Chum opens in deep South Sound, November 2023

Big teeth chum closeup

Chum fishing is the salmon species of November, along with a few places to find late coho of course. You can get chum salmon in the saltwater as well as the fresh. The best places in the saltwater are right in front of the natal streams they are bound for as they will stage there before coming in on a flood tide.

This blog post highlights some helpful resources as well as shares the recent WDFW news announced on a few new places in the deep South Sound to fish for and retain chum.

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Naselle River Salmon Fishing 2023

The Naselle River is a river in Southwest Washington that drains the low-lying coastal mountain range north of the Columbia River but south of the Willapa River watershed. The river winds it’s way through the town of Naselle and eventually dumps into the southern end of Willapa Bay.

Runs of salmon and steelhead are typically abundant within the Naselle River and this page provides some of the trip planning information that might help you make a salmon fishing trip to the Naselle River in 2023.

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Washington coastal rivers salmon limit reduced, November 2023

WDFW just announced on Nov 3rd, 2023 that the adult salmon limit would be reduced to one fish across many Washington coastal rivers and chinook retention would be eliminated. The reason cited is fewer numbers of unclipped and clipped coho salmon returning than forecasted. I’m curious about this for a few reasons…

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Epic PNW Adventure for Salmon and Mushrooms October 2023

I recently got back from a coastal river, where my plan was to take part in three epic PNW harvest opportunities, all within a short distance of each other. Where else can all three of these activities be done outside the Pacific Northwest? I love that we can plan a day like within a few … Read more

Washington Coastal Steelhead update after Oct 2023 Townhall

Bright chrome coastal steelhead

Last night was the first of several meetings that included the public, on the topic of the 2023-2024 winter steelhead season for the coastal rivers of Washington. In this blog post I will share what I learned and my overall impression of things.

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