WDFW reports 91,880 sockeye returned to Skagit and Baker River system in 2025. 1.5 million juvenile sockeye passed Baker Lake collectors in May 2025. PSE, Upper Skagit, Swinomish and WDFW expanded ...

BAKER LAKE — The number of sockeye salmon swimming up the Skagit River toward Baker Lake is lower than expected, and lower than at least the past five years. The unexpected low returns became clear in ...

A record number of sockeye salmon returned to Skagit Bay and the Skagit River this year on their annual spawning migration. From June through October, more than 91,880 sockeye returned to the Skagit ...

Members of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Washington state resource managers, and recreational anglers alike are all stunned by the historic, record-setting run of sockeye salmon on the Baker River in ...

SEDRO-WOOLLEY — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has increased the sockeye salmon limit on Baker Lake to five, with a minimum size of 18 inches. The limit was previously three. Vince ...

Anglers casting for sockeye salmon are always excited about the opportunity to fish Baker Lake. The July 10 to Sept. 7 Baker Lake season may be the only chance anglers have the opportunity to go after ...

A run of sockeye salmon. A record number of sockeye have returned to Skagit Bay and the Skagit river on their annual spawning migration, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.