Pacific Northwest Fishing Reports

Baker Lake is now CLOSED for sockeye fishing. We have reached our allowable catch numbers while still allowing enough for spawning. It was a short sweet season...

With an expected return of 35,000 plus sockeye returning to Lake Wenatchee this year WDFW in opening the lake on August 3rd. It will be a four fish limit with a minimum sice limit of 12 inches.

There have been enough surplus fish returning to the Baker to allow a sockeye fishery in Baker Lake. It will open Saturday, July 18th and run through September 7th...

Sockeye and steelhead fishing will close on the Columbia River effective Thursday, June 25th. This closure is from the Megler-Astoria Bridge upstrea to the Hwy 395 Bridge at Pasco...

Due to extremely low returns of sockeye to the Skagit River there will be no in river sockeye fishery this season. There might be a chance for a Baker Lake fishery if the returning numbers warrant...

Here's the rundown on the Spring Chinook fisheries that will open on certain sections and days on the Columbia River. At least we have a few days to fish...

As of July 26th all sockeye caught in Marine Area 12 (Hood Canal) will have to be released. This is to maximize the number of fish returning for broodstock programs to reestablish a sockeye return to Lake Cushman...

Due to expectations of very low returns of sockeye to Lake Pleasant this season there will be no retention allowed this season on the Quillayute and Sol Duc Rivers.

Here's some information on salmon forecast numbers for the this upcoming 2019 salmon season. This is just the start of our North of Falcon season setting process. Some things are are better some things are worse...