Northwest Fishing Reports

Like I said back to Clear Lake kokanee. I got a reply from the fish bio for Pierce County "Thanks for the insight on Clear Lake. I talked with the hatchery guys and they don’t seem to think that the broodstock or rearing conditions have changed in the last few years as all the fish they have releas...

I know someone on that lives on Clear Lake and the pressure has diminished over the last 2 years and into this year. The limit for kokanee on this lake was raised to 10 but the lack of kokanee was already in progress when that limit went up. There were already less fish and much bigger. Bigger than...

2016 they were few and bigger than they have been. 2016 was the year that they gave a 10 kokanee limit starting in July. In 2017 hardly any caught. 2018 seem nonexistent. I would ask Tara Livingood-Schott WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Area Fish Biologist – Pierce County (360) 628-4223 cell or Tara....

One thing not brought up is that Unsworth was directly involved in is the court ordered negotiations with the comanagers that he didn't even tell the commission about whom he is under. This was a 10 year plan for salmon and it was sent to NOAA to be approved. That might have led to his seeking anot...

LOL. If we buy or sell anything that isn't taxed at that time by Washington we should pay the use tax. Garage/yard sales even. So if at the sale we weren't charged a sales tax we should pay a use tax. Which would end up being the same rate as sales tax in that location. Now Washington state tax is ...

Second consecutive bad kokanee year for meridian. The year before that was great though. The cutthroat seem to have moved in in their absence... By chance, do any of these slow kokanee fisheries share a common hatchery source? That was an interesting thought. I went and looked for 2014 and 2015 and...