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Fishing/Hunting

Find the best local fishing spots and public hunting lands in the Columbia Basin!

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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…

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Fishin' Magician: Dave Graybill

The Wenatchee River was high and running mud most of last weekend, but when it settles down there is even more water to fish for Chinook salmon.  The upper bou…

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
My daily bread

So there I was, minding my own business, when ...my wife, Garnet, walked through the front door. She was returning from a two-hour shopping trip to town.

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Angler comments requested

Now is your chance to comment on proposed angling rule changes. Read on.

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Fresh News from MarDon

As Potholes Reservoir cools with incoming fall weather the fishing for all species will only get better. The bass guys are having a ball with largemouth bass a…

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Fishin' Magician: Dave Graybill

This weekend is the Chelan County Fair, and I am going to be at the Youth Outdoor Expo on Saturday afternoon, where kids get to learn a few things about the ou…

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Essential items on a hunting trip

My backpack is essentially a storage unit for many hunting tools. Several hunting knives are stored in the pack, as are flashlights, headlamps, knife sharpener…

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Basin Meats donates to cause

Doug Horn, the new owner of Basin Meats, donated 500 ground meat bags to the Moses Lake Food Bank to use when salvaging wild game. Volunteers respond to Fish a…

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Fresh news from MarDon

The Yearly MarDon Resort Yard Sale is coming up!

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Fishin' Magician: Dave Graybill

One of the newspapers I write for, the Columbia Basin Herald, is a Hagadone newspaper, and they provide me with a couple of night lodging at the Coeur d' Alene…

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
A clean backpack advised before hunting season

This is the second of a two-part series about exploring the hunting backpack.

Updated 12 years, 8 months ago
Fishin' Magician: Dave Graybill

I mentioned that the opportunity to catch big bluegill, perch and largemouth bass is very good at Wapato Lake recently, and there are other opportunities comin…

Updated 12 years, 8 months ago
Turkey seasons cause double take

Noticed in the Washington State Migratory Waterfowl and Upland Game Seasons pamphlet and also Washington's 2013 Big Game hunting Seasons and Regulations: Turke…

Updated 12 years, 8 months ago
Fresh News from MarDon

Perch action is so HOT you can't believe it unless you see if for yourself. Family fishing is returning to Potholes Reservoir. The MarDon Dock has been produci…

Updated 12 years, 8 months ago
Fishin' Magician: Dave Graybill

I spent the early evening fly fishing on the Icicle River, and had a great time. The river is very low and easy to wade, and the later it gets the hungrier the…

Updated 12 years, 8 months ago
Exploring the hunting backpack