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This is the type of spot where you just sit back in a lawn chair, grab a beer, and see the lengths people will go just to catch a humpy

The problem I have with WDFW is that they are giving us less opportunity to chime in and give our input in setting seasons. During the season setting process, there used to be regular in-person meetings where the public can ask questions and what not. Now it seems that the entire salmon season...

WDFW just reduced the limit for coho to 1 in MA10. Kings are closed now too. Rules: Salmon daily limit two (2) including no more than one (1) coho. No minimum size. Release Chinook and chum. Reason for action: The current estimate of Chinook sublegal encounters for the summer fishery is 9,471...

Went for a walk (and made a few casts) at low tide today at several different beaches. Always amazed at the different types of marine life you can find close to home. I also need help with identifying this cluster of eggs I found on a piece of kelp (on the first picture). My first thought was...

Went down to the beach today after work. Got one of the nicest looking resident coho I've seen, 5lbs right on the dot. Bigger than some of the ocean runs I caught last September. You gotta wonder how big these fish can get. I bet these 5lbers in July turn into 7-8 lbers by September/October.

I wish they kept it open 7 days a week for shore-fishing only (or some other modification of the current rules to reduce Chinook encounters). I don't like how this July fishery for rezzies and pinks is dependent on the amount of kings caught by all those guys with the $50k boat with fancy...

Colorado joining the Big-12. Seems like a big gut punch to the Pac-12. I think UW needs to find a way to the Big 10 soon just to stay relevant.

All you guys talking about retirement make me jealous. I'm 21 and just entered the workforce last month. The monotony of working 9-5 day in and day out has gotten to me, and most of my time fishing is constrained to weekends. I guess the important part is trying to find a balance between work...

I saw that 50% (2,142/4,300) of MA9 quota is already gone. Would reaching the quota early shut down fishing for coho and pinks in July?

Thanks everyone for all the tips. I've noticed I am progressively feeling more confident each time I pick up my rod and head to the river, so that's a plus. It's great doing something where you learn something new (and occasionally humbled haha) every time.

Bring back the Snoqualmie summer run program too. Used to be some nice fish right below the falls. And bring back the NF and SF Stilly.

Although I have gear fished pretty much all my life, this summer is pretty much the first summer I've given fly fishing some of my effort. I've been mainly messing around with a 7'6" 4wt fishing dries on local Seattle area streams, with some beginners luck. I just have a few questions about...

I wonder if the quota gets met before we shift to 7 days a week, if they would close fishing for all salmon or just close it for kings. Hopefully the quota lasts a while this year. Next weekend I'll probably try to find an early pink. It would be nice to get into a few before the beaches become...

https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/emergency-rules/much-snohomish-system-closed-until-further-notice-2023-05 Looks like WDFW put the whole system in shutdown mode, outside of that 3 day fishery memorial day weekend. Just a small stretch of the upper river open for the few summer runs that...

Here is an interesting read https://nwsportsmanmag.com/heres-lake-washingtons-next-damn-headache/ Looks like the population of shad is growing exponentially every year

This topic is pretty interesting to me. I remember when I lived on the Palouse and went down to see the fish ladder on the Snake, there would be Chinook no bigger than 10-12 inches, but looked mature enough to spawn with the dark coloration and everything. I thought that there was no way those...

Saw this last night. Fishing and hunting in this state is in serious danger. At 21, I haven't fished nearly as long as most people in here, but I could clearly see the writing on the wall. At the rate we are going, I wouldn't be surprised to see a day where I'm gonna have to hang up all my...

About 10 or so years ago I was walking around the lake and I saw guy catch a huge brown fishing those Pautzkes green label eggs off that dock near N 65th. The fish had to have been at least around 5 pounds or so.

The stocking plan for this year is now published on WDFWs website

Most forecast looks better than I expected. But the Chum forecasts for the North Sound are absolutely depressing. Only a small fraction of the run we had just 20 or so years ago.