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Chilsey McKee caught this good-sized halibut along the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

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OUTDOORS: Halibut derby returning to PA

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND will see the reintroduction of what had become an annual outdoors tradition, the Port Angeles…

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OUTDOORS: Sportsman’s Show in Puyallup all weekend; razor digs at the coast

Sportsman’s show to run this weekend

Chase Gunnell/State Department of Fish and Wildlife An angler casts for winter steelhead while fishing an undisclosed river on the Olympic Peninsula.

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OUTDOORS: Olympic Peninsula steelhead shake off potential federal Endangered Species Act listing

STATE AND TRIBAL co-managers, steelhead anglers and West End residents can all breathe a little easier after this…

Washington State Guides Association Portland’s Grace Melville caught this hatchery steelhead with a Hawkins jig while fishing on an unnamed Olympic Peninsula river.

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OUTDOORS: Shellfish dig changes slated Jan. 1 in Jefferson County

Razor clam digs Dec. 31-Jan. 6

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OUTDOORS: Severity, frequency of storms increasing

STORMS OF THE century, 100-year floods, a perplexing Heat Dome, wildfires turning Seattle into New Dehli — all…

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OUTDOORS: Transition to mobile licenses beginning

MORE CELL PHONES plunging to the bottom of water bodies is the unintended consequence expected after the state…

NOAA A Steller sea lion voices his displeasure along a rocky Pacific Coast tideland.

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Outdoors: Sea lion numbers, appetites grow

Makah-Western Washington University study provides data on sea lion diet

Port Angeles’ Kenny Riggs caught this 78.7-pound halibut on the final day of the 2016 Port Angeles Salmon Club Halibut Derby to win the $5,000 first prize. This was the last halibut derby held by the club due to reduced halibut seasons.

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OUTDOORS: Salmon club eyes derby return

AS PART OF a push to grow membership numbers and reestablish some fishing traditions, the Port Angeles Salmon…

Nate Treat holds up a hatchery steelhead caught while fishing on the Bogachiel River near Forks. The Quillayute, Bogachiel and Calawah rivers will have a two hatchery steelhead limit through Feb. 28. The Hoh River also will have a two-hatchery steelhead limit through Feb. 15.

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OUTDOORS: Hatchery steelhead limit dropped out west

WITH PRESEASON FORECASTS of decreased seasonal wild steelhead returns, fish managers with the state Department of Fish and…

Mark Elbroch/Olympic Cougar Project A North Olympic Peninsula cougar peers down from its perch in a cedar tree. Heart of a Lion, a documentary featuring the work of Olympic Cougar Project biologist Mark Elbroch, will be screened Nov. 14 at Peninsula College.

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OUTDOORS: Film spotlights area apex predator

A CHANCE TO witness the most elusive alpha predator on the North Olympic Peninsula comes with the full-length…

Seattle’s Dave Sivret fished for coho off of Sekiu during the wild silver opener last weekend. Coho fishing is open through Oct. 9 in Marine Area 5.

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OUTDOORS: Wild coho season on through Oct. 9 at Sekiu

SEKIU PRODUCED PLENTY of silvers for the switch to a wild-retention fishery last weekend.

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OUTDOORS: Razor clam digs announced

OLYMPIA — Shellfish managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife this week announced 47 tentative days…

Gunnar Fjelstul set the state’s spear fishing record for halibut, catching this 58-pound flatfish while freediving over the weekend at Neah Bay. Fjelstul already held the state spearfish records for lingcod (31.34) and blue rockfish (5.08), both caught off Neah Bay in 2023.

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OUTDOORS: Freediver spears record halibut

ANOTHER STATE FISHING record fell over the weekend, as spear gunner Gunnar Fjelstul entered the record books for…

Jefferson County 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