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Northwest Outdoor Report

by Rob Endsley 27. January 2012 13:30
Spring Chinook Seasons Set The 4th largest return of upriver spring Chinook is forecast for the Columbia River this year and fishery managers just announced the dates that the river will be open for recreational fishing. The Columbia is currently open from Bouy 10 to the I-5 bridge on a daily... [More]

Words You Never Want to Hear in a Duck Blind

by Rob Endsley 25. January 2012 15:49
So, it’s been a while since I’ve written a blog of any significance. I write the Northwest Outdoor Report every week, but other than that my blog writing time has been limited for a month plus. By what? You axe. The usual culprits. Fishing, hunting, preparing for our busy summer charte... [More]

Northwest Outdoor Report

by Rob Endsley 21. January 2012 06:26
Legislature Proposes Lead Ban The loonies are back at it again! Eight Washington state representatives recently signed onto a House Bill that will make fishing with small lead weights in Washington illegal. House Bill 2241 will outlaw the use of lead weighted hooks less than one ounce and fishing s... [More]

Northwest Outdoor Report

by Rob Endsley 15. January 2012 12:49
Brant Hunt Approved in Skagit County Brant numbers in Skagit County are high enough to allow an eight-day hunt that will take place on Jan. 14, 15, 18, 21, 22, 25, 28 and 29, with a bag limit of two geese per day. The season was contingent on a count of at least 6,000 birds in the county, and a t... [More]

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Northwest Outdoor Report

by Rob Endsley 9. January 2012 03:37
Bluefin Tuna Sells for Record Price Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji (Sue-Key-Gee) fish market rang in the first auction of 2012 with a 593 pound bluefin tuna that sold for a record $735,000. That amounts to $1,247 a pound, which makes it the most expensive tuna ever sold at Japan’s largest whol... [More]

Northwest Outdoor Report

by Rob Endsley 31. December 2011 16:01
Record Gun Sales in December It appears as though not every segment of the economy is in shambles. CNN reports that gun sales across the US hit a record this past month with 1,534,414 inquiries submitted to the FBI’s national background check system. Almost half of a million of those guns w... [More]

Rigging a Slip Float for Low Water Winter Steelhead

by Rob Endsley 22. December 2011 06:07
We're in the middle of our second La Nina winter in a row here in Washington and the weather maelstrom that many of the meteorologists predicted, well, it hasn't materialized yet. Knock on wood! This has been the driest December on record and that's dropped many of the cricks in W... [More]

Northwest Outdoor Report

by Rob Endsley 17. December 2011 10:19
Resurrection Derby The San Juan Islands Chapter of the Puget Sound Anglers donated $6900 to the Long Live the Kings salmon hatchery on Orcas Island this past week. The funds came from the Resurrection Derby held in Friday Harbor two weeks ago and will help keep the facility operating amid State a... [More]

Northwest Outdoor Report

by Rob Endsley 11. December 2011 09:39
New Launch Approved for Point No Point Kitsap county commissioners have approved a new boat launch at a 3.4 acre site near Point No Point on the Kitsap Peninsula. Now that the launch has been approved by the county Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will apply for the nearly 2 million dol... [More]

Northwest Outdoor Report

by Rob Endsley 6. December 2011 04:37
Steelhead Fishing is Heating Up Excellent steelhead fishing has been reported from the Bogachiel River near Forks and the Cowlitz River near Chehalis this past week. And if you missed the last razor clam dig there’s another one tentatively scheduled for December 10th on the Washington coast... [More]