Fishing near Forks, WA

Forks sits in Clallam County on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, surrounded by some of the most productive anadromous river fishing in the Pacific Northwest. The Sol Duc, Hoh, Bogachiel, Calawah, and Quillayute rivers all run through or near the area, drawing anglers year-round for wild steelhead and salmon. Ocean charters out of La Push add saltwater options for salmon, halibut, lingcod, and rockfish.

Top waters to fish near Forks

Species & education

Learn what type of fish are in Forks, Washington and what's needed to catch them.

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Bull Trout

Chinook Salmon

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Chum Salmon

Oncorhynchus keta

Coho Salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Cutthroat Trout

Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii (coastal cutthroat), O. clarkii lewisi (westslope cutthroat)

Dolly Varden

Salvelinus malma

Mountain Whitefish

Prosopium williamsoni

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Sockeye Salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka

Steelhead

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Black Rockfish

Sebastes melanops

Blue Rockfish

Sebastes mystinus

Bocaccio

Sebastes paucispinis

Cabezon

Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Canary Rockfish

Sebastes pinniger

Fishing guides near Forks

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