ILWACO — It was barely 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, well before first light and a half-hour before Milt Gudgell's customers would begin shambling into his Pacific Salmon Charters fishing operation for the ...

The halibut openers off the coast at Westport and Ilwaco started on a high note, and should remain that way provided the weather and ocean water conditions cooperate. “Fishing was really good for ...

The Ilwaco halibut season continues Thursdays, Friday and Saturdays until 70 percent of the quota is reached or until July 18. Pacific Salmon Charters predicts that the season won't last much beyond ...

While the state of salmon fishing seasons remains up in the air, the one thing anglers can count on this spring and early summer are decent catches of lingcod, halibut and black rockfish. Coastal ...

ILWACO — The movie “Grease” was just beginning to grace screens across the country. Pete Rose had just reached his 3,000th hit. A gallon of gas was going for about 65 cents. It was the summer of 1978, ...