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Arlington angler John Nunnally caught this king while fishing near Skagway off Neah Bay with his cousin Chad Huffman. The fish weighed in at 31.7 pounds at Mason’s Resort in Sekiu.

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OUTDOORS: Ocean salmon season starts June 20; Anglers host Region 6 staffers for fisheries talk

SUMMER SALMON SEASON begins June 20 off of La Push and Neah Bay (Marine Areas 3-4) when recreational…

A species of sculpin named the Red Irish Lord is one of the eligible bottomfish anglers will fish for in the North Olympic Flounder Pounder off Port Angeles on Saturday.

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OUTDOORS: Fish, access state park land on Free Fishing Weekend Saturday & Sunday

NO LICENSE IS required to fish for a number of species without a license Saturday and Sunday as…

Port Angeles’ Johnathan Labbe caught this halibut which weighed in just under 80-pounds, a personal best for the 16-year-old. Unfortunately for Labbe, he caught the halibut an hour and 45 minutes after the end of the Port Angeles Salmon Club’s Halibut Derby last Sunday.

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OUTDOORS: Bottomfishing rules clarified around Duncan, Duntze rocks near Neah Bay

BOTTOMFISH ANGLERS SCORED a victory this week with a modification to the Marine Area 4 (Neah Bay) rule…

Keanna Teed of Buckley receives her winning check of $5,000 from Port Angeles Mayor Kate Dexter for winning the Port Angeles Halibut Derby. A total of 244 anglers participated in the return of the derby. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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OUTDOORS: More than 240 battle for biggest fish in halibut derby

PORT ANGELES — More than 240 anglers braved some stiff winds in the return of the Port Angeles…

State Department of Fish and Wildlife Halibut anglers display their catch during a fishing outing.

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OUTDOORS: Keep it bouncing on the bottom during Port Angeles Halibut Derby

AS HALIBUT DERBY weekend beckons in Port Angeles, it would be a good idea to remember to think…

The Port Angeles Salmon Club Halibut Derby returns Saturday.

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OUTDOORS: Halibut derby retuns this weekend after hiatus

PORT ANGELES — After a nine-year hiatus, the Port Angeles Salmon Club is bringing back the Halibut Derby…

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OUTDOORS: Spot shrimp will not open in some marine areas

OLYMPIA — The recreational spot shrimp fishery will not open in Marine Area 8-1 (Deception Pass, Hope Island…

Shelton’s Brittany Ann Lynn caught this halibut while fishing out of Sekiu last month. The size and frequency of halibut hookups has increased with better weather and tides.

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OUTDOORS: Peninsula recreational sites hit by Department of Natural Resources cuts

THERE WAS MOMENTARY confusion when reading a recent state Department of Natural Resources announcement trumpeting the closure of…

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OUTDOORS: Water-repellant paper shortage forces quicker switch to mobile fishing/hunting licenses

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN interruptions aren’t something a fisherman usually has to deal with, unless you are a halibut…

Another week of spring razor clam digs on the outer coast will begin Thursday. (WDFW)

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OUTDOORS: Razor clam digs return Thursday

OLYMPIA — Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife shellfish managers confirmed this week that the final coastal razor…

Lorin Bell shows off a hatchery chinook caught while fishing off Sekiu last July 4. Hatchery chinook quota for the 2026 Sekiu summer salmon season has been cut by 1,000 fish this year.

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OUTDOORS: Sekiu takes brunt of king cuts

A SUMMERTIME CHINOOK quota reduction in exchange for the return of an April blackmouth fishery is the ultimate…

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Morgan Duffy of Port Angeles, has her dad Joshua Duffy hold the fish she caught at the 2025 Kids’ Fishing Derby at Lincoln Park. The 2026 edition of the derby is set for Saturday at Lincoln Park. Sequim’s Kid Fishing Day is set for April 18 at Carrie Blake Park.

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OUTDOORS: Kid’s Fishing Derby Saturday in Port Angeles

Kid’s Fishing Day April 18 in Sequim

Razor clam season on the outer Olympic Peninsula coast opens today. (Steve Fogo/WDFW)

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OUTDOORS: WDFW approves coastal razor clam digs beginning today

OLYMPIA — Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife shellfish managers confirmed last week, razor clam digging opportunities at…

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OUTDOORS: King season similar to 2025, salt water coho fishing could be constrained by river returns

A CHINOOK SEASON similar to 2025, with a coho fishery that could be limited in Puget Sound’s Marine…

Chilsey McKee caught this good-sized halibut along the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

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OUTDOORS: Halibut derby returning to PA

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND will see the reintroduction of what had become an annual outdoors tradition, the Port Angeles…

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OUTDOORS: Sportsman’s Show in Puyallup all weekend; razor digs at the coast

Sportsman’s show to run this weekend

Chase Gunnell/State Department of Fish and Wildlife An angler casts for winter steelhead while fishing an undisclosed river on the Olympic Peninsula.

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OUTDOORS: Olympic Peninsula steelhead shake off potential federal Endangered Species Act listing

STATE AND TRIBAL co-managers, steelhead anglers and West End residents can all breathe a little easier after this…

Washington State Guides Association Portland’s Grace Melville caught this hatchery steelhead with a Hawkins jig while fishing on an unnamed Olympic Peninsula river.

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OUTDOORS: Shellfish dig changes slated Jan. 1 in Jefferson County

Razor clam digs Dec. 31-Jan. 6

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OUTDOORS: Severity, frequency of storms increasing

STORMS OF THE century, 100-year floods, a perplexing Heat Dome, wildfires turning Seattle into New Dehli — all…

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OUTDOORS: Transition to mobile licenses beginning

MORE CELL PHONES plunging to the bottom of water bodies is the unintended consequence expected after the state…