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OUTDOORS: Additional Area 6 chinook and non-selective coho are salmon season possibilities

A recent state Department of Fish and Wildlife North of Falcon presentation shed a little more light on…

Angler Joseph Ebsworth landed this good-sized lingcod while fishing out of Neah Bay on the lingcod and bottomfish opener last Saturday.

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OUTDOORS: More kings, less coho off the coast in three salmon options up for debate

Razor digs today through March 26

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Excel Fishing Charters' Tom Burlingame shows off a native king caught off Neah Bay during the 2022 salmon season.

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OUTDOORS: More chinook, coho forecast to return this summer and fall, but expect seasons to be limited

ESA-listed or threatened stocks influence opportunity

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Bottomfish season opens in Washington coastal marine areas on March 11.

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OUTDOORS: Seasons set for razor clams, bottomfish, halibut

OLYMPIA — Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife shellfish managers this week confirmed coastal razor clam, halibut and…

Port Townsend's John Steurer caught this blackmouth while fishing in February 2020.

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OUTDOORS: One salmon season opens as the season-setting process begins for 2023-24

Blackmouth off Sekiu opens March 1

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The Frosty Moss was held in May in 2021 due to a landslide along the Olympic Discovery Trail. Team costumes are part of the fun for the event. It was returned to a winter event in 2022.

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ADVENTURE SPORTS: Frosty Moss Relay returns Saturday

PORT ANGELES — The adventure sports season begins this weekend with the return of the Frosty Moss Relay…

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OUTDOORS: WDFW seeks comment on 2023-24 hunting seasons

OLYMPIA — From today through March 27, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will accept written public…

Mike Nolan (863) and Jay Nolan (800) run along the Olympic Discovery Trail in the Elwha Bridge Run 10K in 2022. (Run the Peninsula photo)

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RUN THE PENINSULA: Elwha Bridge Run returns Saturday

PORT ANGELES — The Run the Peninsula series returns for 2023 this Saturday with the fifth annual Elwha…

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OUTDOORS: Stability sought in halibut tonnage

If all goes as hoped at this week’s meetings in Victoria, the Makah Tribe will again play a…

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OUTDOORS: Backyard Birding series continues

SEQUIM — Wildlife guide and plant ecologist Carolyn Wilcox will present “Birdscaping — Inviting Birds to Your Yard”…

Frosty Moss.

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ADVENTURE SPORTS: Frosty Moss registration discounted until Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Early pricing for the Frosty Moss Relay ends on Saturday.

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OUTDOORS: Bird counts set across the Peninsula

The holiday season is the right time for birding enthusiasts to take part in a tradition with roots…

Noah Plotnik of Sequim (627), Dylan Zehr of Maple Valley (561) and Sean Southard of Sequim (722) take off in the Jamestown S’Klallam Run late Saturday afternoon in Blyn. Runners competed in 5K and 10K races, wearing headlamps in the twilight and dark. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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JAMESTOWN S’KLALLAM RUN: More than 340 competitors light up the Olympic Discovery Trail

Runners compete in series’ final event of 2022 season

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Runners cross the finish line in the December 2021 Jamestown S'Klallam 5K/10K held in Blyn.

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OUTDOORS RECREATION: Jamestown S’Klallam Run to light up the night

BLYN — The fifth and final race in the Run the Peninsula Series will take place on the…

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OUTDOORS: Olympic National Park reopens coastal rivers to fishing Tuesday

PORT ANGELES — An emergency closure of recreational fishing in many rivers and streams at Olympic National Park…

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West End streams re-open Monday

NO TRICKS, AND mostly a treat starting Monday for anglers looking to get back on West End rivers.

Craig Larson helps his 3-year-old son Barrett net a rainbow trout during Kids Fishing Day on April 23. It was Barrett’s first catch ever, Larson said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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OUTDOORS: Sequim scales back Carrie Blake Park pond fishing for youth

Lost fish, water quality, event use cited

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OUTDOORS: Looking like added dates, earlier in season for 2023 halibut

Initial talks between the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the public are pointing to more halibut…

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OUTDOORS: Low flows closing West End rivers to fishing

A DRY SUMMER coupled with a sunny start to autumn has drawn down stream flows to mere trickles…

Grady Moon (335), Tim Branham (447), Taren Reaves (362) and another runner compete in the Larry Scott Trail Run in 2021 in Port Townsend. (Courtesy of Port Angeles Marathon Association)

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OUTDOORS: Larry Scott Trail run returns Oct. 15

PORT TOWNSEND — The fourth annual Larry Scott Trail Run returns Oct. 15 along the Port Townsend waterfront.