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Fishing/Hunting

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WDFW stocks 65,000 jumbo rainbow trout for Black Friday fishing

OLYMPIA — In a bid to encourage outdoor activity this Thanksgiving weekend, the Washington Department of Fish and …

Updated 14 years, 4 months ago
Fishing Magician: From Wells Dam, Okanogan

I checked with Bob Fateley at the Triangle Exxon in Brewster to see how the fishing for summer run Chinook and sockeye was going up there and got disappointing news. His word for the action was "dead". Very few Chi…

Updated 14 years, 5 months ago
The Colonels Guemmer are resilient anglers

MOSES LAKE - This is the first of a two-part series about fishing with the Colonels Guemmer.

Updated 14 years, 5 months ago
Fishing Magician: Kids Trout Derby

The Icicle Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited is kicking off summer trout fishing with their annual Kids Trout Derby at the Juvenile Pond on Blackbird Island in Leavenworth. The event will take place on Saturday, Ju…

Updated 14 years, 5 months ago
Col. Guemmer expected to attend Lunch with the Troops

This month's Lunch with the Troops event has all of the elements to produce a best-of-the-year luncheon. While each of the monthly gatherings has been special …

Updated 14 years, 5 months ago
Raffle Permit Hunt deadline a week away

Yes, we hammered this last week, but this is the last week, as we want to make sure readers don't miss out on this opportunity.

Updated 14 years, 5 months ago
Fishing Magician: Summer runs... running a little late this year

There are some nice bright, big salmon being taken on the upper Columbia River in the vicinity of Wenatchee, but fishing is still better at Wanapum. However, t…

Updated 14 years, 5 months ago
So you want to be a wildlife photographer...

MOSES LAKE - The notion sounds interesting, fun and, yes, even romantic: Become a wildlife photographer. A person can carry the idea a step further and become …

Updated 14 years, 5 months ago
Fishing Magician: Ray Stanley bass tourney this weekend

Wow. I almost forgot to tell all you bass fishin' guys about the Annual Ray Stanley Memorial Tournament in Pateros. It's coming up this Saturday, July 16th. This will be the 21st year for the tourney, and there is …

Updated 14 years, 5 months ago
Fishing Magician: Great fishing at Wanapum Dam, Gibbon says

There are summer run salmon being taken in the Wenatchee area, but the best catches of kings in the early season are once again coming from below Wanapum Dam.

Updated 14 years, 5 months ago
The weed program emphasized by Jeff Janke

Last week, on Thursday, June 30, we featured the last gardening column for 2011. Space limitations did not allow us to run the last bit of information from Jef…

Updated 14 years, 5 months ago
Deadline for Raffle Permit Hunts is in two weeks

Yes, we hammered this last week and we will again next week, but we want to make sure readers don't miss out on this opportunity.

Updated 14 years, 5 months ago
Wolves, other wild critters abound

MOSES LAKE - The series of sounds were haunting and certainly unforgettable. The pitch went up, then down. It sounded again and I knew it was not a coyote, which can be heard frequently around the Columbia Basin. M…

Updated 14 years, 5 months ago
Fishing Magician: New guest at Rufus Woods fishing party

My wife hadn't had the opportunity to try the fishing at Rufus Woods yet, so last Sunday I drove around the long way and put the boat in a Seatons Grove. The p…

Updated 14 years, 5 months ago
Walleye, Bass promise an eventful Fourth

MARDON RESORT - Ready or not here comes the Fourth of July 2011 edition.

Updated 14 years, 5 months ago
Fourth of July Festivities

This Fourth of July weekend we are proud to bring back our annual Golf Cart Parade and Fireworks Show! Sunday, July 3 at 2 p.m. the parade will start at MarDon Resort and run through the Potholes Golf Course and O'…