“Red Gold” in Gig Harbor Feb 3/4


Preliminary reports from the Puget Sound spot shrimp opener on June 11 were decent. “It was a nice day and we surveyed Area 10 and 11 (central and south central Puget Sound) and it looks like most people did well,” said Don Velasquez, a WDFW shellfish manager. “We’ll be taking a look at the catch…
A sure sign of spring after a long winter is the annual arrival of our salmon forecasts and the “North of Falcon” meetings. I await the salmon forecast numbers like a kid waiting for Christmas morning. Hello, my name is Tom and I am a “salmon sicko”. After watching the numbers for a number of…
If you look closely you'll see three 35 mm SLR's and a Sony compact in his beard. Or is that leftover pizza? It's hard to tell from this angle. Nelson and I had the distinct pleasure of working with fishing photographer Collin Carlson from Finpusher.com on the Outdoor Line Billfish Bonanza trip last week in…
By Jason Brooks Nearly 2.3 million catchable sized trout have been recently planted in lakes all across Washington. Now that opening day of the lowland lakes fishing season has passed the crowds are starting to subside but the fish are still readily biting. I spent this past weekend on one of my favorite lakes with…
By Mark Yuasa It’s really starting to feel like autumn outside as the leaves are turning colors, temperatures are cooling down, and trout are starting to become more active in statewide lakes. “We’ve still got a lot of fish swimming around in lakes that we planted on opening day (in late April), and there’s a…
Last season was a tough one for big coho in local waters but hot on the heels of a large pink salmon run is a very solid showing of chunky coho salmon! With the Edmonds and Everett Coho Derby looming in the coming weeks, let’s brush up on some silver slaying strategies! The name of…