EVERETT — It’s open season on Washington’s waterways once again. Fish beware. Saturday marked the beginning of trout angling season across the state and the fish are chomping at the bait ...

Washington anglers protested by boat on a Seattle lake over the weekend, calling for the state to lift its ban on recreational fishing amid the coronavirus pandemic.(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ...

This week, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) issued a temporary order to close all recreational fishing and shellfishing in the entire state in order to further prevent the ...

WDFW scientists collected guano samples in late spring 2021 from a bat colony showing no signs of disease on Forest Service land near Rimrock Lake. Testing confirmed the presence of the fungus ...

Sports; Outdoors; Statewide fishing ban ordered by Washington wildlife managers March 25, 2020 Updated Wed., March 25, 2020 at 8:22 p.m. Toby Wyatt of Reel Time Fishing based in Clarkston nets a ...

Washington’s Free Fishing weekend once included all fishing and shellfishing, but no longer. Licenses and tags are required for shellfish, salmon, steelhead, sturgeon, and halibut.