(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…
(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…
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…
(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…
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.
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…