News Items

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1/26/12

Commission to consider sportfishing rules,
increase in multiple season hunting permits
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Columbia River fishing seasons
set for spring chinook, sturgeon
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Bill to require WDFW to use private
hatcheries for 50% of trout production
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Lower portion of the White Salmon River
to reopen to fishing for hatchery steelhead
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North Fork Nooksack River and
Whatcom Creek re-open to fishing
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Tokul Creek to open early for hatchery steelhead and other gamefish
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Fishing in rivers around Puget Sound
to close due to low wild steelhead returns
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WDFW will enlist anglers, new website
in pending battle against voracious pike
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King County's Beaver Lake to receive
2,300 large hatchery rainbow trout
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Night closure added to lower Klickitat River
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Fishing will close on White Salmon River
in preparation for Condit Dam demolition
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Salmon fishery extended through Oct. 31
on Lower Hanford Reach
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Thousands of jumbo trout planted in lakes
in Jefferson, Mason and Kitsap counties
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ADA accessible fishing sites set to open
at Bingham Creek, Forks Creek hatcheries
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Washington and Oregon seek nominations
for Columbia River fishery advisory committees
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Correction: Wenatchee, Methow and Icicle rivers
open Oct. 5 for coho salmon fishing
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Daily limit of trout increased on Scanewa Lake
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Additional area open to
fishing on Washougal River
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Lower Hanford Reach steelhead fishery opens early
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Chinook fishing on Columbia River
will reopen below the Lewis River
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Portion of Marine Area 4 closes
to salmon fishing on Sept.13
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Kendall Slough (North Fork Nooksack River)
closes to fishing Sept. 12
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New chinook salmon fishery to open
in tailrace of Chelan powerhouse
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McAllister Creek open to salmon retention
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Allow anglers on North Fork Lewis River
to retain unclipped chinook salmon
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Release wild chinook salmon in the Tilton River
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Anglers can fish without limits
at three Okanogan County lakes
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Baker Lake closes to sockeye fishing Sept. 12
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Curl Lake to close for maintenance
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Fishing on White Salmon River to close
one day for cleanup before dam removal
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Lummi Bay salmon closure
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Changes to ocean salmon season
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Ocean anglers can again catch
a chinook per day starting Labor Day
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Snoqualmie River anglers. WDFW needs your help to investigate angler effort, success, etc. Please fill out angler surveys. Available in boxes like this one

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Washington people and clubs received special awards at the 2008 FFF Conclave in Whitefish, MT Click Here

Sea-Run Cutthroat Signs

Reminder by Vernon Young,
Salmon and Sea-Run Cutthroat Chair

The Washington State Council of the FFF has sea-run cutthroat regulation signs that need posting at saltwater marine areas and along the lower Columbia River and its tributaries. Please check your favorite fishing and launching locations to see if the signs are up. If a new sign is needed, volunteer to install one. Signs can be obtained by contacting Vernon Young, 253-265-6162, E-mail, or by writing WSCFFF PO Box 921 Gig Harbor, WA 98335