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Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News The Cloudraker Skybridge spans a pair of summits at the top of Whistler Peak in British Columbia. It is 430 feet long and sits at 7,160 feet in elevation. It was built in 2018.

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OUTDOORS: A place to rake the clouds not so far away

Whistler Peak skybridge not for the faint of heart

Federal Way angler James Tift had a mess of success fishing offshore at Swiftsure Bank in Marine Area 4 (Neah Bay) on Thursday. Tift limited on hatchery coho while catching a halibut, a lingcod and rockfish.

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OUTDOORS: Archery tuneup event in Port Angeles ahead of September hunting seasons

HUNTERS LOOKING TO notch some bows in preparation for September’s start of early archery black-tailed deer and elk…

Port Angeles angler Justin Peterson landed this good-sized hatchery chinook while fishing just off shore at the Caves near Sekiu.

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OUTDOORS: Fish and Wildlife’s Recreational Salmon Manager will discuss catch number estimates at Anglers’ meeting Aug. 17

In-seasons salmon management has been a hot-button topic for North Olympic Peninsula anglers throughout 2022.

More days of recreational shrimping are being added for the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca. (Eric Winther/Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)

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OUTDOORS: Shrimp days added for eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca

OLYMPIA — With quota remaining in the recreational spot shrimp fishery, state shellfish managers have added some final…

SeaWalker charter skipper Fred Walker caught this good-sized chinook while fishing out of Neah Bay. Upon filetting, the flesh was found to be white, caused by a recessive genetic trait found mainly in kings from the Fraser River north to Alaska.

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OUTDOORS: White kings a genetic rarity

Hatchery coho fishery until Sept. 25 in Marine Area 9

The trail from Hurricane Ridge to Klahhane Ridge on a blistering hot day Thursday. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Don’t gotta have that bonk

This has been a strange summer. Especially for getting outdoors.

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OUTDOORS: Marine Area 6 west of Ediz Hook closed to salmon fishing

OLYMPIA — Marine Area 6 west of Ediz Hook will be closed to all salmon fishing from Wednesday…

Clallam Bay angler Brandon Rodriguez found success while shore fishing for king and coho in Marine Area 5 along the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

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OUTDOORS: Chinook fishing days numbered off Port Angeles

Catch estimates at nearly 90 percent

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife The Chinook selective fishery within Marine Area 6.

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OUTDOORS: Chinook will be open daily at Sekiu

OLYMPIA — Salmon fishing at Sekiu — Marine Area 5 — will return to seven days a week…

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OUTDOORS: Shellfish harvesting closures added in Clallam and Jefferson counties

PORT ANGELES — Numerous beaches in both Clallam and Jefferson counties have been added to shellfish closures due…

Angler Rob Robinson of Double R Squid Jigs said a thresher shark took this bite out of his hooked king before he could bring it on board. Robinson was fishing off La Push with Outlander Charters.

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OUTDOORS: Hatchery boost doesn’t hurt northwest stocks

Study on steelhead suggests

Port Townsend crabber Max Raymond had success off Kala Point, finding four large Dungeness and one rock crab during a recent trap pull.

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OUTDOORS: Salmon schedule changes continue out west

Neah Bay west of Tatoosh-Line reopens for kings July 25

Janell McCullough caught this good-sized hatchery chinook while fishing off of Sekiu over the Marine Area 5 salmon opener last weekend.

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OUTDOORS: Salmon season starts strong off Port Angeles

Anglers enjoyed a successful Fourth of July weekend, catching solid numbers of chinook out west and finding even…

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Cycling tour will criss-cross Peninsula

PORT ANGELES — Bicycle Rides Northwest’s Olympic Peninsula-wide cycling tour will bring more than 300 riders to the…

Everett's Marvin Livermont caught this king with a purple haze lure while fishing the Garbage Dump off Neah Bay. Due to high king catch estimates, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife has suspended salmon fishing beginning today east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line and July 5 west of the line.

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Neah Bay chinook put on ice

Neah Bay fishing season fully paused Tuesday

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OUTDOORS: Chinook limit cut to one off Neah Bay starting today

Weekend of fishing trims 12 percent off quota

Wonder of the Mekong and University of Nevada-Reno A 661-pound giant freshwater stingray caught and released near a remote Cambodian island in the Mekong River is the largest freshwater fish in the world. Wonder of the Mekong and University of Nevada, Reno

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OUTDOORS: Hunter education class changes for youth

World’s largest freshwater fish caught

Green crabs

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OUTDOORS: Extra spot shrimp day added for Hood Canal

OLYMPIA — With quota remaining in the recreational spot shrimp fishery, state shellfish managers have added an extra…

Puget Sound Anglers-North Olympic Peninsula chapter A full Dungeness crab pot awaits crabbers during a run to check pots on the Strait of Juan de Fuca last summer.

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OUTDOORS: Crab season announced, lecture on abundance Tuesday

July 1 through Labor Day

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ADVENTURE SPORTS: Big Hurt registration now open

PORT ANGELES — Registration is now open for the Big Hurt multi-sport race which takes place in and…