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What's stumping me is the rounded dorsal and ventral fins. The butter sole is the only species that seems to have that feature but I imagine there is variation? I ended up emailing the WDFW biologist for the area. I think I agree with @Smalma too, those long free rays are pretty distinctive...

All I have to show for my Lingcod opening day. I tried my fishes field guide jutsu but still could not identify this rockfish and flounder species. Any thoughts? I am leaning towards English Sole and Quillback/Copper Hybrid rockfish

My favorite marine biology story I like to share with people right next to Herschel beating the van back to the locks

IMO I would like to see more ex biologists trained to be cops, less ex cops trained to be biologists

The only time I interacted with a warden was the one time I couldn't find my license. Fortunately, that came after a pleasent interaction. I was fishing Springers up by the Cascade (After opening weekend on a Thursday, so there weren't too many people around and despite not having caught a fish...

And my first fly caught fish of 2026 for good measure:

Does it get better upriver or am I being too optimistic Who am I kidding "upriver" and "better" are words seldom used together outside of national parks/forests and even that has asterisks lol

I have yet to run in with him - The out of town crowds sure do suck though. Had a 40 year old with his family make snide remarks at me when I released a very dark chum (You're not gonna keep it 😱😂). His kid had his...trout rod drag all the way loose and I very nicely and politely suggested...

I do as well - The Nooksack seems like a more fun place to hang out than the Green haha

I imagine not too many people will care for this but good to see the Nooksack chum fishery may be returning

Tried fishing my local beach from the boat for a little bit. Couldn't really get as close to shore as I would've liked without the depth decreasing drastically every second and I didn't want to risk beaching the boat. I saw a beach angler, by any chance was it one of you guys?

If the rules say "release Chinook" as opposed to "do not fish for Chinook", am I technically allowed to catch and release Chinook? I have accidentally encountered very nice Blackmouth in Area 9 while coho fishing, and with Chinook having much better post release mortality than coho, I don't...

If we include camping families doing catch and release for fun and such I wouldn't be surprised if poachers outnumber legal fishermen in Puget Sound rivers. I had to be the bearer of bad news to someone when they were showing me pictures from their awesome day on the NF Stilly catch and...

But that is already an existing issue with the creel system

Hang on, So with every Steelhead hatchery that closes/is reduced, the money isn't being reallocated to other anadramous fisheries? Yeah I will definitely be out there with all of you.

Maybe fishing and rowing if I am pulling plugs or roe on a diver, but in every other case I plan to pull over to good looking bank spots without shore access and fish from there. A big part of the appeal of rowing and fishing for me is avoiding or minimizing combat fishing. I'd probably start...

Hi all, I have wanted to buy a raft or used drift boat for a long time now. The main things keeping me were money and not knowing how to row. I am in a position where I can definitely afford some of the cheaper rafts like the NRS slipstreams, or a used drift boat. But I am worried this is a way...

That’s very fair. That said for me while I appreciate fishing new places it’s important for me to live near where I can fish. I hope I still have time to do that

Funny enough I did see a dimple but it probably was caused by waves hitting a submerged rock haha

To where - Oregon and California? The only real option for die hard Salmon fishermen is Alaska, and a lot of people aren't cut out for the lifestyle that comes with. Yeah we have the great lakes, but for me salmon fishing is an experience that includes more than just the fish, and while I have...