It’s no secret that bottomfish associate with structure on the ocean floor. When dropping gear onto submerged structure like pinnacles, rock piles, and elevated plateaus it’s easy to spend more time tying on new gear than working productive water and actually catching fish. I ran into a gentleman in the tackle shop the other day that was loading up…
My first experience with the pike family was in a backwater of Alaska’s Lake Illiamna. I was a UW fisheries student assisting with an ongoing sockeye salmon research project. On a free afternoon, some compadres and I absconded with a research boat and went exploring. What we found was a seemingly endless maze…
Lake Washington was full of activity this weekend. We had the NW Bass Lake Washington Open, the Seahawks CAST for KIDS event, and the Tobeck boys hunting down some of the biggest crawfish on the planet. It was a record turnout for the NW Bass Qualifier this weekend! With 92 boats entered …
A big thanks to the Outdoor Line listeners that joined us in Westport on May 12th for the 2009 Halibut Quest aboard the "Rampage". The day started with 25 to 30 knot winds, a max ebb bar crossing with the Rampage taking greeners, and a 3 hour run to the grounds in a serious ocean lump. The men…
I’ve never been one to believe in luck. I always went with the idea that through hard work and attention to detail you cold overcome most obstacles that stood in your way. Heck, I had an old coach when I played for Atlanta that always said “ Luck favors the exceptionally well prepared”. He said…
Our first day in the studio: April 11, 2009. I’ll never forget it… As 6:02am approached, the time that we all had anticipated for literally weeks, I couldn’t help but reflect on the event as the culmination of a whole lot of work and an even bigger stroke of luck. The work? Well, have you…
With the Outdoor Line Halibut Quest trip quickly approaching on May 12 I thought it would be prudent to upload this article on sea-sickness. One of our charter customers has been sea-sick every single day he’s been on the water for over thirty years. I think I would have switched to fishing inland lakes or…