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Columbia River tributary fishing report, week of May 5

May 11, 2024, 5:57am Outdoors

The latest Columbia River tributary fishery reports. This sample was taken during the May 5 flight count. Columbia River tributaries SALMON/STEELHEAD Cowlitz River I-5 Bridge downstream — 55 bank rods… Read story

Spring Chinook head down to Drano

May 4, 2024, 5:55am Outdoors

Spring Chinook passage over Bonneville Dam has increased during the last week, and the fishing at Drano Lake and the Wind River has picked up. Read story

A bull elk bugles during rutting season in 2010 in Estes Park, Colo.

Special hunt deadline extended to May 22

A bull elk bugles during rutting season in 2010 in Estes Park, Colo.

May 11, 2024, 5:30am Outdoors

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has extended the special hunt permit application deadline one week, until midnight May 22. Read story

Merwin Reservoir has more than 500,000 northern pikeminnow and 5,500 tiger muskies, according to federal researchers.

Fishing report: Pikeminnow bounty season opens on Columbia

Merwin Reservoir has more than 500,000 northern pikeminnow and 5,500 tiger muskies, according to federal researchers.

May 4, 2024, 5:54am Outdoors

The 2024 northern pikeminnow bounty season on the Columbia and Snake rivers opens May 1, with decent money to be made. Read story

Clam digging just south of the Oysterville approach at the northern end of Long Beach Peninsula in Pacific County.

Field notes: Final razor clam digs of spring season approved

Clam digging just south of the Oysterville approach at the northern end of Long Beach Peninsula in Pacific County.

May 4, 2024, 5:53am Editor's Choice

The final seven days of Washington coastal razor clam digs of the season will proceed as planned from May 6-12. Read story

Fishing guide Bob Rees, left, and Paul Marshall with a nice lower Columbia River spring Chinook.

Columbia River spring Chinook fishing closes above Bonneville Dam

Fishing guide Bob Rees, left, and Paul Marshall with a nice lower Columbia River spring Chinook.

April 29, 2024, 5:19pm Latest News

With the fishery expected to have already met its allowable catch, recreational spring Chinook fishing on the Columbia River mainstem from Bonneville Dam to the Oregon/Washington border will close beginning Tuesday, April 30. Read story

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife figures show there were 260 wolves in 42 packs in the state at the end of 2023.

Count shows wolves increasing in Washington

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife figures show there were 260 wolves in 42 packs in the state at the end of 2023.

April 27, 2024, 6:02am Latest News

The number of wolves is increasing in Washington, although breeding pairs declined by one, according to information released this week by the state agency that tracks their numbers. Read story

A rainbow trout hops out of the water as it is reeled in at Klineline Pond. The annual Washington trout derby kick-off coincides with the lowland lakes season opener.

Fishing report: Hundreds of lowland lakes open for trout on Saturday

A rainbow trout hops out of the water as it is reeled in at Klineline Pond. The annual Washington trout derby kick-off coincides with the lowland lakes season opener.

April 26, 2024, 2:42pm Outdoors

Anglers can look forward to trout fishing in hundreds of lowland lakes throughout the state beginning Saturday and perhaps winning one of more than 800 trout derby prizes along with their catch. Read story

FILE - A grizzly bear roams an exhibit at the Woodland Park Zoo on May 26, 2020, in Seattle. The federal government plans to restore grizzly bears to an area of northwest and north-central Washington. Plans announced this week by the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service call for the release of three to seven bears a year for five to 10 years to achieve an initial population of 25.

The federal government plans to restore grizzly bears to the North Cascades region of Washington

FILE - A grizzly bear roams an exhibit at the Woodland Park Zoo on May 26, 2020, in Seattle. The federal government plans to restore grizzly bears to an area of northwest and north-central Washington. Plans announced this week by the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service call for the release of three to seven bears a year for five to 10 years to achieve an initial population of 25.

April 25, 2024, 1:11pm Latest News

The federal government plans to restore grizzly bears to an area of northwest and north-central Washington, where they were largely wiped out. Read story

WA trout derby kicks off Saturday in Longview, Kelso, Woodland lakes

April 25, 2024, 7:30am Latest News

For those putting off restocking their tackle boxes, don’t wait much longer. The state’s annual trout derby kicks off Saturday. Read story