It's been one of "those" years for local steelhead anglers. The hatchery fish were late and spring runoff -thanks to El Nino- is early. Fortunately so are the wild steelhead! After taking something of a year "off" last year, pulling a no-show on many Puget Sound streams, reports of solid numbers of wild fish are…
Winter weather… What a pain. The media has all kinds of weather buzz words: “We’re ramping up the showers and ramping up the temperatures which will ramp up the snow levels which in turn will…. Wait for it… Ramp up the river levels! My least favorite weather buzz word?… besides “ramp”… Pineapple express. We’re talking five inches…
Whale watching groups, recreational fisherman, kayak groups, and even commercial fisherman have all been united this past summer by NOAA's proposed fishing closure on the west side of San Juan Island. The consensus has been that this closure is not needed and will adversely effect the local economies, reduce job opportunities, and decrease social opportunities…
I blast outa he'aaah for Panama early tomorrow morning for two weeks of adventure in some of the best bluewater fishing grounds on the planet. Whether it's offshore or inshore gamefish species, Panama has it all! We stay on a mothership near Isla de Coiba 40 miles off Panama's Pacific coast that plants us within…
One of the longest standing, most sought after world records has officially been tied. This ruling came down today from the IGFA six months after the fish was caught by Manabu Kurita in Japan's Lake Biwa. Manabu Kurita's fish weighed 22 lbs 4 oz and was almost 1 ounce heavier than the 1932 fish caught…
NOAA Fisheries has announced a new fishery management program passed by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council that limits the number of charter boats in the guided sport halibut fishery in Southeast Alaska and the central Gulf of Alaska. "The new program will stabilize the guided charter fishing sector, maintain access to the fishery for…
One of the things that I love about having a little place down in Florida (besides seeing the family) is the opportunity to get in to some great, blue water, warm weather fishing this time of year. Unfortunatly for us this year the weather did not co-operate. It was eighty degrees two days before I…
Dan Sanberg hit this beautiful early wild buck a few days ago on one of the Forks area rivers with guide Brett Lowe from Westside Guide Service. They're already seeing a good push of early wild steelhead in the Forks area rivers and the Bogachiel continues to crank out it's share of hatchery fish. The…
"Amigo, that's the black butterfly…lot's of people say it's bad luck mang!" The hotel concierge noticed that a brown, not a black, butterfly was crawling on my hand the night of our arrival in Cabo San Lucas and just had to mention this little trollip of good news. The Brady Bunch "Tiki Idol" episode snapped…
It's no secret that several populations of chinook salmon -North Puget Sound in particular- are in trouble. Unwise land-use practices, over harvest and the ever increasing population of Western Washington have pushed the Puget Sound chinook to the point of an ESA or Endangered Species Act listing. Fortunately, efforts to save habitat for the endangered…