Dear Washington Angler, Licenses for the 2010 license year (April 2010 – March 2011) will be available for purchase beginning December 1, 2009. In April 2009, the Washington State Legislature passed into law the requirement beginning April 1, 2010, that any person 15 or older wishing to fish for salmon or steelhead on the Columbia…
Meet the wiliest of all coyotes: Hit by a car at 75 mph, embedded in the front bumper, rode for 600 miles – and SURVIVED! When a brother and sister struck a coyote at 75 mph they assumed they had killed the animal and drove on.They didn't realize this was the toughest creature ever to…
Blacktail deer are the toughest big game animal to hunt here in the Northwest because of where they live. For 49 weeks a year they burrow themselves into the west side jungle, worming themselves into the deepest, darkest holes they can find. One step and they're gone. Sometimes you get a glimpse of them in…
This massive 10X9 elk taken in the Yukon Territories in September scored 451 5/8 Boone and Crockett. Just when you thought elk couldn't get any bigger! The huge bull was taken by long-time Canadian sheep hunting guide, Al Klassen, and after deductions from the 2nd and 3rd points net scored 402 3/8 Boone and Crockett….
Each and every week I invariably end up with a gaggle of hunting and fishing photos, some of which make it past the initial screening and onto The Outdoor Line. Here's a handful of hunting photos that made the grade: Bill Swann from Swanny's Fishing zapped me a photo of this crazy Unit 99 antelope…
This weekends coastal razor clam dig was the perfect opportunity to top of our nearly full freezer with some of the finest eating critters on the West Coast. Nicole and I rendesvous'd near Ocean Shores, Washington with my parents, Rob Tobeck and his wife Sonya, Bear Holmes of the CCA, and Gabe Miller from Sportco…
I can still remember the age of 14 months. Watching soap opera's with mom, guzzling Sierra Nevada, hucking puree'd carrots all over the living room, and reading fishing mags all day long. Ah, those were the good old days! I'm happy to see that the apple didn't fall far from the tree with my little…
Its gangs like these that the people of Helena have to put up with.. A bit different from the problems in other cities… It proves that every State has their own "unique" gang problems. They roam the streets and yards night and day. They hang out in even the best neighborhoods! ….and you CAN NOT(legally)…
We had originally planned on hitting the Snake and Clearwater near Lewiston, Idaho for a few days to get our fall summer steelhead fix, but when we heard our trip was planned the same week as the Snake/Clearwater Steelhead Derby it didn't take long for my fishing partner Chad Newton and I to redirect our…
Puget Sound salmon guide Ryan Bennett of The Reel Deal Guide Service has been tearing up the blackmouth since the opener last Sunday using a new-fangled rigging setup for the new Brads Super Bait cut plug herring. "I didn't like how the belly hook aligned with the plug, so I started messing around with different…