By Rick Kennedy | 05/13/2012 Winters, CA – Over the last year I’ve expanded my boundaries when it comes to the lakes I fish for rainbows, kokanee, Coho and kings. For more than a decade I stayed close to home, focusing on the Truckee area lakes, Collins, Bullards Bar, Englebright, Eagle and a others. However, […]
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By Nick Kester | 05/12/2012 Halibut season is underway here in the Pacific Northwest and while I’ve been fishing the waters of Puget Sound for what seems like ages now I’ve found a brine that’s been working extremely well for me and wanted to share it. While I’m using this in the Puget Sound, the […]
By John Keizer | 05/09/2012 There’s no way around it. Crabbing is becoming more popular in the Pacific Northwest (and Nor Cal/BC/Alaska). After last weekend’s Washington shrimp opener I’m getting excited about the coming crab opener (it’s open in Oregon and Nor Cal now). At the end of last season I discovered how easy Pautzke’s […]
By Anton Jones | 04/27/2012 North Central Washington – As a guide, my bread and butter is deepwater trolling for lake trout on Lake Chelan. For fun, however, and to entertain the grandkids and return to my roots as a bait fisherman for trout, I love to fish little Roses Lake in Manson, WA. At […]
By Mark Chmura | 04/13/2012 Manistee, MI – One of the things I enjoy about guiding Lake Michigan is that patterns are always changing. This year that’s an understatement. Being mid-April now, everyone is focusing on the time of year rather than what’s going on with our weather pattern. I’m not sure what’s happening everywhere […]
By Duane Inglin | 04/06/2012 Every year there’s a lot of effort involved in creating innovative color/attractants. Honestly, sometimes I think these are more for the fishermen than the fish. Meanwhile, creativity and innovation brings exciting opportunities. Consider flashers. How many options are currently on the market? And, what about others that anglers have in […]
By Mike Bogue | 04/05/2012 Red Bluff – In Northern California there’s a lot of people excited about what’s to come. We are told this year’s salmon run should resemble what we were used to a decade ago. I’m excited, too. But I’m sure not overlooking the great rainbow trout fishing we are seeing right […]
By Greg Knapp | 04/03/2012 Two weeks ago I saw the temperature gauge go as high as 89 degrees. In mid-March in Western Michigan that is not supposed to happen. We are usually still dealing with the problem of frozen rod guides in the mornings rather than the dilemma of do I wear shorts or […]
By | 03/20/2012 There’s many different ways to catch steelhead. However, I prefer fishing under a float. Steelhead are aggressive at times, but can also be stubborn. Personally, I take into account river flows when deciding which technique to use. There are many reasons I choose float fishing as my method of choice, but most […]
By Nick Petosa | 03/25/2012 One rainy evening I was hanging out in my garage and getting my fishing gear ready for the next morning’s trip. I had four containers of eggs left over from fishing earlier in the day and I decided to use them for tomorrow. The eggs were pre-cut and cured in […]