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 …
Fresh News From MarDon
Potholes Reservoir is rapidly rising allowing much better access for duck hunters and bass and walleye fishers. Walleye have remained slow but will explode ver…
The Fishin' Magician: Search for steelhead
We wanted some rain over here to get some water in our rivers. It would help steelheaders out in many ways. It would move fish further up into the rivers and m…
Notes from deer camp 2012
The Fishin' Magician: Colville Tribal Hatchery
My wife Eileen and I took our last trip in my Jetcraft Discovery 1925 last week. A good friend of mine has decided to buy it, and we wanted one more day to enj…
The Fishin' Magician: TV on the web
I will be adding an exciting new feature to the FishingMagician.com web site beginning in November. Both the Fishing TV and Cooking TV Shows will be available …
The Fishin' Magician
Methow steelheading good, according to Redwine
The Redwines, Tera and Virgil, enjoy fishing the Methow River. They fished the river last weekend with good success, catching at least one fish. Virgil was fis…
Fresh News From MarDon
Mr. Mark Peterson led the 2012 FWIN Study on Potholes Reservoir. Lead biologist Mr. Peterson cannot give us a complete understanding of The FWIN until all data…
Opening weekend reported to be good
Sometimes it is difficult to retrieve information from Fish and Wildlife. Sometimes it is not their fault.
Fresh News From MarDon
Many sand dune hunters experienced limit level duck hunting on opening day. Hunters on the duck taxi averaged 5.7 birds a man. After a beautiful September and …
Preventing elk from damaging orchards
This is the last of a three-part series about controlling problem elk on orchard lands near Wenatchee.
The Fishin' Magician: Difficult fishing
Careful what you pray for is an old saying, and anglers that were praying for rain got maybe a bit more then they wanted on our local rivers. Water levels rose…
The Fishin' Magician: Steelhead opening
The upper Columbia and several other rivers opened to steelhead fishing yesterday, and put an end to the waiting for the announcement.
The Fishin' Magician: Trip to Fish lake
I know everyone is thinking about getting ready for steelhead fishing, and so am I. I did want to take advantage of one of the sunny days last week and make an…
Tomorrow: big day for area hunters
Oct. 13, 2012 is a big day for Columbia Basin hunters. The modern firearm general deer season opens in most of the state. Also the duck, coot, snipe and Canada…