WDFW reports 91,880 sockeye returned to Skagit and Baker River system in 2025. 1.5 million juvenile sockeye passed Baker Lake collectors in May 2025. PSE, Upper Skagit, Swinomish and WDFW expanded ...

BAKER LAKE — 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 ...

Baker Lake opened Wednesday to sockeye salmon fishing, four days ahead of schedule, according to a state Department of Fish & Wildlife news release. Sockeye returned earlier than anticipated and in ...

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 clear in ...