Choosing the Right Taxidermist By Jason Brooks It might be the “trophy of a lifetime” or your first harvest, maybe it was a special species or a hunt to remember. No matter what your reasons are for having an animal mounted by a taxidermist you want it done right. Recently I sat down with Michael…
Nasty, wet weather in the Puget Sound region equals exciting times for anglers who don’t mind donning some rain gear to reap the rewards. Millions of squid have finally arrived in Puget Sound, which is providing a bounty of fun and good catches along the many fishing piers from Des Moines north to Edmonds. A…
While the weather may be cooling down, the fall trout fishing opportunities are actually starting to heat up. WDFW is looking at planting around 2,000 rainbow trout in various Snohomish County lakes and 1,700 will be headed into a few Skagit County lakes on top of the 2,400 annually planted each fall into Beaver Lake…
Washington Deer Season Preview By Jason Brooks With archery deer season’s already underway and the end of the annual 10-day “high hunt” some Evergreen deer hunters already have notched their tags. Others that are looking forward to this upcoming Saturday’s muzzleloader opener or those eagerly awaiting the modern firearm season in just over two…
Grouse! Tips to better grouse hunting. by Jason Brooks One of the most revered game birds of North America is the grouse. Probably because it is often our first game animal we harvest after receiving our hunting license. Memories of our youth or taking a young hunter out on their first hunt often involve grouse….
Many anglers right now are glued to their fish-finders seeking out salmon in Puget Sound, but what few realize is the fun and excitement being had by others on statewide lakes. “We’re at the peak fishing time for many warm-water fish species including perch and bass,” said Danny Garrett, the WDFW warm-water species biologist. “We’ve…
Brewster Pool Sockeye! by Jason Brooks With the summer heat setting in and water temperatures rising the Okanogan river is too warm for the Lake Osoyoos Sockeye to migrate. This means that as the fish stack up in Columbia river at the famed Brewster Pool you can easily catch these tasty fish. Here are a…
Hold onto your rod-and-reel as the summer salmon fisheries have started off on a high note in some marine waterways. The Strait of Juan de Fuca king salmon fisheries got off to a relatively good start mainly in the eastern section off Port Angeles and to a slightly lesser degree to the west off Sekiu….
It looks like the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (WDFW) channel catfish stocking plants that occurred at Green Lake in North Seattle and other statewide lakes and ponds more than two decades ago are paying off their dividends. On Saturday, Ahmed Majeed of Kent was out on the lake for a day of fishing…
If the first 10 days of June are any indication of what’s to come this summer for Puget Sound chinook then hold on tightly to your fishing pole as there will be plenty of action on the horizon. The spotlight is shining brightly on south-central Puget Sound in the Tacoma area (Marine Catch Area 11)…