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. But ...

Sockeye and kings and crab, oh my! Too many top fisheries and too little time to hit ‘em all. Many will probably opt this weekend for the start of the very popular Baker Lake sockeye season, opening ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced it will be opening sockeye fishing season at Baker Lake one week early this year. Due to the unprecedented number of returning sockeye salmon ...

The heat of summer has kicked up a notch in recent days, and two particular areas will open Friday for either sockeye or hatchery king fishing. The Baker and Skagit rivers open Friday through Sunday ...

BAKER LAKE — The number of sockeye salmon swimming up the Skagit River toward Baker Lake is lower than expected, and lower than at least the past five years. The unexpected low returns became clear in ...

MOUNT VERNON — The Baker Lake sockeye fishery is a complex issue. So much so the state Department of Fish and Wildlife held two public meetings where questions, concerns and possible solutions about ...

ON LAKE SUPERIOR — Joe Baker was at the helm of his 30-foot Trojan cruiser, Just Chillin’, on a foggy, early June morning when he looked back and noticed one of 14 fishing rods hanging over the stern ...

BAKER LAKE -- We were virtually alone with the eagles and old-growth, paddling the misty shores of a popular North Cascades lake that felt surprisingly wild, unmistakably in the presence of two ...

The two men sit in a boat, the early-morning mist on the lake starting to break up as the sun makes its ascent toward another uncertain day. It was an odd set of circumstances that brought them ...

Another robust sockeye salmon return will allow a sport fishery in Baker Lake for the second consecutive summer. “We had 1,188 sockeye return (on Monday), and have met our escapement goal so ...