DECEMBER 1, 2015 ANDY WALGAMOTT- northwest sportsman Citing less than adequate numbers of wild coho back into the Grays Harbor system, a state salmon manager says there won’t be a reopener anytime soon. “We’re going to hold where we’re at at the moment,” WDFW’s Steve Thiesfeld in Montesano said this afternoon, disappointing guides and anglers …
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – Fisheries managers are concerned about the impact catch-and-release is having on endangered chinook salmon and have closed salmon fishing two months early in the central Puget Sound. The Kitsap Sun reports that even when anglers toss them back, many salmon end up dying from the encounter. The season was scheduled to …
The Roche Harbor Salmon Classic Invitational held Jan. 21-23 on San Juan Island has just 10 spots left available. This derby is limited to 100 boats with a maximum of four anglers per boat. Cost is $810.75, and includes tax, all dinners for registered anglers and moorage. First place is $10,000, second place is $5,000, …
J. W. Snyder NWFN 11-23-2015 WDFW FISHING RULE CHANGE Action: Swift Reservoir anglers will be able to fish the entire month of December. Species affected: Hatchery rainbows and landlocked coho and chinook salmon. Effective dates and locations: From Swift Dam upstream to Eagle Cliff Bridge through Dec. 31, 2015. Reason for action: Nearly 52,000 catchable size …
By RALPH SCHWARTZ – Associated Press – Sunday, November 22, 2015 LUMMI RESERVATION, Wash. (AP) – Members of Lummi Nation say that for them, fishing is different. Tribal and nontribal fishers alike must keep to the seasons and mind their catch quotas. Still, for most Washington residents, fishing is a privilege granted by the state …
09/28/2015 Report provided by Tacoma Power Last week Tacoma Power recovered 1,040 fall Chinook adults, 95 jacks, 203 summer-run steelhead, 137 coho adults, 75 jacks, 17 spring Chinook adults, one jacks, and 12 cutthroat trout during five days of operations at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery separator. During the past week Tacoma Power employees released …
First time angler Kirill Perfilev of Bremerton Washington lands his first Coho of the year. New to the area young Perfilev joined friends and family for a day of fishing on the Quilcene. As school after school of Chum went swimming by with only a few silvers to be seen, Perfilev never lost hope. cast after …
08/28/2015 – J. W. Snyder – NWFN Good number of Chinook and Coho being caught at the mouth of the Toutle on the Cowlitz. This angler Amir proudly displays two bright chrome fish as a reward for his efforts. The fishing is hot right now if your looking to hit the Cowlitz and mouth of …
J. W. Snyder – Northwest Fishing News 08/28/2015 Cowlitz King Avid angler Amir Kalabic proudly displays his second King of a two king a day limit for the Cowlitz river. The Cowlitz has been offering up some very good fishing, even with the warmer than normal temperatures. Anglers are turning in excellent catch count numbers making the Cowlitz …
Jeffery P. Mayor – The Olympian 08/19/2015 Jessica Weigel, co-owner of Waters West Guide Service, will talk about guided fishing trips in the Pacific Northwest during Wednesday’s meeting of the Olympia Chapter of Trout Unlimited. Weigel and her husband, Casey Weigel, live on the Wynoochee River in Montesano. They met while Casey was doing a …