11/04/2015 J. W. Snyder NWFN From the Website of CCA– Pacific North West With a press release announcing the new 2014 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES (FUS), NOAA Fisheries has continued to present a distorted picture of the nation’s fisheries and who generates value from them. The release touts the importance of healthy fisheries …
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 on the Big Quilcene River. New to the area young Perfilev joined friends and family for a day of fishing in Quilcene. As school after school of Chum went swimming bye, only a few silvers had been seen, Perfilev never lost hope. After several …
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 …
J. W. Snyder NWFN , August 3, 2015 Pierce County, WA – Northwest anglers are getting in on the early Puyallup river salmon fishing. So far the Salmon are coming up in small schools and decent numbers of Pinks and a few Chinook are being landed. There have also been a few rumors of the occasional Puyallup river …
J.W. Snyder NWFN, 07/31/2015 Oregon Salmon Season Openers. Oregon fishing season is well underway and even with the warmer than usual weather conditions the fishing has been great. Several of Oregon’s the top salmon fishing destinations are getting ready to open in August. Here are the rivers and creeks that will be opening …
J. W. Snyder, NWFN 7/30/2015 Ton’s of great fishing destinations are getting ready to open for salmon retention. Here are the areas set to open on the fist day of August. Freshwater Areas Whatcom Creek – Fishing regulation area (884) from mouth to yellow markers below Dupont Street. open to Salmon retention from August 1st to …
J. W. Snyder NWFN 7/28/2015 WDFW announces that Sockeye numbers are good enough they will open Sockeye fishing on Lake Wenatchee Good news for Washington anglers, even with the warm weather and significant closures, lake Wenatchee will open for Sockeye after all. Initially on July 16th the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the closing …