2010 August | Northwest Sportsman Magazine

A Flame Run To Buoy 10

1:02 a.m.: Alarm goes off — Madre de Dios, why am I doing this again?!? …read more…

Rob Phillips has been fishing on the lower Columbia River the past couple days, but tomorrow he’ll put down his fishing rod and sacks of Bob Toman squid spinners and pick up his shotgun and a box — better make …read more…

WA 2010 Deer, Elk Forecasts Out

POINTS 1 THROUGH 10 FOR WHY TO PUT IN FOR A DESERT UNIT TAG. (DICK HEMORE)

With Washington’s bow deer season starting tomorrow and archery elk the week after — and muzzleloader and rifle hunts in the coming months — now’s a good time to get the scoop on this fall’s forecasts. …read more…

SW WA Fishing Report

FEWER CHINOOK THAN EXPECTED ARE BEING CAUGHT IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER, BUT CRYSTAL ANDERSON GOT HERS, A NEAR-30-POUNDER CAUGHT AT THE MOUTH OF THE COWLITZ ON A SIMON WOBBLER. (LAZER SHARP PHOTO CONTEST)

(JOE HYMER, PACIFIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION)

SALMON/STEELHEAD

Cowlitz River – Light effort and catch by boat anglers on the lower river.

Last week, Tacoma Power recovered 183 summer-run steelhead, 49 spring Chinook adults, four jacks, 33 mini-jacks, 40 fall …read more…

Dunge-zilla

STEVE McCULLY'S MONSTER DUNGENESS, WHICH HE SAYS WEIGHED 4 POUNDS, 10 OUNCES AFTER COOKING. (LAZER SHARP PHOTO CONTEST)

Come back from a fishing trip and you never know what will show up in your email’s net — take the 4-pound, 10-ounce Dungeness crab caught earlier this summer by Steve McCully. …read more…

Last Day For B10 King Retention

TANJA SIVLEY CAUGHT THIS COHO CASTING SPINNERS CASTING SPINNERS OFF THE BEACH AT HAMMOND, ORE., NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA. COHO RETENTION CONTINUES THROUGH SEPTEMBER IN THIS AREA. (LAZER SHARP PHOTO CONTEST)

Rumor in our boat yesterday at the Buoy 10 fishery was with the king catch well below the quota, there was a chance state fishery managers would extend Chinook retention into September, but word out of Vancouver, Olympia and Salem …read more…

Seasons Soon For Wenatchee, Met Steelies

CHAD HURST HAD A LOT OF FUN DURING LAST YEAR'S STEELHEADING ON THE WENATCHEE, WHICH SHOULD OPEN TWO WEEKS EARLIER THIS YEAR. (PHOTO COURTESY CHAD HURST)

With somewhere around 38,000 mostly hatchery steelhead headed back to the upper Columbia Basin, Washington managers hope to open fishing up soon.

“We’re shooting for the 8th,” says regional fisheries manager Jeff Korth in Ephrata. “We just need to get …read more…

Several Pot Grows Found In Okanogan Hunt Areas

In recent weeks, officials have found several large grows in Southeast Washington, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Chelan County and now Okanogan County — and more are likely, in the Columbia Basin. …read more…

Closing In On $350K Worth Of Pikeminnows

Nikolay Zaremskiy is on the doorstep of having earned a cool quarter million over the past five years catching pikeminnows — and nearly $350,000 since 2002. …read more…

Early Opener For North-Central Washington Steelhead?

SCOTT FLETCHER WITH A WENATCHEE RIVER STEELHEAD FROM LAST FALL'S SEASON. (LAZER SHARP PHOTO CONTEST)

According to a story in the Wenatchee World today, WFDW is considering opening the upper Columbia River and some of its tribs for steelheading as early as “sometime late next week.”

SCOTT FLETCHER WITH A WENATCHEE RIVER STEELHEAD FROM …read more…

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