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Washington and Oregon officials will attempt to negotiate their differences regarding gillnetting in the lower Columbia River.

Washington adopts Columbia salmon fishing reforms

Washington and Oregon officials will attempt to negotiate their differences regarding gillnetting in the lower Columbia River.

January 14, 2017, 4:05pm Clark County News

Gillnets to be eliminated in main stem of river, except for two-year exception during fall between Woodland and Beacon Rock; sportsmen to get larger allocations of chinook starting this year Read story

Here's what quagga mussels did to the lower unit of a boat at Lake Mead on the Colorado River.

Money sought to fight aquatic invasive species

Here's what quagga mussels did to the lower unit of a boat at Lake Mead on the Colorado River.

January 12, 2017, 6:04am Latest News

Coalition wants to beef up prevention efforts to present zebra and quagga mussels, plus other invasives, from reaching Washington waters Read story

Fishing report 01/05

January 5, 2017, 6:04am Clark County News

Sturgeon retention is open in the Columbia Gorge reservoirs, but frigid temperatures are only for die-hards Read story

Catch-record cards for salmon and steelhead, now free, each would cost $10 under the Department of Fish and Wildlife's proposed fee increases.

Sportsmen to be asked to pay higher fees

Catch-record cards for salmon and steelhead, now free, each would cost $10 under the Department of Fish and Wildlife's proposed fee increases.

December 29, 2016, 6:04am Clark County News

Washington proposing first hunting, fishing license fee increases since 2010 Read story

Fishing report 12/29

December 29, 2016, 6:01am Clark County News

Klineline Pond gets trout; Battle Ground, Horseshoe, Kress lakes stocked with steelhead; sturgeon retention opens Sunday in Columbia Gorge Read story

Fishing report 12/22

December 22, 2016, 6:02am Clark County News

Lacamas Lake stocked recently with almost 10,000 trout; Horseshoe Lake gets surplus steelhead Read story

Summer steelhead from Skamania Hatchery on the North Fork of the Washougal River would continue to be released in five locations.

Changes proposed for lower Columbia salmon, steelhead hatcheries

Summer steelhead from Skamania Hatchery on the North Fork of the Washougal River would continue to be released in five locations.

December 15, 2016, 2:44pm Clark County News

Federal fisheries officials want to make release numbers, stocks more compatible with recovery of fish listed under the Endangered Species Act Read story

The lower end of the Willamette River’s Multnomah Channel is popular with Clark County anglers once the lower Columbia closes for spring chinook.

Spring chinook outlook mixed in local rivers

The lower end of the Willamette River’s Multnomah Channel is popular with Clark County anglers once the lower Columbia closes for spring chinook.

December 15, 2016, 6:04am Latest News

Outlook encouraging for Kalama and Cowlitz rivers but poor for Willamette, Lewis Read story

Washington and Oregon officials will attempt to negotiate their differences regarding gillnetting in the lower Columbia River.

Sportsmen, commercials feud over Columbia River reforms

Washington and Oregon officials will attempt to negotiate their differences regarding gillnetting in the lower Columbia River.

December 10, 2016, 5:33pm Clark County News

Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission hears widely differing testimony regarding proposed salmon management changes Read story

Spring chinook caught in the lower Columbia River are considered among the finest eating salmon in the world.

Columbia spring chinook forecast down slightly

Spring chinook caught in the lower Columbia River are considered among the finest eating salmon in the world.

December 9, 2016, 2:15pm Clark County News

State, federal, tribal biologists predicting a run of 160,400 spring salmon destined for waters upstream of Bonneville Dam Read story