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…
The Fishin' Magician: Thank you, Town Ford!
I want to give a shout out to our friends at Town Ford. They have been providing a place for us anglers to get together for seminars for the past couple of yea…
Payne or Paine found, lost again
The story last week, about Dave Helms finding a sit of shooting sticks at the Boyd Mordhorst Shooting Range, was productive. Payne or Paine called me. He did t…
Last-minute Christmas shopping is at hand
Life in the Columbia Basin is full of opportunities for outdoor adventures. Fishing, bird watching, camping, outdoor cooking, hunting, wildlife viewing all are…
Fresh News From MarDon: Great time for field hunting
MARDON RESORT - Water fowlers that enjoy field hunting are overjoyed with some single digit temperatures. It was 8 degrees on Thursday. All we need now is abou…
The Fishin' Magician: Get Ready for Early Closures
We may see an early closure to some of our steelhead waters here in Central Washington this season. There are a few factors that contributed to this possibilit…
The Fishin' Magician: Steelhead on the Move
There's good news and bad news for anglers that like to fish for steelhead in the smaller rivers in our region. The cold temperatures we've experienced have im…
The Fishin' Magician: Northern Pike on the Pend Oreille
I got a news release regarding northern pike on the Pend Oreille River, which is in the far northeast corner of the state. It seems that these fish, which migr…
Still plenty of time to shop for outdoor-minded people
This is the third of a four-part series about Christmas gifts for outdoors-minded people.
The Fishin' Magician: Pateros is still great
I got another chance to fish with Shane Magnuson at Pateros. I went up to finish a segment for the new TV Show and, thanks to the folks at the Lake Pateros Mot…
The Fishin' Magician: No more Methow for now
In spite of very touch conditions my friend Kevin van Bueren managed to take a very nice steelhead on the Methow River recently. I have mentioned that slush an…
The Fishin' Magician: Too much ice, not enough fishing
Anglers that enjoy fishing the Methow River may want to wait a while before planning a trip up there. The river is getting very icy. I recently fished on the M…
Use caution when on the ice
Ice fishing can be fun. Erect a shelter of some sort and spend the day fishing for trout, walleye, bass, perch, burbot and any other finned creature available …
Christmas shopping deadline 17 days away
This is the second of a four-part series about Christmas gifts for outdoors-minded people.
The Fishin' Magician: Waiting for the ice
Rollie Schmitten and I traveled to Carlton, on the Methow River and met Keith Roe earlier this week. We used the parking area at the launch site and set up sho…
Columbia Basin Walleye Club fishing for funding
MOSES LAKE - Aside from ice fishermen, most Moses Lake fishing enthusiasts are laying low this time of year.