Pacific Northwest Fishing Reports

Due to lower than expected abundance numbers the salmon limit in Marine Area 10 will be reduced to one prior to the January 1st opener...

With improved returns of Chinook and Coho salmon to the Lewis River and Cedar Creek WDFW will remove the salmon closures it put upon these streams earlier in the season. Both streams reopen on December 6th, 2018.

For those of you that have had a little salt water fishing withdrawal the past couple of months, Marine Areas 8-1 & 8-2 will reopen for Winter blackmouth on December 1st...

Once again WDFW is closing fisheries due to lower than expected returns to hatchery systems. This time Drano Lake. Please read through the following notice...

Due to lower than expected returns of Chinook and Coho to the Yakima, WDFW is closing the fishery. Last day of this fishery will be the 17th of October.

October 15th will be the last day of the Fall Chinook fishery on the Hanford Reach section of the Columbia.

Once again we are seeing more closures due to poor salmon returns to the rivers of our state. Preseason estimates of salmon runs did not live up to the WDFW expectations...

Due to lower than expected returns of Fall Chinook the Washougal is closing to retention of Chinook effective September 22nd...

The lower Cowlitz River is closing to Chinook retention effective September 22nd, due to lower than expected returns...