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 …
Interesting outdoor facts
Facts are facts. Sometimes a listing of facts about the outdoors can be interesting and educational. Check out these facts, collected from various sources.
Fresh News from MarDon
The week of the 2015-2016 waterfowl season now begins. Geese may be hunted the last nine days of the season, as well as Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday. Ducks a…
Quail population in good shape
Three of us headed to the Davenport and chased quail on Wednesday. Bill Green and Bill Witt, both of Ephrata, and I arrived in the hunt area around 10:30 and s…
Dave Graybill: The Fishin' Magician
I have been reporting on a lot of ice fishing and other cold water pursuits lately, and it makes me think of warmer climates and particularly the trip planned …
Quail hunts exhilarating
This has been a fine and productive hunting season. Time spent with new and old hunting buddies is always precious. Notching a tag or dropping a bird is not ne…
Hunting seasons winding down
The hunting seasons are winding down, but a few seasons continue. They include: Goose, which is open Saturdays, Sundays, & Wednesdays only, except on Jan. 18 a…
Dave Graybill: The Fishin' Magician
I know it is only January, but kokanee fever is already taken hold here in Central Washington. Lake Roosevelt is famous for producing kokanee of state record s…
Help out when in the outdoors
My first column each year is a call to arms. This means calling on the readers to give back to the outdoors. Doing so isn’t difficult.
Fishermen travel to Moses Lake on their long weekend
MOSES LAKE — For many, the long New Year's weekend provided a chance to stay out late and sleep it off the next day. For others, it was a chance to bundle up, …
Dave Graybill: The Fishin' Magician
Happy New Year everyone! If I have a fishing season in 2016 even half as good as I had in 2015 I will be a happy guy.
Goose carcasses cause reader concern
A reader recently called with a concern about wasting game birds. He pulled into a parking lot and noticed a pile of goose carcasses. The number of birds was n…
Dennis Clay's end of year review
This has been an extraordinary year, full of sorrow at times, but full of many fine times, too.
Dave Graybill: The Fishin' Magician
I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas.
Fresh News from MarDon
Recent weather conditions in Central Washington have been great for goose hunting. Just lay under a white cover with a few decoys and get your Christmas Goose.…
Lopez tags first Washington turkey
It has been and continues to be a great hunting year for Rudy Lopez of Spokane Valley. He has notched his first elk tag, a deer tag, he shot his first pheasant…