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…
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.
Annual deer camp as beautiful, magical as ever
This is the first of a two-part series about deer hunting in 2011.
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…
Several hunting seasons open on Saturday
This is it, the opening of several hunting seasons, such as:
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
8-pound Wild Steelhead
My wife celebrated her birthday this past week so she got to
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,…
Fishing the Oregon Coast
Did I tell you I was going to do some fishing off the coast of
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…
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…