Outdoors

OUTDOORS BRIEF: Additional elk tags available

Hunters who bought a multi-season permit application for elk earlier this year, but were not selected in the April drawing, may be one… Continue reading

Holly Bauman Quilcene angler Ward Norden found beach casting success from the shore of Fort Flagler State Park recently, catching this pink with a pink rotator jig. Pinks are at the height of their odd-year return this month.

OUTDOORS: Olympic Peninsula anglers can fish Canadian waters with caveats

Who’s up for a leisure cruise in Canadian waters? While the land borders between the Great White North and the U.S. remain closed until Aug.… Continue reading

Holly Bauman Quilcene angler Ward Norden found beach casting success from the shore of Fort Flagler State Park recently, catching this pink with a pink rotator jig. Pinks are at the height of their odd-year return this month.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

OUTDOORS: Spot shrimp reopens in Marine Area 6 on Wednesday

Recreational spot shrimp will reopen in four Puget Sound marine areas, including most of the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, for a… Continue reading

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

OUTDOORS: Steelhead season planning underway as state announces steelhead committee

HOPING TO AVOID a repeat of last fall’s bombshell winter steelhead rule change rollout, state fishery managers have drawn back the curtain a bit on… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: King fishery closed off Port Townsend

Still able to target coho and pinks

Courtesy photo 13-year-old Joey Kang of Port Angeles caught a 28-pound king salmon this week at Freshwater Bay near Eagle's Nest. Kang was fishing with his father James Kang of Port Angeles and reeled in his the giant fish himself.

SALMON FISHING: 13-year-old Port Angeles boy catches 28-pounder

Joey Kang, 13, of Port Angeles caught a 28-pound king salmon this week at Freshwater Bay west of Port Angeles. Kang was fishing with his… Continue reading

Courtesy photo 13-year-old Joey Kang of Port Angeles caught a 28-pound king salmon this week at Freshwater Bay near Eagle's Nest. Kang was fishing with his father James Kang of Port Angeles and reeled in his the giant fish himself.
Port Townsend's Don Arnett found success at Midchannel Bank on opening day of salmon season in Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet). The chinook bite started hot and has cooled somewhat, but catches are still strong.

OUTDOORS: Marine Area 9 remains open to kings after hot start

Neah Bay chinook limit cut to 1 starting Saturday

Port Townsend's Don Arnett found success at Midchannel Bank on opening day of salmon season in Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet). The chinook bite started hot and has cooled somewhat, but catches are still strong.
Photo courtesy of Mason's Olson Resort Chadd Cinkovich shows off his king salmon caught last week in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

OUTDOORS: Marine Area 5 closing to Chinook retention

Hatchery coho and pinks remain open

Photo courtesy of Mason's Olson Resort Chadd Cinkovich shows off his king salmon caught last week in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Anglers Annika Huffman and John Nunnally found success recently with hatchery chinook limits while fishing out of Mason's Resort in Sekiu.

OUTDOORS: Small herring cause of bait shortage

Anglers find success inside Strait of Juan de Fuca

Anglers Annika Huffman and John Nunnally found success recently with hatchery chinook limits while fishing out of Mason's Resort in Sekiu.
Dave Finney caught this hatchery chinook while fishing Midchannel Bank off Port Townsend on opening day in Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet) in July of 2019.

OUTDOORS: Anglers set to rob Midchannel Bank

It may well be a blink-and-you-miss-it type of fishery, but salmon season will open Friday in the waters off Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet). The… Continue reading

Dave Finney caught this hatchery chinook while fishing Midchannel Bank off Port Townsend on opening day in Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet) in July of 2019.
The Sequim Chapter of Salmon For Soldiers is planning a large salmon fishing trip for veterans and active-duty military off Sekiu on Aug. 15. Lori Hester, a former Army nurse, limited on salmon Saturday in an outing with the group.

OUTDOORS: Sequim group plans largue Sekiu outing for veterans

A sport fishing fleet 30 vessels strong will provide veterans and active duty military with an outing to remember, a salmon fishing adventure… Continue reading

The Sequim Chapter of Salmon For Soldiers is planning a large salmon fishing trip for veterans and active-duty military off Sekiu on Aug. 15. Lori Hester, a former Army nurse, limited on salmon Saturday in an outing with the group.

OUTDOORS: Kings biting in the Strait of Juan de Fuca

Plenty of halibut remaining

Jesse Major/Peninsula Adventure Sports Mountain bikers compete in the Bon Jon Pedal Bender west of Quilcene, the final leg of this year's Gravel Unravel, last weekend.

