Pacific Northwest Fishing Reports

We have started to see some ocean Coho being caught in Marine Area 8-2. This is just the start of the ocean run...

WDFW is closing Marine Area 11 to Chinook fishing as of 11:59 PM Saturday, August 25th.

Due to lower than expected steelhead returns WDFW & ODFW have closed steelhead retention on the Columbia from Bouy 10 to Hwy 395 at Pasco. This closure takes place effective Monday August 27th...

Effective August 24th Marine Area 2 (Westport) will be open to salmon fishing 7 days a week through September 3rd. WDFW approved this as we have enough Coho and Chinook quota left...

Hard to believe, but WDFW has given us two additional days of Spot Shrimp fishing in Hood Canal as we have 19,000 additional pounds on our quota to harvest. We have shrimp bait and scents on hand...

As of Friday, August 17th WDFW is increasing the limit to two hatchery Chinook in Marine Area 11 (Tacoma/Vashon Island)...

Tomorrow, August 16th will be the last day for Chinook retention in Marine Area 10 (Seattle/Bremerton) as we have caught our quota. It was great while it lasted! The area will still be open for retention of both hatchery and wild Coho...

The salmon fishing in Marine Area 10 (Seattle/Bremerton) has been nothing short of good! We have seen good numbers of Chinook, resident Coho as well as a few larger ocean silvers...

Marine Area 10 (Seattle/Bremerton) has been turning out fairly good salmon fishing over the past week. We should still have a couple of weeks of Chinook fishing before we reach our quota...