The coastal salmon fishing has come to an end at Westport, La Push and Neah Bay, and Ilwaco remains the final “go to” spot as their season will come to a close after Aug. 31 or possibly sooner. “The ...

ILWACO – Turning a salmon-fishing dream into reality can still take place in late summer off the southwestern coast. For the past few weeks, salmon entering the Lower Columbia River have been steadily ...

Saltwater fishing is hot at Ilwaco and Westport. It has also been good at Sekiu for pink salmon. Ilwaco charters are limiting very early with mostly silvers and a few chinook. The story is the same at ...

SALMON FISHING — Out with his family for their first ocean fishing experience, 8-year-old Jared Clark of Veradale topped all anglers in last week’s Ilwaco king salmon derby with the bright beauty he’s ...

The salmon fishing spotlight this week is still on the record run of fall chinook headed up the Columbia River, including charter action out of Ilwaco, the madhouse at buoy 10 and river fishing up to ...

The Pacific Fishery Management Council on Thursday adopted meager summer salmon angling seasons off the Washington and northern Oregon coasts, but it avoided a complete closure. And officials say the ...

Herring and saury are the bait of choice for bottom fishing. ILWACO — The movie “Grease” was just beginning to grace screens across the country. Pete Rose had just reached his 3,000th hit. A gallon of ...

Commercial fishermen will take a hit, but abundant sports salmon fishing opportunity should swell the coastal economies on the Washington Coast this summer. Catch quotas set last week by the Pacific ...

Ilwaco, Wash. – The recreational ocean halibut fishery for Marine Area 1, off the coast of Ilwaco, will be open from 12:01 a.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m. Sunday. There is sufficient quota remaining to ...