Wild Steelhead Coalition claims victory for wild steelhead

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State releases 2016 spring chinook forecast!

Al Thomas, Columbian Outdoors Reporter 12/11/2016   This content is available for subscribers only.  To get the full story about the things that really matter to Northwest anglers.     Subscribe to NWFN Today!                               Subscribe to Northwest Fishing News for all …

Devistating report indicated only 10 percent of Snake River Sockeye survived in 2015

12/07/2015 – Courtney Flatt – Northwest Public Radio This year’s hot summer and low river flows devastated Snake River sockeye. “We had August-like temperatures in late June, square on the shoulders of the sockeye migration,” said Ritchie Graves, with NOAA Fisheries. It turns out 90 percent of Snake River sockeye were dead before they reached …

Current NOAA review of the Washington steelhead hatchery program could be the death of Washington’s steelhead fishery

12/08/2015 – J. W. Snyder – NWFN   This content is available for subscribers only.  To get the full story about the things that really matter to Northwest anglers.     Subscribe to NWFN Today!                               Subscribe to Northwest Fishing News for …

WDFW awards $8.2 Million for habitat restoration around the Puget Sound.

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WDFW to allow public comment on lower Columbia river hatchery reform plan.

December 4, 2015 – J. W. Snyder – NWFN The state has decided to extent the courtesy of public comment on the current hatchery reform plan for the lower Columbia River.  This content is available for subscribers only.  To get the full story about the things that really matter to Northwest anglers.     Subscribe to NWFN …

Still no go for Coho on the Chehalis River

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. This content is available for subscribers only.  To get the full story about the things that really matter to Northwest anglers.     …

State closes Marine Area 10 to salmon fishing, crying foul hook as a result of catch and release death rates.

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 This content is available for subscribers …

Idaho anglers get triples bag limits!

Doug Lindley – Idaho State Journal 11/28/2015 The Idaho Fish and Game Commission recently approved changes to the state’s fishing rules for the 2016, 2017 and 2018 seasons. The new rules will go into effect on Jan. 1. This content is available for subscribers only.  To get the full story about the things that really matter …