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,” […]
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 […]
The term “happy as a clam” is sitting just fine for those along the southern coast at Long Beach where razor clam diggers will likely get around 100 days of digging, a dramatic jump from just four days last season, and the first three-day dig this Friday to Sunday started off on high note! “It’s […]
It has been another smashing year as far as some state fishing records go, and another that would’ve easily topped the current record if it wasn’t for one hang up. On Aug. 29, Larry Phillips, the Region 6 Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Director, made the 24-mile run on a glassy ocean from […]
The front end of a long silvery coho salmon train – a fish better in the angler realm as “silvers” for their shiny chrome-bright bodies – has been steaming into the western Strait of Juan de Fuca off Sekiu in strong numbers for the past couple of weeks. “Coho fishing at Sekiu really picked up […]
Not sure where the term “happy as clam” came from, but clam diggers will be very giddy with the news leaking out of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) regional office in Montesano. The WDFW staff has been busy this summer conducting razor clam abundance assessments and have just one more portion of […]
By Mark Yuasa A bunch of Pacific blue fin tuna caught off the southern coast including a verified 90-plus pounder hitting the decks of the Ilwaco Tuna Club. Multiple white croakers reeled in by a surf angler off Westport. Catches of thresher, blue and Mako sharks to striped marlin as well as mahi-mahi and Spanish […]
