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Fishing/Hunting

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Updated 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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 10 years, 9 months ago
Fishin' Magician: Dave Graybill

While I am attending a meeting near Washington D.C., I'm missing out on some great fishing at home. High on my list of where I would like to be is Lake Rooseve…

Updated 10 years, 9 months ago
A legend passes

Charles Theodore Buck passed away last Friday, Feb. 6. He was a marvelous man. We became friends after I began writing stories and columns about the Great Outd…

Updated 10 years, 10 months ago
Dave Graybill: The Fishin' Magician

I had heard of good ice and great fishing for perch at Fish Lake, near Lake Wenatchee, so I ran up there last Saturday to see for myself.

Updated 10 years, 10 months ago
SHOT Show full of info

This is the last of a two-part series about the 2015 Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas.

Updated 10 years, 10 months ago
Dave Graybill: The Fishin' Magician

Something good must be going on at Lake Roosevelt. Peggy Nevismal, who lives overlooking Spring Canyon, tells me that there were a whole bunch of boats trollin…

Updated 10 years, 10 months ago
Fresh news from Mardon Resort

This waterfowl season has been one of the most memorable in recent years. Each cold blast created lifetime memories for our customers and our guides. The cold …

Updated 10 years, 10 months ago
Dave Graybill: The Fishin' Magician

The big news at the NW Ice Fishing Festival in Molson this year was that people caught fish! Yup. During the Festivals of 2012 through 2014 there were no fish …

Updated 10 years, 10 months ago
Dave Graybill: The Fishin' Magician

On Tuesday of this week I traveled to Bridgeport and met with Pat Phillips, hatchery manager at the Colville Tribal Salmon Hatchery, and Casey Baldwin, Senior …

Updated 10 years, 11 months ago
Most Wanapum Reservoir open, some parts remain closed

Good news for those who use Wanapum Reservoir for recreation. Most of the Wanapum Reservoir has reopened for public use, but some areas have not. Read on.

Updated 10 years, 11 months ago
Fresh news from Mardon Resort

The arctic blast has entered and left the Columbia Basin this week and now we are experiencing a more active weather pattern and some fog. For the third time t…

Updated 10 years, 11 months ago
Give back remains theme for first column

The paper coffee cup was standing on the snow-covered road as if the owner had opened the door and set it in place. This piece of litter was not thrown, helter…

Updated 10 years, 11 months ago
Stadshaug brings home two

Harold Stadshaug, a classmate from the Moses Lake High School Great Class of 1965 and now living in Yakima, fished the Pacific a few months ago and caught...we…

Updated 10 years, 11 months ago
Fresh News from MarDon

Waterfowl hunting continues to be tough with stagnant air which builds fog. Additionally, with our unseasonably warm weather temperatures every pond or secret …

Updated 10 years, 11 months ago
Fishin' Magician: Dave Graybill

I have been keeping a close eye on the Wenatchee River. There are a couple of holes that I like to fish with a bobber and jig, and the river has just been too …