergreen Sportsmen’s Club near Littlerock, …read more…

Mt. Baker-Snoq NF Begins Travel Management Planning; Forest Roads Will Be Affected

LOGGING ROADS HIGH IN THE MT. BAKER-SNOQUALMIE NATIONAL FOREST, SUCH AS THE ONE ON THE SIDE OF MT. FERNOW WHICH PROVIDES THIS SUNRISE VIEW SOUTH TO CASCADE MOUNTAIN, COULD BE DECOMMISSIONED. FOREST MANAGERS ARE CONSIDERING A NEW TRAVEL PLAN FOR THE WESTERN WASHINGTON WOODS. (ANDY WALGAMOTT)

(Editor’s note: our North Sound columnist, Doug Huddle, is coordinating Citizens For Forest Roads as part of this new travel management planning.)

(MOUNT BAKER-SNOQUALMIE NATIONAL FOREST PRESS RELEASE)

Each year five million people visit the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. They …read more…

SW WA, Columbia Fishing Report (6-10-13)

... AND WAYLAID A MESS OF THE FRESHWATER BONE FISH. (ROB PHILLIPS)

(REPORT COURTESY PSMFC SUPERVISING FISHERIES BIOLOGIST JOE HYMER)

SALMON/STEELHEAD

Cowlitz River – Some spring Chinook are being caught, primarily near the barrier dam.  Effective June 16, bank anglers may fish the south side of the river from Mill Creek to …read more…

WA Wildlife Commission Briefed On Elk Hoof Rot

AN ELK'S HOOF AFFECTED BY THE CONDITION. (WDFW)

Tom Palau at the Longview Daily News reports on WDFW’s efforts to figure out why more and more elk in Southwest Washington are suffering from hoof rot, a dehabilitating condition that concerns hunters of the state’s most populous herd.

The …read more…

June Summers On The Sky And Skagit

Editor’s note: Had a couple friends out searching for steelies and Chinook on the Skykomish while our former intern, Herr Barclay von Tollefson, worked the Skagit recently. Here are their reports, largely unedited because of the press of deadline for …read more…

Press Release-alanche! ODFW, WDFW News

Sheesh, leave early on a Friday — a very newsy Friday — and what happens? Press releases galore hit the floor. To wit:

ODFW: Commission adopts 2013 fall big game tags

The Commission adopted final 2013 controlled big game tags …read more…