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…

A wild steelhead held in the water on a coastal Washington river. Photo by Chase Gunnell/WDFW

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OUTDOORS: Coastal steelhead regulations released; season opens Monday on most area streams

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife fishery managers on Wednesday announced regulations for the state’s…

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OUTDOORS: ONP’s Ridge Road winter operations beginning Friday

PORT ANGELES — Olympic National Park’s Hurricane Ridge Road winter operations will begin Friday and — weather permitting—…

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Forks guide Caylen Phegley caught and released this steelhead buck to start the 2023-24 winter steelhead season.

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OUTDOORS: Winter steelhead meeting set Wednesday

Returns on Hoh River hit records in 2023-24

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Reports of orange spots or stains in razor clams and oysters along coastal beaches have been reported to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. The spots are a naturally occurring plankton called dinoflagellate Tripos. Luckily, there is no concern for shellfish health, and oysters and razor clams with orange coloring are still safe to eat.

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OUTDOORS: Nov. 1-5 razor clam digs approved

Orange-spotted clams safe to eat

The Run the Peninsula’s inaugural Spruce Railroad Trail 5K/10K on Oct. 19 will go along the north shore of Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News).

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RUN THE PENINSULA: Spruce Railroad Run to debut Oct. 19

PORT ANGELES — The fourth race of the 2024 Run the Peninsula Series set for Oct. 19 will…

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OUTDOORS BRIEFS: Season’s first coast razor clam digs begin Thursday

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the season’s first round of razor clam digging…

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OUTDOORS: Salmon daily limit now 1 on West End rivers

Tugboat captains talk to Anglers chapter