WDFW is inviting the public to propose changes for the base 2027-29 hunting season package and says the ideas "will play a role in the Department deciding which hunting rule change proposals to consider in the rule making process." The post WDFW Looking For Hunting Proposals Ahead Of Next 3-year Season-setting Process appeared first on .|
She wasn't exactly catfishing anyone, but a Northcentral Oregon woman who thought a pic of a sturgeon would turn heads on a dating app snagged the come-hither-with-that-illegal-fish glance of state fish and wildlife troopers instead. The post Instead Of Dates, Gal Lands Visit From Game Wardens, Potential Illegal Catch Charges appeared first on .|
ODFW will host in-person and hybrid meetings the evenings of October 6-8 to talk 2026 sport bottomfish and halibut seasons with Oregon anglers. The post 2026 Oregon Rec Bottomfish, Halibut Seasons Subject Of Oct. 6-8 Meetings appeared first on .|
Police booked a 21-year-old male volunteer at WDFW's Issaquah Salmon Hatchery on 10 counts of false reporting yesterday after a string of fake 911 calls that triggered responses for everything from an active shooter to bomb threats to medical emergencies. The post Volunteer At Issaquah Salmon Hatchery Arrested After Long String Of Alleged Fake 911 Calls appeared first on .|
The impending loss of Oregon ash trees due to an invasive bug spreading in the region is bad news for waters used by Willamette-Columbia system salmon, steelhead and their forage, according to a new study. The post Researchers Look At Emerald Ash Borer Impact To Salmon, Steelhead Streams appeared first on .|
Late September 2025 fall Chinook, coho and summer steelhead catch stats for select Southwest Washington tributaries, Buoy 10, and the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River. The post SW WA, Lower Columbia, Hanford Reach Fishing Report (10-1-25) appeared first on .|
A 49-year-old Yakima County man was fatally shot while hunting mule deer on Saturday at a lower Yakima Valley wildlife area. The post Muzzleloader Hunter Dies In Incident Near Yakima appeared first on .|
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission approved land acquisitions in Pend Oreille, Douglas and Okanogan Counties, as well as heard about WDFW's draft Resident Native Trout Harvest Policy and held a hearing on coastal steelhead rule change proposals. The post WA Fish And Wildlife Commission Approves Eastside Land Acquisitions appeared first on .|
Oregon shellfish managers are detailing results of razor clam surveys ahead of the October 1 opener on Clatsop County beaches, the state's best for the bivalves. The post ODFW 2025-26 Clatsop County Razor Clam Digging Forecast appeared first on .|
A camera just placed in the fish ladder at Keno Dam on Oregon's upper Klamath River captured the first video of a salmon in the facility since the removal of four downstream dams. It follows on salmon observed in the ladder last year, and for ODFW "(reminds) us of their resiliency as they return to a portion of river basin that hasn’t seen salmon for more than 100 years."| nwsportsmanmag.com
Backcountry Hunters and Anglers reacts to the federal Department of the Interior's proposal to rescind the Public Lands Rule for BLM ground, which affirmed "conserving public lands is a legitimate and important use, on equal footing with energy development, timber harvest, grazing, and recreation" and was overwhelmingly supported in public comment.| nwsportsmanmag.com
Late August 2025 fall Chinook, coho and steelhead catch stats for the Lower Columbia, Buoy 10 and select Southwest Washington tributaries.| nwsportsmanmag.com
WDFW says it must take "additional measures" to make sure a lake on San Juan Island is rid of illegally introduced northern pike and will hold a public meeting next week to talk about rotenoning it.| nwsportsmanmag.com
ODFW is proposing to restart Chinook salmon fishing in the Coquille River this fall following the efforts of the Coquille Tribe, ODFW staff and extensive community volunteer work to improve the performance of the hatchery program.| nwsportsmanmag.com
ODFW is proposing several changes to 2026's Sport Fishing Regulations, including allowing spearfishing for bass as well as walleye in more moving waters of the state and standardizing the kokanee limit to ten a day. The Fish and Wildlife Commission will adopt new regs in September.| nwsportsmanmag.com
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is holding a public meeting at 6 p.m., Monday, July 28, to discuss its plans for a habitat restoration project on the Shillapoo Wildlife Area near Vancouver.| nwsportsmanmag.com
Thirty-six youngsters recently enjoyed the Washington Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation's Jakes Day, which aims to "spark their curiosity about the natural world, encouraging a lasting interest in outdoor exploration."| nwsportsmanmag.com
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game shares details on recent investigations, convictions and charges in three separate deer and elk cases spanning the Panhandle and southeastern portion of the state.| nwsportsmanmag.com
Fired by a steady drip of videos highlighting certain Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission members' internal communications, hunters came a'calling this morning for the resignations of four of them, and shooting right back was the chair who said they were flat-out being lied to by an out-of-state organization and they didn't know what they were talking about.| nwsportsmanmag.com
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will soon have a new chair and vice chair.| nwsportsmanmag.com
While this year's Columbia spring Chinook run exceeded the preseason forecast, allowing extended fishing, unfortunately, the big river's sockeye return is not following suit.| nwsportsmanmag.com
While Upper Columbia sockeye runs have been hard to predict, a couple reasons are being eyed for this year's blown forecast.| nwsportsmanmag.com
This year's Baker Lake sockeye run is now expected to smash a record set just two years ago.| nwsportsmanmag.com
The federal government is pulling out of a deal that paused a long-running court case over Columbia River hydropower operations and their impacts on listed salmon and steelhead stocks and which might have led to the breaching of four dams on the lower Snake River.| nwsportsmanmag.com
Yesterday, the federal government backed out of a "landmark" deal aimed at restoring salmon and steelhead runs in the Columbia Basin. But the work is far from dead.| nwsportsmanmag.com
When Buzz Ramsey talks, people tend to listen. I know I do. For decades upon decades now, the famed cowboy-hatted Northwest angler has been catching salmon and steelhead, tinkering with lures and sharing expert advice with fellow fishermen. Ramsey retired at the end of 2020 after a long career at Yakima Bait and Luhr Jensen, […]| nwsportsmanmag.com
A pair of Upper Columbia summer salmon derbies have been cancelled due to much lower returns of sockeye than expected and to help keep fishing open for other anglers, but meanwhile WDFW is reported to be considering "bubble" Chinook openers thanks to a somewhat larger return of summer kings than expected.| nwsportsmanmag.com
Washington sockeye managers are reducing the daily bag limit and the number of open days on the Columbia from Tri-Cities to the Brewster Pool after a runsize update earlier this week shrank the available quota. Changes begin July 7.| nwsportsmanmag.com
A pair of federal agencies have filed a notice of intent they will withdraw their plan to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement for hydropower operations on the Columbia River system.| nwsportsmanmag.com
Seven-day-a-week fishing for wild steelhead will open February 1 on portions of the upper Skagit and lower Sauk Rivers, WDFW announced this afternoon.| nwsportsmanmag.com
Enjoy the last weeks of that Skagit-Sauk wild steelhead fishery – it looks to be on the chopping block for the foreseeable future unless anglers can convince state lawmakers otherwise soon.| nwsportsmanmag.com
