Skagit Steelhead Season Hangs by a Thread—Not for Lack of Fish, But Funding
Image by Kent Sanders The wild steelhead are coming back to the Skagit River. The anglers who’ve waited all year to meet them may not get the chance. As of mid-January, the highly anticipated catch-and-release season on Washington’s Skagit and Sauk rivers—a bucket-list destination for steelhead anglers across the Pacific Northwest—stands Read more

January 19, 2026 