The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced that the Skagit River will open Thursday to fishing for hatchery Chinook salmon from the West Mount Vernon Bridge to Gilligan Creek east of ...

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — The population of summer-fall Chinook salmon expected this year on Washington's Skagit River will be the lowest in nearly 15 years, dealing another devastating blow to Native ...

The Skagit River from the Highway 536 bridge in Mount Vernon to the Dalles Bridge in Concrete will be open to sockeye salmon fishing from June 16 to July 15. A limit of four sockeye salmon with a ...

SEDRO-WOOLLEY — The sockeye salmon fishery on the Skagit River from the Highway 536 bridge in Mount Vernon to the Dalles Bridge in Concrete will be extended, running July 16 to July 24. A limit of ...

Portions of the upper Skagit River and the Cascade River will open Wednesday to fishing for hatchery spring Chinook salmon. According to state Department of Fish and Wildlife news releases, the Skagit ...

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 ...

A new study has found that restoration in the Skagit River delta has successfully affected its population of Chinook salmon. Puget Sound Chinook are federally listed as endangered. It’s a species that ...