Guide Justin Crump grips Marina's 33 inch, 20 plus pound Bristol Bay drainage rainbow trout We'll have longtime Bristol Bay flyfishing guide Nanci Morris from Alaska Sportsman's Bear Trail Lodge in King Salmon, Alaska on the Outdoor Line tomorrow to talk about the sicko flyfishing that's happening right now for rainbow trout in her neck…
The modern firearm general rifle season is less than a month away this year and we have a measly 8 days to score a buck in many of the Eastern Washington game management units, a little longer in Western Washington. That means you'd better have your game face on come October 16th because you're not…
It's September 6th here in Seattle, Washington and guess what…it's raining! For those of us nut-cakes that grew up in the soggy Northwest this early rain means one thing, that salmon will be hitting the rivers pronto. It actually means more than that, but for the purpose of this blog and to keep my A.D.D….
With a silver run that's triggered more than a few suicide watches here in Craig the past few weeks the phrases "You can't miss!", and "They were everywhere!" more than jossled my interest when I heard them. Two of the fishing nuts that stay in the RV park that we call home during our…
With two more groups and a little over one more week of fishing for us here in Craig, Alaska I've got a few minutes to reflect on some of the little things that have made our season here a successful one. Much like Nelly's astounding king salmon success in the Puget Sound recently, it's the…
Pheasant hunting free weekend scheduled for youth 15 and younger. On Saturday and Sunday, September 25 & 27 Joint Base Lewis McChord and Pheasants Forever will be hosting the annual Youth Pheasant Hunt. Saturday’s hunt begins at 7:00 AM and Sunday’s hunt starts at 8:00 AM. The Youth Hunt is free of charge and open…
Whether cooking at home or ordering at a restaurant, these hints from a bunch of the Northwest’s most knowledgeable wine aficionados will point you in the right direction the next time you’re enjoying a seafood dinner or trying to impress company. David Johnstone of the Vinopolis Wine Shop in Portland, Oregon usually selects a pinot…
Video is all the rage nowadays and for a charter captain like myself to grab video footage while I'm working means setting down the video camera once a fish is ready to land, which is also the time when the most excitement usually occurs during a long battle with a hot fish. Ah…but there's a…
I've ran magnum hoochies on some of my meat rigs for halibut fishing for a number of years and they work great. The problem with these big hoochies is that they are big enough to totally cover the hook, so spacers in the form of big, glow-in-the-dark Corky's are necessary to put some distance between…
Eric Vanhofwegen with a chrome Southeast Alaska chinook he caught underneath a flock of diving birds. Bird Activity Weren’t they a band back in the 60’s? And now they eat fish, go figure. Watching bird behavior on the saltwater can be a good indicator of what’s going on below the surface. The most obvious of…