A deckhand nets a salmon reeled in from the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Ilwaco. (Photo by Al Thomas) Salmon fishing in the ocean at Marine Area 1 (Ilwaco) will close beginning Tuesday after ...

Chasing Ocean Kings Astoria To Ilwaco Salmon Adventure The Coastal Run For Powerful Chinook And Coho Salmon ...

“NOW SHOWING!” reads the salmon season marquee off boat ramps in Hammond, Ilwaco and Astoria, along the lower Clackamas and Sandy river banks, and even at the mouth of the Klickitat River, among ...

For years, scientists at Washington State University's Puyallup Research & Extension Center have been working to untangle a mystery: Why do coho salmon in Puget Sound creeks seem to suffocate after ...

Late summer salmon and steelhead fishing opportunities can be found, and most are focusing their efforts along the southwestern corner of the state. Salmon fishing has slowly been building in recent ...

Commercial fishermen will take a hit, but abundant sports salmon fishing opportunity should swell the coastal economies on the Washington Coast this summer. Catch quotas set last week by the Pacific ...

Fall is the time many see and fish for salmon in Whatcom County creeks as they return home to spawn, laying their eggs and dying. There are five species of salmon in the Pacific Northwest: chinook, ...