Baker Lake sockeye anglers are scratching a little harder for fish so far this season than in 2012, ... Marine Area 2 opened July 19 to salmon fishing seven days a week, ...

Baker Lake sockeye and marine areas 9 and 10 selective chinook are two of the most popular Puget Sound-area openings included in the state/tribal summer salmon seasons agreement reached May 26.

BAKER LAKE — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife this week announced an emergency rule change postponing the Baker Lake recreational sockeye salmon season opener.

Anglers who took part in last summer’s sockeye salmon fishery at Baker Lake might want to attend a public meeting Nov. 1 in Mill Creek. At the meeting, fishery managers from the state Department ...

A stronger than expected sockeye salmon return will allow a first time ever sport fishery in Baker Lake. Beginning July 22 until further notice, anglers can soak in the views of Mount Baker and ...

While fishing June 24 from the sand bar on the Skagit River near downtown Mount Vernon, Zac Brown of Stanwood explains how sockeye salmon are moved from the Baker River into Baker Lake.

One secret to catching sockeye is putting your lure in the right place. What I call the sweet spot or a place in the river ...

Cary Feldmann, a fish biologist who has studied Baker Lake sockeye for 25 years, squints into the sun while standing atop 300-foot-high Upper Baker Dam, marveling at how salmon used to bypass the ...

Two years ago, hatchery officials released about 750,000 juvenile sockeye into the wild. So far, 16,000 have come back to Baker Lake to spawn.

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 ...

The Skagit River sockeye fishery will open June 16 through July 15 from the Highway 536 at Mt. Vernon (Memorial Highway Bridge) to the Gilligan Creek mouth. The daily limit will be three sockeye ...

The Kasilof River is closed to all king salmon fishing, including catch and release or for hatchery salmon. More than 1 million sockeye have been counted on the river, and the report says sockeye ...