EARLY LAST YEAR, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife floated a proposal to purchase a parcel of land that would restore recreational fishing access… Continue reading
OCEAN-GOING ANGLERS take note: salmon seasons will be reduced this summer. That’s the takeaway from the options developed by salmon managers for ocean salmon fisheries… Continue reading
DESIGNED TO PROTECT resident killer whales, Fisheries and Oceans Canada has proposed either an all-fin ban or a salmon ban for sports fishing in Canadian… Continue reading
SALMON RUN ESTIMATES released recently by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife are expected to be lower this year compared to last season, including… Continue reading
IT’S THE LAST chance for chinook anglers to get in the running for a serious cash prize. Ticket sales for the 2018 Olympic Peninsula Salmon… Continue reading
MARINE AREA 9 (Admiralty Inlet) reopened to blackmouth chinook fishing today and the fishery will run until encounter guidelines are met, or April 15, whichever… Continue reading
IT DOESN’T PROVIDE anglers the ability to immediately report their catch totals, a function fishermen have been angling for for years, but the state Department… Continue reading
HALIBUT BYCATCH, the end result of big money commercial halibut fishing, is having an impact on flatfish stocks. This is reflected in lower recruitment, the… Continue reading
FOR JUST THE second time in more than 90 years U.S. and Canadian members of the six-person International Pacific Halibut Commission adjourned their annual meeting… Continue reading
HEAD FOR THE Ridge on Saturday and Sunday, as a day spent in the snow atop Hurricane Ridge would be a fitting tribute for alpine-film… Continue reading
RECREATIONAL ANGLING REPRESENTATIVES John Beath and Dave Croonquist of Sequim are in attendance at the International Pacific Halibut Commission in Portland this week. Beath passed… Continue reading
THOSE LOOKING FOR a way to beat the winter blahs should tap into some winter birding activities offered by area chapters of the Audubon Society.… Continue reading
DEVISED WITHOUT PUBLIC input in secret meetings between the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and 17 Washington tribes, and with the potential power to… Continue reading
A HUNTING REVIVAL begins Saturday when a brant (geese) hunt is held for the first time in decades in Clallam County. The state Department of… Continue reading
how else would there be a Grey Wolf River or the Sequim Wolves sports teams — wolves are… Continue reading
OLYMPIC PENINSULA SALMON Derby tickets are on sale now online at
www.gardinersalmonderby.org, or at area merchants beginning Jan. 5. Set Friday through Sunday, March 9-11,… Continue reading
IF SALMON ANGLERS in Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet) think they have it bad now, just wait. Shutdowns of summer king and winter blackmouth fisheries… Continue reading
ADDITIONAL FISHING TIME and the possibility of sunshine would be a nice break in the recent routine of rain, windstorm and a little more rain.… Continue reading
