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OUTDOORS: Port Townsend’s Burke and Meehan catch blackmouth beauty; flatfish limit changes off the coast
LINGCOD SEASON IS underway off La Push and Neah Bay, and while limits didn’t change for these ugly…
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OUTDOORS: Halibut tactics and techniques presented Thursday night in Sequim
ANGLER, AUTHOR AND guide John Beath of Sequim will present his Top 10 Tactics for Catching Halibut in…
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OUTDOORS: Chinook reductions, coho opportunities highlight finalized salmon seasons
GOOD AND BAD news comes with the release of finalized Pacific Ocean, Strait of Juan de Fuca and…
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OUTDOORS: Poaching violations on the North Olympic Peninsula
ABUSE OF RESOURCES on the North Olympic Peninsula — improperly harvesting animals such as fish, deer, elk or…
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OUTDOORS: Kid’s Fishing Derby Saturday in Port Angeles; halibut talks next week; blackmouth biting and more
WARM BEVERAGES AND plenty of patience will be sought-after commodities Saturday morning for the annual Kid’s Fishing Derby…
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OUTDOORS: Salmon season proposals released
HEADING INTO THE back stretch of North of Falcon, the annual salmon season setting process, anglers should be…
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OUTDOORS: Rules changes coming in July
NEW SIMPLIFIED FISHING rules will go into effect throughout Washington in July, highlighted by the repeal of mandatory…
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OUTDOORS: Limit rises to two hatchery chinook Friday in Area 9; halibut quotas released
ANGLERS WILL GET a bonus beginning Friday in Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet).
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OUTDOORS: State outlines trout planting plans for 2018
HOT ON THE heels of Thursday’s Outdoors column, which touched on recent trout plants, comes the official release…
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OUTDOORS: Wentworth Lake access not coming back soon
EARLY LAST YEAR, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife floated a proposal to purchase a parcel of…
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OUTDOORS: Ocean salmon fishing options presented to public
OCEAN-GOING ANGLERS take note: salmon seasons will be reduced this summer.
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OUTDOORS: Canada contemplating recreational fishing ban along its side of Strait of Juan de Fuca to protect chinook
DESIGNED TO PROTECT resident killer whales, Fisheries and Oceans Canada has proposed either an all-fin ban or a…
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OUTDOORS: State releases salmon-run estimates, conference call today
SALMON RUN ESTIMATES released recently by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife are expected to be lower…
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OUTDOORS: Last shot at derby tickets
IT’S THE LAST chance for chinook anglers to get in the running for a serious cash prize.
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OUTDOORS: Area 9 reopens to blackmouth, razor digs announced
MARINE AREA 9 (Admiralty Inlet) reopened to blackmouth chinook fishing today and the fishery will run until encounter…
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OUTDOORS: State seeks testers for new fishing app; halibut catch record card passes state senate
IT DOESN’T PROVIDE anglers the ability to immediately report their catch totals, a function fishermen have been angling…
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OUTDOORS: Bycatch by Alaskan trawlers impacting halibut
HALIBUT BYCATCH, the end result of big money commercial halibut fishing, is having an impact on flatfish stocks.
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OUTDOORS: U.S.-Canadian halibut panel fails to find common ground on quota totals
FOR JUST THE second time in more than 90 years U.S. and Canadian members of the six-person International…
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OUTDOORS: Snow day a fitting tribute for Warren Miller
HEAD FOR THE Ridge on Saturday and Sunday, as a day spent in the snow atop Hurricane Ridge…
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OUTDOORS: Halibut survey taken at poor time
RECREATIONAL ANGLING REPRESENTATIVES John Beath and Dave Croonquist of Sequim are in attendance at the International Pacific Halibut…