Nov. 19—The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is stocking 24 lakes statewide with over 65,000 rainbow trout for Black Friday fishing, creating a holiday weekend opportunity for anglers ...

Apr. 14—Anglers across Washington can look forward to the start of lowland lakes fishing on April 26, with thousands of anglers expected to visit lakes statewide. This year's opener also marks the ...

Beginning July 8, the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will no longer provide hunting and fishing licenses or other license products on waterproof, tear-resistant ...

Nov. 21—The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife this week announced that its new digital licensing app, MyWDFW, will be launching soon in alignment with the 2026 license year. "We're committed ...

A CHINOOK SEASON similar to 2025, with a coho fishery that could be limited in Puget Sound’s Marine Areas and on the Quilcene River, were the big takeaways from Wednesday’s first state Department of ...

Starting July 8, WDFW will no longer provide licenses on waterproof, tear-resistant paper.

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a virtual public meeting at 6 p.m. March 20 to discuss management options for coastal recreational bottomfish in 2025 and 2026. West ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is looking to buy land in Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties to improve fishing access, the department announced recently. The smaller, local proposed ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced on Friday that the trout fishing season in West Medical Lake has been extended to October 13. Additionally, the ...