Wildlife League meets Wednesday
The Vancouver Wildlife League will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, 2108 Grand Blvd.
Guide Steve Leonard will discuss tips on catching spring chinook salmon and kokanee.
The public is welcome.
CCA sponsors chinook derby
PORTLAND — The Coastal Conservation Association is running a spring chinook fishing derby through May 29.
The STAR derby cost $15 for CCA members and an additional $25 for a membership for others. Anglers can enter the derby at any time and are eligible for $200 weekly prizes and grand prizes of as much as $2,000.
Official weigh-in sites are the Fishermen’s Marine and Outdoor retail stores at Delta Park and in Oregon City. The fish must be gutted with the gills removed prior to weighing.
Entry forms are available at Fishermen’s Marine. Entry also is possible online at http://www.ccapnw.org/pageview.aspx?id=36685.
Two razor clam digs set in April
LONG BEACH — Additional days of razor clam digging in April tentatively have been set by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Digging is scheduled for April 7-9 at Long Beach and Twin Harbors. The additional dates are April 19-20 at Long Beach and Twin Harbors plus April 21-23 at Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis and Mocrocks.
Low tides during those dates are: April 7, 0.1 feet, 9:37 a.m.; April 8, 0.2 feet, 10;19 a.m.; April 9, 0.4 feet, 11:07 a.m.; April 19, -1.8 feet, 8:07 a.m.; April 20, -1.7 feet, 8:54 a.m.; April 21, -1.4 feet, 9:42 a.m.; April 22, -0.8 feet, 10:33 a.m., April 23, -0.2 feet, 11:27 a.m.
Digging, which normally ends at noon, will be allowed until 1 p.m. on April 23.
“We didn’t want to be a position of shooing diggers off the beach just a half hour after low tide,’’ said Dan Ayres, coastal shellfish manager.
The second dig in April is a result of poor weather in March.
Additional digging days are planned in May.
Diggers need a new license beginning in April. An annual razor clam license is $9, while a three-day license is $5.40. Washington’s recreational licenses are valid April 1 through March 31.
