By Mark Yuasa Those who ventured to coastal beaches for the first seven days of the 2020-2021 razor clam season had no need to “clam up” with limits across the board. “It was a very successful opener (Sept. 16-22) and people pretty much had limits on all the beaches,” said Dan Ayres, the head Washington […]
By Mark Yuasa Coastal razor clam enthusiasts will dig this uplifting news! WDFW today approved the initial 39 digging dates for the 2020-2021 razor clam season that begins this Wednesday (Sept. 14) through Saturday (Sept. 19) during morning low tides. Digging will be open Wednesday (minus-1.0 feet at 6:17 a.m.) at Long Beach, Twin Harbors […]
By Mark Yuasa The Columbia River revealed plenty of nice surprises this summer and there’s another place that’ll capture the hearts of those looking at a “final chance” for big fall chinook. One of my favorite times of year is now through mid-October to trek east of the Cascades to the Columbia in the Hanford […]
By Mark Yuasa Chinook salmon runs are peaking in many places and it all boils down to knowing that when mid-August rolls around, time is working against us. While that’s the case there are options from the Columbia River to Willapa Bay and Westport and clear into southern Puget Sound. “It’s tougher than I thought […]
By Mark Yuasa This is my favorite and most busy time of the year to wet a line with a multitude of salmon species spread throughout the Columbia River, the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca clear into Puget Sound and other fishing holes around the Pacific Northwest. Many are making plans to hit the […]
By Mark Yuasa The sockeye run heading up the Columbia River is waxing expectations, and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has decided to open Lake Wenatchee and liberalized the Upper Columbia mainstem sockeye daily limit beginning this Monday (Aug. 3). “We’re expecting a good sockeye return of 35,000 to 40,000 (39,400 is […]
By Mark Yuasa The fishing adrenaline rush hits me around this time every summer and right now opportunities are exploding all across the state. Let’s start along the Upper Columbia River at a fishery known as Chelan Falls where summer chinook action has been going strong as fish continue to climb the 12-plus fish ladders […]
By Mark Yuasa The 2019-2020 coastal razor clam digs were cut short due to the pandemic, which left millions of clams on beaches in what was turning out to be a memorable season and now all eyes are focused on the future. “We had a stupendous population of razor clams that were left on the […]
By Mark Yuasa There is no reason to feel crabby about this news! The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today the Puget Sound Dungeness crab fishery will begin next month in many marine areas including south-central Puget Sound which has been closed since 2018. The Dungeness crab season opens July 2 through Sept. […]
By Mark Yuasa The coastal chinook fishery opened this past weekend and success was fair to good at times off the northern and southern coast. “It was slow for a salmon opener, and the weather wasn’t very good and effort was low,” said Wendy Beeghley, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) coastal salmon […]
