Fishing/Hunting
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Ephrata Youth Fishing Derby Saturday
EPHRATA — The Ephrata Lions Club will host its annual Youth Fishing Derby from 6 to 8 a.m. this Saturday at Ping P…
Fresh News from MarDon
Walleye action continues to produce limits near Goose Island. Fishers are trolling, using blade baits on the face of the sand dunes and trolling a Rapala-Shad …
Why I like to hunt
This is the first of a two-part series about my reasons for hunting.
Fishin' Magician: Dave Graybill
My wife Eileen and I made a mid week tour of the region, looking to see if we could find what people were up to along the Columbia River. We found a few angler…
Fish and Wildlife expects good elk harvest
OK, so the elk hunters are in the field trying to find the large critters. Fish and wildlife was predicting a great year for elk hunters, but as of this writin…
Fresh News from MarDon
Cool late October weather has our surface water temperatures at the mid to low 50 degree range. These cold nights are making fish action improve as warm water …
Deer camp success
Fishin' Magician: Dave Graybill
I had a great trip to the Grande Ronde River this week. Eric Granstrom came along to capture the action with the video camera, and we were guided by Brian Niel…
Fresh News from MarDon
The Fall Walleye Index Netting was held on Potholes Reservoir this week, this study is used to identify walleye populations and health. The data is gathered al…
Fishin' Magician: Dave Graybill
My wife's sister Karen Heim was visiting from Anaconda, Montana, and they had planned on spending Wednesday riding bikes on the trail in Wenatchee. Somehow, ov…
A pleasurable hunt
Pheasant season begins tomorrow
There are two opening seasons this weekend. First the duck, coot and snipe seasons reopen on Saturday, Oct. 19, after being closed for two days. Second, the ph…
Fresh News from MarDon
Late October weather has a great feel with daytime highs in the low 60 degree range. For quite some time walleye and perch fishing off the humps at the face of…
Thoughts from 2013 Hunting Camp
This is the first of a multi-series about deer hunting at The Hut.
Fishin' Magician: Dave Graybill
I am going to blame the warm weather for the luke warm opening of the steelhead season here in our area. If you look at the dam counts, there are plenty of fis…
Fishin' Magician: Dave Graybill
In just a week the steelhead season will open here in Central Washington. In addition to the main stem Columbia River, the tributaries, including the Wenatchee…