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OUTDOORS: Summer/fall salmon seasons beginning to take shape, could be a good year for coho
NORTH OF FALCON, the annual salmon season setting process in which federal, state and tribal fishery managers plan…
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OUTDOORS: NOAA researchers seeking clues on salmon survival
RESEARCHERS WITH THE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have set out for the Gulf of Alaska to…
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MARKSMANSHIP: Port Angeles’ Maggard aiming for Navy JROTC championship in Alabama
ANNISTON, AL. — Hundreds, if not thousands of hours of practice have honed the sharpshooting skills of Port…
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OUTDOORS: Government shutdown puts kibosh on Kalaloch razor clam digs
A RARE KALALOCH beach razor clam dig originally scheduled for Saturday through Monday has been scuttled due to…
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OUTDOORS: (UPDATE) Federal government shutdown closes Hurricane Ridge
*Editors Note: Due to the federal government shutdown Hurricane Ridge Ski and Snowboard Area will not open for…
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OUTDOORS: Steelhead off to a slow start; low snow totals push season back at Hurricane Ridge; cackling geese spotted near Quilcene
HATCHERY STEELHEAD FISHING is off to a pretty slow start out on the West End.
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OUTDOORS: Lake Leland fishing dock, Point Whitney boat ramp will see improvements
A JEFFERSON COUNTY lake was stocked with 1,258 rainbow trout earlier this week, but anglers will have to…
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OUTDOORS: WDFW budget woes could be forestalled in future
WITH A $31 million funding gap looming for the upcoming 2019-21 budget biennieum, the state Department of Fish…
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OUTDOORS: Dungeness River re-opened after recent rains
A WEEK, ALBEIT a rainy one, was enough for the Dungeness River to recharge and return to a…
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OUTDOORS: Rain needed to lift area rivers; Dungeness River closes to fishing Friday
DEPLETED NORTH OLYMPIC Peninsula rivers and streams will welcome whatever rainfall they can receive as the weather forecast…
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OUTDOORS: Return of the Blob in store off shore?
IS ANOTHER BLOB setting up shop in the northern Pacific Ocean?
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OUTDOORS: Low flows could delay Dungeness River coho fishery
NO NEWS WILL be good news for anglers looking to drop a line in the Dungeness River for…
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OUTDOORS: Razor clam digs on tap Thursday night
THE FIRST RAZOR clam digs of the fall season will get underway tonight and continue through Saturday night…
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OUTDOORS: Time to forage for fungi
A RAINY SEPTEMBER has produced prime fungi-growing conditions on the West End and in eastern Jefferson County areas…
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OUTDOORS: Sunny skies for silvers
FORECASTS APPEAR FAVORABLE for some sunny silver fishing on through Saturday, something that has been missing for much…
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OUTDOORS: Harvest reductions likely with new salmon accord
REDUCTIONS IN SALMON harvest, particularly chinook, would impact much of the Pacific Coast if the Pacific Salmon Commission’s…
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OUTDOORS: Wade through the wild stock to find keeper coho
A WAVE OF wild coho swept in along the Strait of Juan de Fuca after the recent rains.
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OUTDOORS: No razor digs at Kalaloch this year, possibility exists in 2019
KALALOCH BEACH WASN’T included on a tentative schedule of fall razor clam digs announced by the state Department…
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OUTDOORS: Silvers running off Sekiu, in Hood Canal
SILVERS ARE RUNNING in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and on down to Hood Canal, so it’s…
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OUTDOORS: Solid chinook season coming to a close in Strait of Juan de Fuca
*Editor’s Note: A portion of this column includes a mention of fishing the Strait of Juan de Fuca…