Pacific Northwest Fishing Reports

As of March 1st, 2020 there will be no salmon fisheries on the Lewis River. This action is need to assure there is sufficient numbers of fish to maintain hatchery broodstock needs...

Once again we are seeing closures on chum salmon due to low returns. This time it's the Mainstream and North Fork of the Nooksack River...

Once again, faced with lower than expected returns of coho, WDFW has once again closed another of our salmon fisheries. This time it's Willapa Bay and all it's tributary streams...

Due to lower than expected returns upon chum salmon in a number of Puget Sound areas salmon fishing has been closed effective today, November 12th until further notice.

Due to lower than expected hatchery returns on Spring Chinook needed for broodstock WDFW is closing Wind River and Drano Lake to salmon & steelhead fishing. The saga of NW sportfishing continues...

Once again we are seeing more closures due to poor salmon returns to the rivers of our state. Preseason estimates of salmon runs did not live up to the WDFW expectations...

Quotas will be reached in Marine Areas 1 & 4 and Sunday 12th August will be the last day of salmon angling...

This Friday, April 21st will be the last day to fish salmon in Marine Area 7 (San Juan Islands) as we will reach our impact numbers by that date.

Once again we have early salmon closures occurring in Marine Areas 8-1 & 8-2 due to Chinook impact numbers being reached. These areas were slated to be closed at the end of April...