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.

The fish taxi is no stretch limo, and the spawning beaches are man-made. But Baker Lake's sockeye salmon -- feared on the brink of extinction 20 years ago -- have returned to spawn in the lake at ...

Both a section of the Skagit River and Baker Lake were open this summer for sockeye fishing, and results were a head-scratcher for anglers. “It was spotty fishing (1,200 sockeye caught), and the ...

The Baker Lake sockeye fishery opened Friday with great results for anglers, including limits of fish through midweek. “It’s been pretty good, and while we haven’t done any creel checks I ...

Baker Lake sockeye anglers are scratching a little harder for fish so far this season than in 2012, and that probably means predictions for a somewhat smaller run are proving accurate ...

After being away for two years, thousands of sockeye salmon have returned to Baker Lake to mingle at the fish hatchery in Skagit County. "This is essentially a singles bar for salmon," Ryan Blood ...

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife this week announced an emergency rule change postponing the Baker Lake recreational sockeye salmon season opener. The lake, located six miles northeast of ...

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 ...

Upper Skagit tribal fishers Lee Washington and his wife Jennifer Washington set their gillnets for sockeye salmon on the Baker River near the town of Concrete, Washington, July 5, 2017. The ...