ADVENTURE SPORTS: Mountain bikers brave sweltering heat in Bon Jon race

More than 100 mountain bike racers from as far away as Virginia survived some tough climbs and brutal 100-degree heat in the Bon… Continue reading

Jesse Major/Peninsula Adventure Sports Mountain bikers compete in the Bon Jon Pedal Bender west of Quilcene, the final leg of this year's Gravel Unravel, last weekend.

OUTDOORS: Spot shrimp to reopen in Marine Area 6 on July 14

Recreational spot shrimp will reopen in a handful of Puget Sound marine areas, including Marine Area 6 in the eastern half of the… Continue reading

Mike Hofstetter caught this chinook while fishing in 90 feet of water off Waadah Island near Neah Bay. He used a moonjelly flasher and a cookies and cream Coyote spoon while trolling at 2.1 miles per hour with Scotty Downriggers.

OUTDOORS: Kings and Dungeness crab some of the best of nature’s bounty

Not much can compete with the satisfaction of landing, cleaning, preparing and, most importantly, eating a king that you caught yourself or a Dungeness crab… Continue reading

Mike Hofstetter caught this chinook while fishing in 90 feet of water off Waadah Island near Neah Bay. He used a moonjelly flasher and a cookies and cream Coyote spoon while trolling at 2.1 miles per hour with Scotty Downriggers.
Sekiu's Kristy King hauled in this 18-pound hatchery chinook while mooching a cut-plug herring off Slip Point on the opening day of the 2020 recreational salmon season in marine areas 5 (Sekiu) and 6 (Port Angeles). The salmon season opens off Sekiu and Port Angeles today.

OUTDOORS: Summer salmon season opens off Sekiu and Port Angeles

Tides lacking for opener

Sekiu's Kristy King hauled in this 18-pound hatchery chinook while mooching a cut-plug herring off Slip Point on the opening day of the 2020 recreational salmon season in marine areas 5 (Sekiu) and 6 (Port Angeles). The salmon season opens off Sekiu and Port Angeles today.
Anglers from left, Dave Lewis, Alea Holloway, Doug Demmrell and Josh Kilmer, all from the Port Townsend/Sequim area, caught these good-sized halibut while fishing the Pacific Ocean via Sekiu with Tom Burlingame of Excel Fishing Charters.

OUTDOORS: Halibut still the priority for anglers

Kings being caught near Neah Bay

Anglers from left, Dave Lewis, Alea Holloway, Doug Demmrell and Josh Kilmer, all from the Port Townsend/Sequim area, caught these good-sized halibut while fishing the Pacific Ocean via Sekiu with Tom Burlingame of Excel Fishing Charters.
Photo courtesy April Ryan/Pacific Whale Watch Association The humpback whale named Pop Tart for its love of breaching, surfaces in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Pop Tart and two of his siblings were recently spotted off Port Angeles with their mother, Big Mama.

OUTDOORS: Rare humpback whale sibling sighting off Port Angeles

Unlike those finicky eaters, the Southern Resident orca whales, humpback whales are showing a resurgence in the waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca,… Continue reading

Photo courtesy April Ryan/Pacific Whale Watch Association The humpback whale named Pop Tart for its love of breaching, surfaces in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Pop Tart and two of his siblings were recently spotted off Port Angeles with their mother, Big Mama.
The Port Angeles Navy JROTC Precision Air Rifle Team became the first Port Angeles High School to qualify for the Navy JROTC National Championship. The team finished fifth in the nation in the virtual event. Team members from left are, back row, Meagan McCann and Kaeden Murphy and front, Cheyenne Maggard and Jenna Sanders.

SHOOTING SPORTS: Port Angeles Navy JROTC rifilists aim is true

Port Angeles Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps members have been busy honing their precision air rifle skills in recent months. Cheyenne… Continue reading

The Port Angeles Navy JROTC Precision Air Rifle Team became the first Port Angeles High School to qualify for the Navy JROTC National Championship. The team finished fifth in the nation in the virtual event. Team members from left are, back row, Meagan McCann and Kaeden Murphy and front, Cheyenne Maggard and Jenna Sanders.
Starting Saturday anglers fishing off of Neah Bay will have the chance to bring home a chinook like this one caught by Bellingham's Tyler Dockins off Mushroom Rock during the 2020 salmon opener.

OUTDOORS: Where to find the kings

Neah Bay always productive

Starting Saturday anglers fishing off of Neah Bay will have the chance to bring home a chinook like this one caught by Bellingham's Tyler Dockins off Mushroom Rock during the 2020 salmon opener.