All that's missing from McLane Creek are the bears

posted 03:59 PM 11/20
Link this article here.

You can't legally fish for chum salmon at McLane Creek anymore. That ended Oct. 31. But that doesn't mean you can't view the spectacle of salmon returning to the creek.

After reading about salmon viewing opportunities at McLane Creek Nature Trail in The Olympian, Paul Trent and his wife visited the creek Wednesday. He sent Chester Allen an e-mail about the experience:

"It was as if we were in some part of remote Alaska," he wrote, "and not just a few minutes from downtown Olympia. All that was missing was the bears! To be able to hike to within a few feet of this spectacle is amazing."

Paul also sent us a photo of their experience. Thank you, Paul!

Ron Newberry

Chum run to Kennedy Creek, other streams on the decline, but Olympic Peninsual rivers are in great shape

posted 08:47 PM 11/19

Chum salmon are few and far between in South Sound's saltwater inlets right now, and it seems like most of the run has arrived and rolled into freshwater.

Don't fret anglers, fishing could be fine by weekend

posted 04:14 PM 11/12

Check back here for fishing photo pictures you've sent us

posted 06:23 PM 11/07

It's getting pretty chummy at Kennedy Creek

posted 05:00 PM 11/05

Lots of big, hot chum salmon are muscling into Kennedy Creek right now, and a good number of anglers are usually on hand to exercise the fish.

Are good numbers of chum salmon already arriving in the Nisqually?

posted 12:30 PM 11/05

State to release 1,800 lunkers in Issaquah's Beaver Lake

posted 04:08 PM 10/29

Hood Canal, other Puget Sound spots open to crabbing on Saturday

posted 04:08 PM 10/27

Get your pots ready and maybe plan on some crab with Thanksgiving dinner, as crabbing in four Puget Sound marine areas -- including Hood Canal -- will reopen Saturday and remain open through Jan. 2.

Chum are rumbling on in right now

posted 03:03 PM 10/24

Fishing for chum salmon will explode any day now in South Sound inlets, creek mouths and streams.

Some lessons about Kennedy Creek chum fishing

posted 12:14 PM 10/15

The Cowlitz is hot for just about everything

posted 05:24 PM 10/09

I wrote about stumbling around the Cowlitz River and losing just about every fish I hooked in this week's fishing column.

Sol Duc, Cowlitz are good spots for coho

posted 11:42 AM 10/08

Razor clam season set to begin on Oct. 16 -- if tests show the clams are safe to eat

posted 01:11 PM 09/29

Most diggers will get their first razor clams of the fall season with a lantern or flashlight shining nearby.

Mineral Lake might be worth the trip

posted 02:56 PM 09/24