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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 14 years, 6 months ago
Coho salmon fishery continues

The coho salmon fisheries, which opened Oct. 5, continue on the Wenatchee, Methow and Icicle rivers through a scheduled closure of Oct. 31.

Updated 14 years, 6 months ago
Annual deer camp as beautiful, magical as ever

This is the first of a two-part series about deer hunting in 2011.

Updated 14 years, 6 months ago
Fishing Magician Report: Steelhead, Coho and Kings

If you're an angler, what better place is there to live than Central Washington? Just take a look at what's happening at the mouth of the Wenatchee River right…

Updated 14 years, 6 months ago
Several hunting seasons open on Saturday

This is it, the opening of several hunting seasons, such as:

Updated 14 years, 6 months ago
Lunch with the Troops; second to the last event

The next Lunch with the Troops event will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 18 from 11:30 to 1 p.m. The luncheon will take place at the Porterhouse Steakhouse in Mos…

Updated 14 years, 6 months ago
Fishing Magician Report: Bass at Banks Lake

I finally made a trip up to Banks Lake to check out the low water conditions. I wanted to see how much water was left in this big pond. There's plenty. I launc…

Updated 14 years, 6 months ago
The excitement of preparing for the hunt

MOSES LAKE - The modern firearm deer hunting season begins this Saturday in most of Washington State. Hunters may use a modern firearm, archery equipment or a …

Updated 14 years, 6 months ago
Fishing Magician Report: Fishing At Wanapum, Wells

Anglers fishing for fall run Kings below Wanapum Dam, and at Vernita are catching very good numbers of fish, and some big ones, too. There are even more fall r…

Updated 14 years, 6 months ago
Fishing Magician Report: Salmon and Steelhead season open

The Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced the opening of coho salmon fisheries on three rivers here in Central Washington. The rivers include the Wenat…

Updated 14 years, 6 months ago
Fresh News From MarDon: Walleye and low temps at Potholes

Our Indian Summer was beautiful but now it is over. Our surface water temperatures on Potholes Reservoir have been hovering around 60 degrees. Every fall for m…

Updated 14 years, 6 months ago
8-pound Wild Steelhead

My wife celebrated her birthday this past week so she got to

Updated 14 years, 6 months ago
Checking on essential items for a hunting backpack

A hunter needs to have certain items along on a hunt. A knife is the most important, but some type of rope or twine is also necessary. Besides these two items,…

Updated 14 years, 6 months ago
Fishing the Oregon Coast

Did I tell you I was going to do some fishing off the coast of

Updated 14 years, 6 months ago
Fishing Magician Report: Oregon Salmon Fishing

Did I tell you I was going to do some fishing off the coast of Oregon?  Well I did recently, and it was a great experience.  I was fishing where the Nehalem River meets the Pacific as the guest of a former top guid…

Updated 14 years, 6 months ago
Fishing Magician Report: Open Season on steelhead

If you haven't heard, the steelhead season is open now in the Central Washington Region. The number of fish is exceeding what was expected and my go over 20,00…