The gang from the Outdoor Line packs up and heads south to Costa Rica on Sunday to scout out the location of our 2011 Outdoor Line Billfish Tournament. Robbie Tobeck had an excellent trip to Los Suenos just after he retired from the NFL and I've had numerous friends and customers tell me it's "The" […]
Last week was a tough one in my driftboat. We had 9 steelhead hooked up in two days on one of the Southwest Washington rivrers (not counting the other "chances") and landed exactly "0" of them…nada, zilch, zippo! I lost two myself, one of which straightened out a hook on light tackle and the second […]
Whether fishing the river or saltwater in California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, or Alaska you'll at some point in your salmon fishing career need to learn how to rig a cut plug herring. There are quite a few different ways to skin this cat and here are just a few of the most common methods […]
I just came across this ancient newspaper clipping contained within an old book given to me by a friend. There were sure a lot of giant king salmon caught back then without the aid of graphite, Dartanium drag systems, and positive-ion control downrigger technology. Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong era! August […]
For any of you that have fantasized about slapping your partner around with a flounder (I have) help is on the way. We can all live vicariously thru our February Video of the Month contest winners Cami and Glen who made a little bet back on Valentines Day and well, you can guess from the […]
The junkies are easy to find, just head to the Diner in Forks before the sun comes up and they'll be there. They're always there early in the morning this time of year. They say things like "3 for 7 on the Dimmel", and "you know…pitch it in the bucket below the tree"…and the ones […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 23, 2010 – Today, a coalition of marine recreational fishing, boating, and conservation organizations and businesses called on the Obama administration to take immediate action to address a crisis within the federal fisheries management system. In a letter to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco, the American […]
Andy "The Mad Russian" with a 15 pound spring Chinook he caught with Bill Swann Saturday on the Columbia River The spring Chinook bite has yo-yo'd quite a bit this past week on the Columbia River, with boats popping two to three fish one day and then finding the river nearly barren the next. With […]
I'll keep this short and sweet folks. There's a net pen full of walleye decoys right next to the fishing pier at Mar Don Resort on Potholes Reservoir in Eastern Washington. Big walleye come to the pen every night to make googly-eyes at the pen full of decoys, which are actually bonker-sized rainbows, in hopes […]
"You need to eat a couple of these honey…I've already eaten five of them," Nicole says several minutes after I gave her the green light to hit the bbq full of oysters we had just prepared on this sunny February afternoon. Sunny February afternoons are an oximoron here in Washington and we were definintely enjoying […]
