"Blackmouth"

After our long rainy winter, anglers from all over the Northwest look forward to the opening of blackmouth salmon fishing in in the San Juans. Blackmouth are juvenile king salmon,…

Call me Captain Obvious for writing like Larry King in his long-defunct USA Today column, but here it goes: for my money, the best thing about the January saltwater fishing…

It was back near the end of 1977. I was a much younger rookie working at the Washington Department of Fisheries when Deputy Director Frank Haw invited me to go…

It’s not often you get to fish with a true legend however when you get to fish with TWO legends on the same day in the same boat, it is…

So what was it, that sticks in your mind about 1941? Bet you’re gonna say Pearl Harbor. Nope, not going there. Maybe the year I was born? Wrong! Old but…

I’ve been fortunate enough to write scores of fishing and outdoors columns in a variety of publications for more than 28 years, and now I’m excited to share my passion…

With the January closure of many of Washington’s Marine Areas, the biggest opener for blackmouth, or resident chinook salmon as they are also called, is pushed back to February 1st.…

This month kicks off a new year of fishing and boating with the big Seattle Boat Show, January 24 to February 1! As usual, there will be a lot of…

A new decade is upon us, and boaters are thinking about New Year’s resolutions to make the most out of 2020. By: Norris Comer Boaters and marine industry professionals of…

A clean, organized, and well-operating boat will help you consistently catch fish like this hatchery Chinook held up by Larry Johnson. For Pacific Northwest boaters, December has a lot going…

Don’t winterize that boat just yet. Or at all, for that matter. Even though November isn’t the busiest time for saltwater fishing, there are opportunities to put a catch on…

Salmon fishing was better this year than in the past few seasons in many places. From Northern California to Alaska, it was lights out for many. From Northern California to…