The Fishin' Magician: What's up in April

April is a busy fishing month. There was the big "April Fools" opener in the Columbia Basin on the 1st of the month, and then the lowland lake general trout se…

The Fishin' Magician: Columbia Wildlife Refuge and Dry Falls Lake

This weekend will be a busy one in the Columbia Wildlife Refuge, south of Potholes Reservoir. This will be the first opportunity for thousands of anglers to fi…

Fresh News From MarDon: Fishing and Birdwatching

MARDON RESORT - Bird watchers from all over the Northwest are calling to find out information about the Sandhill Cranes. The 2012 Sandhill Crane Festival has b…

Youth turkey season next weekend

The Fishin' Magician: April Fools Opener

Monday April 1st is the Annual "April Fools Opener", with a couple dozen lakes becoming available to anglers in the Columbia Wildlife Refuge. This region is do…

The life of a wolf

Wolves are again living in Washington State. At the present time, there are no federal or state plans to reintroduce the animals into the state.

The Fishin' Magician: Trout on Northport

One of the reasons I wanted to get to Northport was to try the early spring fishing for big rainbow and cutthroat in the Columbia. Our guide, Justin Hotchkiss,…

The Fishin' Magician: Early Spring Walleye

My fishing buddy Rollie Schmitten and I traveled to Northport, which is just south of the Canadian Border on the Columbia River, and spent two days fishing. Th…

Sandhill Crane Festival continues through Sunday

The Greater Othello Chamber of Commerce and the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge have teamed up to bring us another Othello Sandhill Crane Festival, centered …

Fresh News From MarDon: Spring Events

MARDON RESORT - Spring has arrived, on the calendar at least. The weather has been another story.

Five wolf packs currently in Washington

This is the second of three columns about wolves in Washington State.

The Fishin' Magician: Steelhead season

After some serious number crunching and arm twisting steelhead seasons have reopened on the Wenatchee, Icicle and Methow rivers. Fish managers were eager to ge…

The Fishin' Magician: On the Okanogan

I sure picked a great day to fish the Okanogan River. It was snowing hard, but the lower river was free of ice and Jerrod Gibbons, of Okanogan Valley Guide Ser…

Spring turkey opener one month away

The 2012 Wild Turkey Spring Season pamphlet is now available in sporting goods stores. The spring season dates are April 15 through May 31. The hunting hours a…

Wolf plan is acceptable, so far

This is the first of a multi-part series about wolves in Washington.