I was having lunch with a few friends last week and somehow we got around to telling stories about funny mishaps we had on our boats. I remember sitting there laughing and thinking to myself, “Boy, I’m sure glad I don’t have stuff like that go on anymore, I mean I’m pretty dialed, a real…
One of the great things about fishing is that there is something for virtually everyone. Nelly has his annual trip to Sitka and I have Florida. One of the things that I love about fishing in Florida is the variety that it offers. In two and a half days of fishing this past week, we…
One of the exciting things going on for me right now is the prospect of deer hunting this fall. I remember hunting with my dad as a kid but as I got older and started playing football and basketball it seemed that there just wasn't any time to dedicate to hunting. As I got older…
We have quite a bit of fun on the show and on the forums debating the virtues of aluminum vs fiberglass boats. For me, it's glass all the way and I don't see that ever changing, but there is one area where I have to admit that I get a little jealous of the metal…
This is just a preseason forecast but if they are as accurate as they were last year then we are in for another great year of chinook salmon fishing in the ocean and on the Columbia. I can't wait to get this season started. COLUMBIA RIVER FALL CHINOOK 2011 PRESEASON FORECASTS Stock Group 2011 February Forecasts …
Alexandria, VA – November 4, 2010 – The sportfishing community commends the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson for its decision to reject a sweeping petition to ban lead in all fishing tackle. The petition, which was submitted on August 3, 2010, by the Center for Biological Diversity and four other groups,…
"It's so nice to have a fish and wildlife director that actually fishes and understands the issues from a recreational anglers perspective" was Nelly's reaction when I told him about the WDFW recreational albacore meeting Tuesday in Olympia. In 2009 there was a request that WDFW consider a bag limit for all food fish that didn't already…
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…