Ok, so maybe it's a little late in chinook season for an in-depth plug drill but it's only early August and there are still kings to be caught so… Let's get pluggin'! When we talk about salmon trolling plugs off of the Cannon Downriggers we need to draw some distinctions between flasher gear and the…
Plugs are cool. Salmon plugs, steelhead plugs, bass plugs, cedar plugs for tuna, plugs with teeth marks… you know what I mean. When you have to use flashers off of the Cannon Downriggers to provoke a strike, so be it but it is such a pleasure to play a fish with nothing between you but…
By Ray Gombiski. Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Chinook, Tyee, Nookers, Springs and any other nickname they have been given, but we all recognize them as the KING! The top of the Salmon hierarchy has arrived in Puget Sound. The King has got every local fisherman’s attention with limit-fishing and excellent opportunity. For me, one trip was…
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…
Selective salmon fisheries: they are the law of the land and our pathway to increased opportunity in our local waters. By my way of thinking, if I get to fish more days in increased areas in prime time?…I’m IN! Yes, it’s a pain to release those big, wild kings but given the choice between fishing…
It's no secret that Robbie Tobeck and I enjoy a laugh, especially at the others expense. Partially it's a WSU Cougar/UW Husky thing. It's also a native Washingtonian/Florida transplant thing. Our penchant for pickin' on each other has led to the infamous "tuna vs. salmon" debate, the blue water vs. green water conflict and now…
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…
Washington’s San Juan Islands are a Pacific Northwest for Private-Boat Anglers By Doug Olander In the middle of the gaping strait that separates Washington State from Canada’s Vancouver Island sit some of the country’s most boater-friendly and perennially popular islands. If one were to grade Washington’s beloved San Juan Islands on accessibility, facilities, ease of…
By John Whitlatch. Two words cross my mind on daily basis, stripes and spots. These unmistakable markings make Rainbow Trout revered by sport fishermen around the world. Like your trusty and loyal Labrador retriever is consumed by a tennis ball, I am consumed by visions of shimmering chrome Rainbows breaking the surface and doing back…
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…