Heads up for holiday anglers this weekend — halibut fishing is closed Monday and will reopen on a seven-day-a-week basis June 1 off Marine Area 5 (Sekiu) and Puget Sound (areas 6-10). Neah Bay and La ...

Puget Sound crabbers are required to record their harvest of Dungeness crab on their catch record cards (CRC) immediately after retaining the crab and before re-deploying the trap. A CRC is not ...

Mar. 12—The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced plans today for the 2025 halibut fishing season, which will kick off April 3 in some Puget Sound marine areas and May 1 in ...

Only a handful of fishing derbies around the state qualify as major happenings, and one of the biggest is always the Port Angeles Halibut Derby, which draws upward of 900 avid anglers to the Strait of ...