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The Russian River Sanctuary Area will open for sockeye fishing on July 1, two weeks early. Over 22,700 sockeye have passed ...
For the ninth year in a row, the State Department of Fish and Game has opened the Russian River Sanctuary Area to sockeye ...
A Northern Kenai Fishing Report published by the State Department of Fish and Game on Thursday says sockeye salmon fishing has slowed, but some silvers are being caught. Freshwater Fishing The ...
Each year the local fishing industry scoops up some 6,000,000 of the 2-ft.-long, silver-blue sockeye, which account for 20% of the area’s $50 million salmon catch and fetch higher prices than ...
On the lower Columbia River from Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 38 salmonid boats and ...
Returns of chinook (or king) salmon to Kodiak streams have been historically low so far, continuing a frightening trend. Meanwhile Chignik sockeye (or red) salmon are having a good year, and returns ...
The world’s largest sockeye salmon run was larger than average this year, but the percentage of those fish that were harvested commercially was lower than normal, and individual fish weighed in ...
Summer runs of shad, sockeye salmon, and summer steelhead are drawing big crowds below Bonneville Dam. The upstream movement has been okay for sockeye, poor for steelhead, and very good for American ...
As reported by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA), on August 4, 2024, William Kneer IV found himself fishing in Alaska on the wild Kisaralik River when a world record sockeye salmon ...
WASHINGTON – Anglers can prepare for salmon fishing as the 2025-2026 statewide recreational salmon fisheries have been ...
A northern Kenai fishing report published by the State Department of Fish and Game on Friday says that there’s good fishing on the Kasilof River and at local stocked lakes, while the Russian River is ...
The Russian River weir was installed on June 2, and the escapement count through June 16 is 2,408 sockeye. The Russian River, not including the sanctuary, is open for fishing, however, the harvest is ...