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OUTDOORS: Halibut season opens Friday; Kid’s Fishing Day in Sequim is May 19
THE FLATFISH GOLD rush begins Friday, the opening day of halibut season off the coast, along the Strait…
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OUTDOORS: Anglers fish through rainy opening day
LAST SATURDAY’S LOWLAND lake trout opener was held in gray, rainy conditions across much, if not all of…
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OUTDOORS: Lowland lakes opener Saturday, Lake Leland plant set Wednesday
SATURDAY MARKS THE official opening day of lowland lake trout season as hundreds of lakes statewide open for…
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OUTDOORS: All you need to know about shrimp
ALL SEVEN SHRIMP species commonly harvested by sport shrimpers typically undergo a sex change in their life cycles…
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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…