Crabbers, get your pots ready — four areas around Puget Sound will soon be opened seven days a week for crabbing. At 8 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 15, marine areas 6 (eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca), 9 (Admiralty Inlet), 10 (Seattle/Bremerton) and 12 (Hood Canal) will reopen for sport crabbing through Jan. 2, 2011. The Washington [...]

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 [...]