Pacific Northwest Fishing Reports

Once again due to lower than expected steelhead returns the Willapa Bay tributaries will close to all fishing. Are you surprised? Not Me...

Tomorrow, January 31st will be the last day to fish on most of the Puget Sound rivers. The only exception will be some of the hatchery terminal areas that will remain open through the 15th of February....

Well, it's no surprise considering the poor steelhead fishing we have been experiencing! WDFW is closing the Main Stillaguamish & North Fork to retention of hatchery steelhead due to extremely poor returns...

Due to low returns upon hatchery steelhead WDFW is closing the Hoko River to steelhead retention until further notice. I would expect to see additional closures in many rivers due to the poor fishing that we are seeing...

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...

Today and tomorrow will be the end of Winter steelhead fishing on a good many Puget Sound rivers.

Once again due to poor returns of hatchery steelhead WDFW is closing the North Fork Stillagumish River to fishing. Seems returns are well below expectations this Winter season...

Tomorrow is the last day of winter steelheading on Puget Sound streams...

Another of our Puget Sound steelhead streams closes to concerns of poor returns...