By Mark Yuasa While the New Year’s Eve celebrations took center stage, many salmon anglers were saving their fun times for hitting up three marine areas that opened to salmon fishing on Jan. 1. Success was mainly slow to fair at times in central Puget Sound (Marine Catch Area 10) – from Apple Tree Cove-Point […]
We’re still months away from getting our first glance at 2020 salmon forecasts but the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) fishery managers have already dished out some early signals of what lies ahead. “It is so early yet in the process but I’m guessing we will be looking at conservative measures especially from […]
Why You Should Hunt with a Muzzleloader By Jason Brooks Looking for extended seasons, liberal bag limits, or a new challenge? Then put down the long range rifle and pick up a muzzleloader. Recently a good friend of mine began asking me about hunting with a muzzleloader, something I have been doing for years now. […]
By Mark Yuasa We’ve almost reached the halfway mark of the 2019-2020 coastal razor clam digging season and it has been a slam dunk of optimism with the possibility of many brighter times ahead. “The biggest story of this razor clam season is the sheer lack of bad weather and that has really helped,” said […]
The sport halibut seasons in Washington’s marine areas have seen a more stabilized fishery in recent years, and flattie fish chasers can now start making plans for the 2020 spring season. Preliminary sport-fishing dates were recently proposed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) at a Nov. […]
The dust is just settling on 2019 summer and early fall salmon fisheries and looking back in the rear-view mirror it can simply be deemed as surprisingly good in some locations and downright lousy in others. While it is still very early in the game to see how all Puget Sound salmon runs and sport […]
It’s that time of the year when we change up our normal fishing routines and break out a jar of Power Bait or salmon eggs, a container of nightcrawlers or your favorite lure or spoon. “We are doing our best to create some trout fishing opportunities at a time when other fisheries are winding down,” […]
Nighttime along many Puget Sound piers has come to life and the motive behind anglers hanging their hopes off the sides of these structures are the massive amount of squid now pouring into marine waterways. Squid – known in the culinary biz as “calamari” – are very plentiful marine creatures that attract hordes of anglers […]
If you like to Dungeness crab as much as I do, then you’ll be glad to know that some marine areas are reopening Tuesday (Oct. 1) for a winter crab fishing season. The highly anticipated openings were approved by fishery managers after summer catch assessments by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) indicated […]
by Jason Brooks With Oregon’s rifle deer opener coming up this weekend and Washington’s modern firearm season just weeks away it is time to go deer hunting! But before you grab the blaze orange vest and sling your rifle over your shoulder there are few things you can do to become a better deer hunter […]
