Pacific Northwest Fishing Reports

We have been given one more additional day of Chinook fishing in Marine Area 9, Sunday, August 4th. WDFW has determined enough quota remains to allow one more additional day. Good Luck!...

Chinook retention will reopen in Marine Area 9 on Wednesday, July31st and run through Saturday, 3rd August. WDFW has determined that sufficient quota remains to allow additional four days of opportunity...

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...

Returns of hatchery summer Chinook are sufficient to allow a recreational fishery above Wells Dam. This will make the eastern Washington anglers smile...

Everyone has been awaiting the salmon opener in Marine Area 9 Admiralty Inlet. This area contains some of the most popular salmon fishing spots in Puget Sound...

At current catch rates the Chinook guidelines at Neah Bay will be meet and the fishery will be closed for retention effective Sunday, July 14th. You will still be able to fish for other salmon species...

Additional shrimping opportunity is being allowed in Marine Area 6 to be able to take the allotted sports quota...

As escapement goals are projected to be meet at both the Entiat and Chelan Falls hatchery facilities WDFW is allowing retention on parts of the Columbia and tributaries...

As we have some additional sport quota left on Hood Canal, WDFW is giving us two additional days of shrimping. This will take place on July 23rd and 24th...