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AREA SPORTS: Razor clam digs begin Saturday night

Winterfest tickets on sale

The 2022 Larry Scott Trail 5K, 10K and half-marathon is part of the Run the Peninsula series that also includes the North Olympic Discovery Marathon. (Run the Peninsula)

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RUN THE PENINSULA: Larry Scott Trail Run set for Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — The fifth annual Run the Peninsula Larry Scott Trail run will take place Saturday in…

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OUTDOORS: 2024 Halibut planning moving forward

Klahanie Campground meeting Tuesday in Forks

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OUTDOORS: Quillayute River system reopens Sunday

First razor clam dig approved for Friday through Monday

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Jennifer Higgins of Bozeman, Mont., crosses the line as top womans racer in the ironman category of Saturday's Big Hurt in Port Angeles.

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BIG HURT: Biggest race ever sees return champion

PORT ANGELES — In the biggest Big Hurt ever, a local favorite won the Ironman again and a…

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Ian Mackie of Gig Harbor prepares to launch his kayak from Pebble Beach as an iron man competitor during the 2022 Big Hurt in Port Angeles.

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ADVENTURE SPORTS: Big Hurt bigger than ever

PORT ANGELES — Look for bikers, runners and kayakers plying the hills, trails and waters in and around…

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OUTDOORS: High gas prices beaching anglers?

A WAVE OF beach casters has descended on the beaches of Admiralty Inlet this salmon season including Point…

Camano Island angler Wade La Fontaine caught this state-record dolphinfish (also known as mahi mahi or dorado) while charter fishing off Westport on Aug. 25. The 21-pound fish measured 48 inches in length.

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OUTDOORS: State-record dorado caught off Westport

Found in 70-degree water

The Big Hurt.

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ADVENTURE SPORTS: Big Hurt returns to Port Angeles Sept. 23

PORT ANGELES — Prepare for an unparalleled celebration of athleticism, camaraderie and sheer determination as The Big Hurt…

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OUTDOORS: Wild coho, Chinook closed in western Strait

OLYMPIA — Salmon fishing east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line in Marine Area 4 has been closed through Sept.…

The WDFW is allowing two additional pink salmon per days in the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca because of a strong run of Fraser River pinks. (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Bonus pink salmon catch approved by WDFW

OLYMPIA — Pink salmon daily limit increased this weekend in Marine Areas 5, 6, and 7 (Sekiu, eastern…

Lake Stevens' Chelsey Schiessl reeled in her first-ever king while fishing out of Van Ripers' Resort in Sekiu with her husband MatthewSchiessl.

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OUTDOORS: NOAA warns large marine heatwave could lead to a return of the Blob

Warm water off shore

Lake Steven's Taylor Morris found success chinook fishing off Sekiu last weekend before the king fishery closed Aug. 15.

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OUTDOORS: With kings now closed, pinks take over Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound

IT’S A PRIME time for pinks as the humpbacked, odd-year schools make their way along the Strait of…

A Puget Sound coonstripe dock shrimp. (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)

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OUTDOORS: Non-spot shrimp open in Marine Area 6

OLYMPIA — Marine Area 6 (Strait of Juan de Fuca from Low Point east to Point Wilson, Port…

Mason's Resort
Sam Rutledge caught this good-sized king while fishing Marine Area 4 (Neah Bay) out of Mason's Resort.

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OUTDOORS: Great American Outdoors Act leads to free day in National Parks Friday

Today is a free day in our national parks as part of Great American Outdoors Day.

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The Quinault Nation canoe cuts through Freshwater Bay on the way to the mouth of the Elwha River and passes the downrigger line of Sequim angler John L. Beath during a July 23 fishing outing.

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OUTDOORS: Spinning wheels set this weekend

Tour de Lavender in Sequim on Saturday; Ride the Hurricane to the Ridge Sunday

Ride the Hurricane.

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OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK: Ride the Hurricane to be held Sunday

PORT ANGELES — Olympic National Park will host Ride the Hurricane, a recreational cycling event Sunday morning.

The Department of Fish and Wildlife has added days to the halibut season and increased the daily limit. (David Bergeron/WDFW)

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OUTDOORS: Days added, daily limit increased for halibut

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced this week additional recreational halibut fishing dates through…

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AREA SPORTS: Daily limit raised to two hatchery kings off Sekiu

Will be in effect through Aug. 15

Jason Headley of Port Hadlock had success during the Marine Area 9 opener last week, taking home limits of chinook with fishing partner Don Arnett of Diamond Point last Thursday and Friday.

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OUTDOORS: Midchannel Bank busy as always, but productive

Port Townsend fishery