While the state of salmon fishing seasons remains up in the air, the one thing anglers can count on this spring and early summer are decent catches of lingcod, halibut and black rockfish. Coastal ...

Bottom fishing has been excellent out of Westport this spring. Ling cod and rockfish stocks are both healthy, and some recovering stocks have rebounded enough that some rules have been loosened.

The coastal lingcod and black rockfish fishery is off to a hot start at Westport, La Push and Ilwaco. “Bottomfish fishing has been really good when the weather cooperates,” said Larry Giese, owner of ...

Puget Sound: All Puget Sound marine areas are closed to salmon and steelhead fishing until further notice. State and tribes fishery managers have been unable to reach and agreement on salmon fisheries ...

Ingrid Tenngren of Redmond hit the jackpot in Westport, Wash. last week after landing a 64-pound halibut, winning the Westport Fishing Derby's $500 daily cash prize and taking the lead in the yearly ...

Pacific Northwesterners are undeniably fond of their endangered resident killer whales. Many locals are also fans of salmon fishing, a hobby that sustains charter fishing fleets in coastal harbors ...

Puget Sound: All Puget Sound marine areas are closed to salmon and steelhead fishing until further notice. State and tribes fishery managers have been unable to reach and agreement on salmon fisheries ...