Westport salmon fishing to open daily
SALMON FISHING — Beginning Friday (July 19), marine waters off of Westport (Marine Area 2) will be open to salmon fishing seven days a week, joining the three other ocean areas already open on a daily basis, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced.
The department initially limited the number of fishing days at Westport to five a week (Sundays through Thursdays) to ensure that the catch would not reach the quota too quickly and require an early closure, said
Pat Pattillo, department salmon policy coordinator.
“Angler effort continues to grow and success rates are steadily improving,” Pattillo said. “While the fishery continues to build at this pace, now is a good time to allow anglers to fish daily off Westport.”
Salmon fishing already is open seven days a week in marine areas 1 (Ilwaco), 3 (LaPush) and 4 (Neah Bay).
- Anglers fishing in marine areas 1 and 2 may retain two salmon per day, only one of which may be a chinook. Those fishing in marine areas 3 and 4 are allowed to retain up to two chinook as part of their two-fish daily limit, plus two additional pink salmon.
- In all four marine areas, anglers must release wild coho salmon.
Click here
for information on daily catch limits, minimum size limits and area catch guidelines.
Ocean salmon fisheries are scheduled to continue through Sept. 22 in marine areas 3 and 4 and through Sept. 30 in marine areas 1 and 2.
Fishery managers will continue to monitor the ocean salmon fishery throughout the season, and will announce any other changes on WDFW’s website at
http://wdfw.wa.gov/
.
* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Outdoors Blog." Read all stories from this blog