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OUTDOORS: Salmon daily limit now 1 on West End rivers

Tugboat captains talk to Anglers chapter

State Department of Fish and Wildlife Razor Clams

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OUTDOORS: 42 days of tenative razor clam digs planned starting in October

Peninsula Daily News

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OUTDOORS: Silvers hot off Sekiu

Quillayute River recreational survey

Ibn Archer enjoyed an adventure over the weekend, sailing from Seattle to Neah Bay and fishing for salmon, Pacific cod and other flatfish with a group of friends. Archer is a Port Townsend High School graduate who works as a Network Development Manager III at Amazon in Seattle.

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OUTDOORS: Silvers slipping down the Strait

NEAH BAY AND La Push are now the only areas in which anglers can retain chinook off the…

A fisherman shows off his halibut catch in Westport. Halibut season reopens today in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and outer coast. David Bergeron/WDFW

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OUTDOORS: Halibut season reopens Friday

OLYMPIA — There will be up to another six weeks of late summer and fall halibut season as…

Yakima angler Terry Day brought home these two hatchery coho Sunday while fishing in the waters of Marine Area 4 (Neah Bay).

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OUTDOORS: Shore casting spots for hatchery coho

IF YOUR AIM is coho, the premier methodology is dropping the boat off at the ramp and heading…

Tyler Mattos of Monroe caught these kings while fishing out of Neah Bay over the weekend. Mattos said it was the largest salmon he's ever caught.

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OUTDOORS: Another day on Port Townsend Bay

ANOTHER DAY FOR hatchery chinook fishing in Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet) has been approved by state Department…

Steve Hazard of Angler's Hideaway in Sekiu reeled in this quality hatchery chinook while fishing Sunday morning in Marine Area 5.

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OUTDOORS: King retention ends Aug. 1 off Sekiu; Area 9 has best opener in a decade

ANGLERS WENT AND caught all the chinook while I vacationed in my living room playing countless hours of…

Dave Bergeron/WDFW The late-season halibut fishery opens on the outer coast and the Strait of Juan de Fuca on August 16.

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OUTDOORS: Late summer halibut season updated; annual limits raised

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife updated its halibut season, opening late season all-depth recreational…

Steve Hazard of Angler's Hideaway in Sekiu caught this good-sized hatchery chinook Wednesday morning while fishing with good friend Morris Bond, age 83, in the Turquoise Avenger.

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OUTDOORS: Anglers catching healthy kings

FOOTBALL-SHAPED CHINOOK of the clipped adipose fin variety are being found by anglers from Neah Bay to Port…

Chris DuBois battles the elements on the road during Saturday’s Gravel Unravel in the mountains northwest of Quilcene. DuBois, of Seattle, raced on the 55-mile-long course. (Dan James/Peninsula Adventure Sports)

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PENINSULA ADVENTURE SPORTS: Gravel Unravel turns into a mud bath

Riders face heavy rain, mud and even hail

Arlington angler John Nunnally caught this king in July 2020 while fishing near Skagway off Neah Bay with his cousin Chad Huffman. The fish weighed in at 31.7 pounds at Mason's Resort in Sekiu.

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OUTDOORS: King quota up off Neah Bay, coho totals down

OCEAN-GOING ANGLERS will open the summer salmon season next Friday when the chinook fishery opens off Neah Bay…

Cyclists ride around Worthington Park in Quilcene as part of the Bon Jon Pass Out in 2023. More than 300 cyclists are expected to descend on Quilcene this weekend. (David Goetze)

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PENINSULA ADVENTURE SPORTS: Gravel Unravel returns to Quilcene with more than 300 cyclists expected

QUILCENE — The biggest gravel race in Jefferson County returns this Saturday in the hills and forests between…

Spot shrimp seasons are open or opening up soon in various marine areas around the Olympic Peninsula. (Chuck Ridley/WDFW)

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OUTDOORS: Recreational shrimp seasons opening up

OLYMPIA — Recreational shrimp harvesting in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Admiralty Strait, excluding the Disocvery…

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OUTDOORS: United Way Hike-a-Thon benefit begins July 1

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Emily Matthiesen An otter shows off a starry flounder catch in Sequim Bay in April. The North Olympic Flounder Pounder derby in Port Angeles on June 8 will pay out the top five heaviest fish with a $3,000 first-place prize.

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OUTDOORS: Flounder derby makes debut June 8 in Port Angeles

Cash prizes totaling $5,500 going to the top five flatfish

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OUTDOORS: Olympic National Park will help with boat cleaning

PORT ANGELES — Olympic National Park is launching a new aquatic invasive species program to protect Lake Crescent…

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OUTDOORS: Be mindful of May’s tidal swings

Puget Sound anglers at 13-percent of halibut quota

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OUTDOORS: Lowland lakes trout opener Saturday statewide

A BOOMING BELLY laugh was all it took to know John Brewer was at work at the Peninsula…

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OUTDOORS: Last day of Sekiu king fishery is today (Friday)

Limit reaches 98-percent before final days