Summer fisheries are in full swing, and state officials say anglers can look forward to even more great fishing opportunities in the days ahead. Anglers are reeling in chinook salmon off the coast, pulling up pots full of crab in Puget Sound and casting for trout in alpine lakes on both sides of the Cascades.  [...]

Even if you don’t reel in the big one during this Saturday’s Elliott Bay Salmon Derby, you won’t go home empty-handed. Everyone with a ticket to the event, held out of Elliott Bay Marina, gets a box of free beef. Organizers have also added new prizes this year, including a $200 gift certificate for Palisades [...]

Despite the winter chill, Washingtonians have plenty of reasons to head outdoors during the holiday season, including steelhead fishing and the possibility of the first New Year’s Eve razor clam dig in years. Evening clam digs are tentatively scheduled at ocean beaches from Dec. 31 through Jan. 3, pending the results of marine toxin tests. [...]

There’s no shortage of fishing opportunities for anglers willing to brave the colder fall temperatures settling in around the Northwest. Anglers looking to mix it up a little might want to try jigging for squid, which typically make their way through Puget Sound in fall and winter. Fishers are also reeling in an assortment of coho, chinook [...]

Get your shovels out. The state’s  Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has given the go-ahead for the first razor clam dig of the fall season starting tomorrow. Five beaches on the Washington coast will be open for razor clam harvesting on certain days until Jan. 3. The decision was made after toxology tests showed the clams were safe [...]

Summer might be over, but the fishing definitely isn’t. Anglers are flocking to the upper Columbia River and its tributaries to catch hatchery-reared steelhead, and will soon be able to fish for blackmouth, chum and sturgeon in various areas. And five ocean beaches are tentatively scheduled to open in mid-October for the first razor-clam dig of [...]

Strong fish runs and a spectacularly sunny summer added up to a banner year for Washington anglers—and a windfall for state coffers. The number of fishing licenses sold in Washington since the start of the year was up 11 percent through August to about 802,000, compared with around 720,000 during the same period last year. [...]