Primary summer ocean salmon fisheries open Saturday
Recreational salmon fishing will begin in earnest Saturday in most areas off the Washington coast, and it can be some of the best action of the summer.
LAKES
LAKES
Rivers
While there are plenty of places to fish this week, anglers also might want to plan ahead for the next two weekends.
LAKES
LAKES
Recreational spot shrimp fishing will reopen Wednesday in Marine Area 11 and most of Marine Area 10 for just one day. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife said the areas could reopen because sufficient recreational spot shrimp quota remains in the waters off Tacoma and central Puget Sound for one more day of fishing
LAKES
The return of spring chinook jacks counted at Bonneville Dam is on a near-record pace. Through Thursday, a total of 18,032 had been counted at the dam. The record, since at least 1960, was 18,119 fish in 2009. That year, nearly 82,000 jacks were counted through June 15, the end of the spring chinook count at the dam, said Joe Hymer of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
SALT WATER
Anglers are reminded that new fishing rules go into effect today. You can find all the rules at wdfw.wa.gov/fishing.
If you are reading this report at home, a whole lot of anglers got a head start on you. Today is the opening of the lowland-lake trout-fishing season, and some people have been on the water since 12:01 a.m. Don’t worry, you still have some time to grab your rod, some dough bait and worms, and head to your favorite spot. Remember to have a current fishing license and to give other anglers enough room.
Trout anglers will have more options to try when the lowland lake fishing season opens Saturday. As a bonus, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife has stocked 80,000 catchable-size fish in lakes in Pierce, Thurston, King, Mason, Jefferson and Snohomish counties. Go to thenewstribune.com/adventure to read our season preview.
The lowland-lake trout season will open one week from today, on April 27. Fishermen are reminded to have a current 2013-14 fishing license. You can read a preview on the season in Sunday’s Adventure section.
QUICK LINKS
AROUND THE WORLD
Take a travel picture with you & The News Tribune and upload it to our interactive map. It's a great guide to the exotic places readers have taken their newspaper.
• Around the World with The News Tribune
• Have other travel or vacation photos to show off? Upload them here.
BLOGS
SNOW REPORTS
Snow report provided by OnTheSnow. The snow report widget is most likely not displaying because you have JavaScript disabled. To see the Ski Report for every ski area in the world visit OnTheSnow or click on these popular regions:
TRAVEL VIDEOS
SPECIAL PROJECTS
OUTDOORS LINKS
YOU POST IT
Publish your own news or photographs on our Web site.
Have you been to the top?To mark the start of this climbing season, we’d like to see your best summit shots. Click here to submit your photos for others to see. We might publish our favorites in the newspaper.
Fishing Photo Gallery
Upload your fishing photos here. Be sure to include when, where and how you landed the big one.
MOST POPULAR
- Woman pleads not guilty to assaulting baby, makes bizarre statements
- Man dies of injuries after longboard crash at Chambers Bay
- Wilson faces more pressure than other young QBs?
- New Puyallup River bridge at SR 167 expected in next few years; funding an issue with Milroy span
- Report: Tacoma businessman busted in Internet sex sting
Local internet marketing by PaperG
CONTESTS
