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Parcel No. 991201001 at the corner of Linger Longer Road and Muncie Avenue is owned by Jefferson County and will provide about 20 parking spaces for anglers fishing the Big Quilcene River starting Saturday.

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OUTDOORS: Big Quilcene River opens Saturday with changes to parking, access

EVEN WITH A rain storm forecast to approach the levels of the first big fall deluge, anglers will…

Tacoma’s Travis Zaffino made his first trip back to Sekiu last weekend since childhood fishing trips with his dad and had good success, catching this fine hatchery chinook.

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OUTDOORS: Chinook off the board in Sekiu

THE PLUG WAS pulled on the Marine Area 5 (Sekiu) hatchery chinook season with three days left on…

Tacoma angler Lorin Bell found bluefin tuna success on a Pacific Ocean trip earlier this month.

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OUTDOORS: Water water holds tuna treasure trove

CALM BLUE OCEAN water right around the 60-degree mark on the thermometer is what bluefin tuna anglers are…

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Marine Area 6 closes Monday to salmon fishing until Saturday

OLYMPIA — All salmon fishing in the eastern part of the Strait of Juan de Fuca closes temporarily…

Enumclaw's Ryan Voight caught this large hatchery chinook while fishing out of Van Riper's Resort in Sekiu.

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OUTDOORS: Anglers snapping up the salmon

Area 9 opens Thursday

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OUTDOORS: WDFW updates shrimp seasons

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife updated its shrimp seasons this weekend, canceling the scheduled…

Seattle angler Paul Thompson caught this hatchery king while fishing off of Neah Bay.

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OUTDOORS: Ocean salmon season starts with 1-salmon limit

Switches to 2 per day July 4

Crab season begins in marine areas surrounding the North Olympic Peninsula on July 3. (Annie Johnson/WDFW)

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OUTDOORS: Recreational crabbing season to open July 3

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Puget Sound summer crab seasons that will begin…

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife completed the purchase late last month of the Sekiu boat ramp. (WDFW)

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OUTDOORS: WDFW completes purchase of Sekiu boat launch

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has finalized its acquisition of the Sekiu boat launch…

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AREA SPORTS: Flodstrom hits .400, earns All-Lonestar Conference honor

SAN ANGELO, Texas — Angelo State’s Ethan Flodstrom earned a spot on the All-Lone Star Conference Baseball second…

Olympia’s Jonathan Wood caught this hatchery chinook while fishing off of Sekiu last weekend. The hatchery chinook limit in Marine Area 5 rises to two fish today <ins>Friday</ins>.

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OUTDOORS: Blackmouth chinook limit upped to 2 off Sekiu

SO MANY BLACKMOUTH chinook remain on Marine Area 5’s (Sekiu) sublegal encounters guideline that the daily limit will…

Marine Area 9 opened for migratory king salmon fishing Monday and Peninsula Daily News
Brothers Brad (left) and Bruce Monrad from Concrete show their hatchery chinook catches during an outing in Marine Area 9's Admiralty Inlet off Port Townsend.

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OUTDOORS: Salmon season structure unveiled, final approval in the works

ONE OF THE largest pink forecasts in history is set to return this summer and state fishery managers…

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Charter captain John Beath displays a halibut caught in waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca off Port Angeles on Thursday, the opening day of halibut season in the Strait and Puget Sound.

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OUTDOORS: State buys Sekiu boat launch

HALIBUT SEASON OPENED inside the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound on a brisk, sunny spring…

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OUTDOORS: Hunting/fishing license fee increase passes state Senate, first since 2011

Sen. Mike Chapman votes against fee hikes

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A Jefferson County jury returned a guilty verdict in a case concerning spot shrimp unlawfully harvested from Hood Canal in May 2024.

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OUTDOORS: Shrimp poaching case reveals light punishment for prized species

PENALTIES FOR POACHING spot shrimp are pretty light in our state. At least, that’s the takeaway after a…

Roy angler John Keizer caught this chinook while fishing off the coast last summer. Salmon seasons negotiations are underway this month.

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OUTDOORS: Odd-year pinks no friend to kings, orcas

Crowding chinook out of lower river spawning sites

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AREA SPORTS: Port Angeles’ Joel Thomas back coaching with New Orleans Saints

Coached running backs from 2015-23

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OUTDOORS: Fishing rules updated for Quinault, Queets rivers

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildllife on Thursday set early closure dates for western and…

Beginning Jan. 1, boaters must stay at least 1,000 yards away from Southern Resident orcas. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

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OUTDOORS: Boaters must stay 1,000 yards away from Southern Resident orcas beginning Jan. 1

OLYMPIA — On Jan. 1, boaters in Washington waters must stay 1,000 yards away from Southern Resident killer…

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OUTDOORS BRIEF: City to temporarily remove Ediz Hook floating docks

PORT ANGELES — On Wednesday, the Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department temporarily removed the remaining floating docks…