Crews had to come to the rescue Monday afternoon when a WDFW boat broke down after working on a Nisqually River smolt trap.

Mid-March 2026 spring Chinook, steelhead, sturgeon and walleye catch stats for the Lower Columbia, lower Willamette and select Southwest Washington tributaries.

A March 23 evening meeting will go over a proposal to open select areas of two preserves on Orcas Island to state and tribal ...

WDFW's budget just took a $10 million hit coming out of the recently concluded Washington state legislative session, with big ...

On February 28, the 8th Annual Lake Chelan Kokanee Shootout fishing derby took place near Chelan, Washington. What started as ...

With "largely encouraging" Chinook and coho forecasts, the West Coast ocean salmon fishing council has adopted options for 2026 seasons off Washington, Oregon and the rest of the coast, and here's ...

WDFW says that it is doing away with the current special fishing and hunting license paper this summer as it continues to ...

ODFW announced this afternoon that the Sandy River from mouth upstream to the Stark Street Bridge will open March 11 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. for smelt dipping. First time in 50 years of smelt presence ...

The City of Seattle says a settlement reached to relicense its three Skagit River dams includes "substantial commitments to ... comprehensive fish passage and habitat programs, intended to increase ...