Fishing/Clamming
The following dates are tenatively scheduled:
Feb.18, Saturday, 4:13 p.m. (0.0 feet) Long Beach
Feb.19, Sunday, 5 p.m. (-0.2 feet) Long Beach
Rate discounts allowed for clamming dates
Razor clams are found primarily on the intertidal coastal beaches (those that are exposed at low tide) from a +3 foot level to a -2 foot tide level. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) divides the harvest areas into five major management zones (see map for Long Beach):
- Long Beach from the Columbia River north to the mouth of the Willapa Bay
Good forecast for spring chinook
on Columbia River
State fisheries managers are predicting a very impressive spring chinook return — the fourth largest since at least 1980 — for the Columbia River in 2012.
The forecast calls for 314,200 upriver spring chinook to enter the Columbia River. The largest on record occurred in 2001 when 440,300 returned.
“It is good a good spring chinook return for sure, and we’ll have about 100,000 more fish than last year (when 221,200 returned with a forecast of 198,400) so we should be able to start off with a better fishing season,” Cindy LeFleur, the state Fish and Wildlife Columbia River Policy Coordinator said.
LeFleur says 277,400 are expected to be four-year-old spring chinook, and 36,400 will be larger-sized five-year-old fish.
By Mark Yuasa Seattle Times staff reporter Seattle native and lifelong angler Mark Yuasa blogs on fishing in the Pacific Northwest.
Check with WDFW for updated information -
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)
Columbia River/Ilwaco Tide reports
Ample parking is available for trailers and oversized vehicles!
