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While not an anadromous fish the scariest moment of 0f a fish potentially extracting a pound of flesh from me occurred while beach fishing in Brazil. My practice was to carry my bait (sardines and shrimp) in a wicker basket. This late afternoon I was sitting on a rock enjoying the nice...

I'm trying the pineapple this year for the first time. Will be growing it along side of my old standbys -Brandywine red and monotaro along with other first timers -Brandywine yellow and Brandywine black. Looking forward to the side-by-side comparison taste tests. Curt

Nice report~ I wrestled with the dilemma of whether share such gems with others some 60 years ago and came to the decision that if I valued the opportunity to enjoy such gems sharing them quickly destroyed what made them so special. Thus, when I found such waters whether an out of way beaver...

The local "S" rivers' sturgeon are visitors from the Fraser and Columbia systems; two of the west coast rivers (Sacramento being the other) where the white sturgeon reproduces. As the young sturgeon approach 30 inches they become salt water tolerate and some leave freshwater to take advantage...

Well done sir!! Always great to explore new waters. Back in my bass fishing days it was always fun to play the game of what my best 5 bass weighted. Even though most of my bass fishing was on Snohomish County lakes it was surprising how often those best 5 would have been competitive in a...

I have a copy of "The Rockfishes of the Northeast Pacific in my library. Has been an excellent reference. In MA 9 (assuming that the catch in question came from that area) the copper rock fish has been by far the most common catch in my experience over the last 40 years. Other rockfish...

Believe the flat fish is a sand sole - see the long free rays in the front portion of the dorsal fin. The rockfish is more difficult without a better picture but lacking additional information/picture I suspect it is a copper. Curt

My understanding is that the pinks in Norway are a significant problem for their Atlantic salmon. The source of those pinks is likely from Russian introducing them from the Pacific coast to the rivers of Kola Peninsula in the 1950s. From there they have expanded their range into the Atlantic...

Gorgeous trout!! Yes, western Washington rivers can produce some amazing trout that when given access to an egg feast provided by big escapements of pinks and/or chums they can literally "blow up"! Both the rainbows and bulls can take advantage of those egg/flesh feast provided by large salmon...

I have had more than my share of encounters with wildlife enforcement since retiring in 2005. My goal at the time of retirement my goal was to spend 100 to 150 days a year in the field, either hunting upland birds and waterfowl with my labs (about a 1/3 of my time in the field) various...

While his "enthusiasm' could be questioned I would say good for the officer. To my knowledge the Snoqualmie has never been open for chums. The harsh reality is that we as anglers are losing more and more opportunities rising form concerns impacts from anglers intentionally targeting closed...

Without a doubt both the sea-run cutthroat and summer run steelhead are two of most challenging of our anadromous fish to monitoring their population status. The bull trout would be the next on that list. In the Puget Sound basin historically, it has been estimated that approximately 2% of its...

skyriver - When I checked an hour ago the data for the Snohomish/Skykomish steelhead showed up. Hopefully it is working for you now. Regarding Puget Sound coho - the management of the various populations is interesting of 14 or 15 "populations" only the Skagit, Stillaguamish, Snohomish, Hood...

Congrats on the retirement! I have fished streams solo for much of my life at times into some pretty remote country. For much of that time phones were not an option. I started carrying and using a folding wading staff in my late 40s and that would be one of my must haves. I would also carry...

Brian - Yes! Thank you For some reason this inept computer user I also have problems posting links with "fortress" in the address. Curt

Wild escapement. I can't get a link to work but if you search WDFW SCORE you can reach it. Once there go to the species drop box, then populations status, then the species data, select steelhead data, then select the population. For most populations you will get a time series graph and a...

Good catch - I meant to say the non-Skagit would not make it pass federal review....

I could easily find recent steelhead escapement numbers for the following eastern Puget Sound basins: Nooksack, Samish, Skagit, Stillaguamish, Snohomish, Cedar, Green, Puyallup, and Nisqually. Depending on the basin the latest numbers were either through 2023 or 2025 (often it takes a year or...

Actually, there are annual steelhead spawning surveys on all of those streams (can find that data on WDFW's SCoRE summaries), much of those surveys is done by WDFW staff. Most time series go back to the 1980s. The real hurdle to advance the potential steelhead (CnR?) fisheries on any of those...

Charles - During the NOF process I asked WDFW staff for the angler effort for the Skagit freshwater recreational spring Chinook fisheries. I followed up post NOF with an email. As of today, I have not received any information. Will report if I get any of that information In a 2025 report...