The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has instituted special fishing rules to maintain a more orderly Samish River hatchery Chinook salmon fishery. These rules are detailed in the annual fishing ...

Due to anticipated low returns of chinook salmon, the lower Samish River was closed Tuesday to all fishing. The state Department of Fish & Wildlife closed the river to fishing from the mouth of the ...

BOW — With salmon season about to ramp up, anglers are planning trips to the Samish River. Its healthy runs of hatchery kings have made it one of the most popular fishing spots in the state. But state ...

BURLINGTON, Wash. — More than 1 million young Chinook salmon died following a major mechanical failure at a hatchery in Skagit County. The incident happened Monday at the Washington Department of Fish ...

A hook gap size restriction is in effect for anglers on the Samish River from the mouth at Bayview-Edison Road to Thomas Bridge. According to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, the maximum ...

Drawn by late-summer rains, hatchery-produced Chinook salmon are returning to the mouth of Whatcom Creek in downtown Bellingham, said the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) in a social ...