The 2013 Anacortes Salmon Derby!

April 1, 2013

You’ve heard it a thousand times: “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.” This year, the Anacortes Salmon Derby fell on the final weekend of March, with weather that could only be described as “spectacular” and I’m not sure that word does justice to the conditions, or the event! There’s […]

Boat trailering: Cougar Style!

March 21, 2013

Meet Robert Lee Tobeck: His resume is very impressive. Academic All American lineman at Washington State University, Pro Bowl center of the Seattle Seahawks during the highpoint of the franchise history: the 2006 Superbowl and former host of The Outdoor Line Radio Show. Unfortunately, none of this tremendous life experience has prepared him for what has now […]

Gearing Up for an Alaska Charter Season

March 14, 2013

It’s March 13th and while I should be thinking about steelhead fishing or something “current” my mind is already preoccupied with all the little things that could make my life easier on the boat this summer in Southeast Alaska. If you didn’t already know I own and operate Prince of Wales Sportfishing in Craig, Alaska […]

Outdoor Line schematic that shows how to fish deep water with three Cannon downriggers

Solving the Third Downrigger Dilemma

June 12, 2012

You just went ahead and put that third downrigger on your boat and now you’re scratching your head wondering how to effectively use it without turning your trolling spread into a seagull’s nest. Trust me…I’ve been there and I’d much rather be catching fish than untangling a mess of cables and fishing line. So, here’s […]

Sitka 2012: Lucky with the weather…and the fish!

June 8, 2012

In this, our twentieth (yes, that’s 20 years) annual trip to Sitka we experienced some of the best salmon and halibut action and did so in some places we had never been before! Every once in a while, you dodge a bullet. In our case we dodged gale-force winds which can churn the waters of southeast […]

“Hawg Questing” the San Juan Islands!

July 13, 2011

It's been said by wiser men that I that "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity". Well, the Marine Area 7/ San Juan Island opener is surely an opportunity and all the fishing we've been doing up north definitely counts as preparation. Bolstered by our experience in southeast Alaska and the reports coming from Nootka and points south, the […]