It's the last day of August, Labor Day weekend looming and it's raining like its autumn already. While some may lament the end of summer, I'm more bummed over the closing of the best Marine Area 9 & 10 selective chinook season in memory but also looking optimistically forward to autumn angling opportunities. Robbie Tobeck…
Sometimes I feel like a broken record. I talk and write all the time about people trying to take away our access as recreational anglers. Well, once again we need to get involved and become pro-active to save our access to the most precious and productive fishing grounds in the State of Washington. Hopefully someday,…
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…
By Jeff Lund. In the rush to join Ryan, Josh, Eli and Nate, I frantically threw two bottles of water into my pack that was already stuffed under the bungee hold on the front of the kayak. I saw Josh casting, Eli smiling, Ryan drifting and Nate launching. What I didn’t see was my keys…
Every now and then you're asked to do something that, well, you've never thought about doing before. Such was the case when the phone rang last spring and Cannon product manager Dave Maryanov said: "Hey Tom, what do you think about having us out to the Puget Sound area this summer to shoot our new…
Whether you are a salmon fisherman or a tunaholic, this past weekend presented plenty of opportunity to get out on the water and go chase some fish. With great weather and reports of people catching fish from Area 11 on down the coast to Oregon, the only way for things to get any better would…
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…
One of the great joys that I have as a fisherman is sharing that passion with my two sons Mason and Madden. As many may already know, these boys are pretty darn good fisherman and maybe just too darn good. This past weekend they both had the chance to travel to Sitka and fish. After…
By Bear Holmes Hatchery Trout… innocent fun or gateway fish? Del Stephens’ blog on Tuna Addition, combined with fishing the OTC with the Tobecks last weekend, got me thinking about how I became a Tuna Addict. It started out innocently enough… fishing for hatchery trout with Dad and Grandpa off the bank at Lake of…
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…