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.

Thursday, July 30th will be the last day for Chinook retention in Marine Area 5. The Chinook encounters will be met by the end of the day, thus ending the season.

The coastal halibut fishery in Marine Areas 1 - 4 will open on August 6th. Puget Sound and Straits of Juan de Fuca will also open up on August 6th. Please read notice for details on this fishery...

Due to a better than expected return of Summer Chinook to the upper Columbia we have been given additional time to fish. Sometimes we do get good news...

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...

Due to the return of greater number of Chinook than expected WDFW and ODFW have extended the season for recreational anglers. At least something is going better than expected...

Hope that all of you have a "Great" 4th of July weekend!

The state harvest guidelines have been met for spot shrimp in Marine Area 6 and will be closed effective July 2nd...