Fresh News from MarDon
Mike Meseberg | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 years, 11 months AGO
The three generation Doc Frenier party from Anchorage, Alaska enjoyed three days of duck hunting on Potholes Reservoir. Doc is 87 years young and can still kick my butt.
We had a field with over 2000 geese so gathered this handsome group for a memorable hunt. Pictured here: Mark Graham, the Bill Hosko party, and the Williams party who joined Mike, Levi and the Baltzell twins.
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Walleye action using blade baits and swim jigs is happening in a big way on Potholes Reservoir.
YoYo jigging or a cast and retrieve technique is producing both walleye and bass. Last winter ice fishing was hot at the Lind Coulee Arm on Potholes Reservoir. On Martin Luther King weekend there were over 250 fisherman enjoying catching perch, walleye, bass, burbot and channel catfish through the ice.
Watch the weather and when it gets colder give us a call for current ice conditions.
Bank fishing at Medicare Beach has been producing rainbows to 7 lbs. using Pautske eggs and power bait. Anglers are also reporting nice rainbows from Corral Lake, just south of MarDon. Corral Lake has triploids to 21" and as we look forward to next spring the lake will produce good action for bank fishers and trollers.
As we enjoy the holiday let us be thankful ... Because some Northern waterfowl are migrating to the Potholes Recreation area. Northerns in groups of 50 or more mallards that react perfectly to duck calling have been enjoyed by recent hunters.
Goose hunting will continue to improve as we finish November. Check out www.ducktaxi.com website for duck and goose hunting package discounts. Click on the 2014-2015 specials to review them. Book a trip to be remembered or buy a gift certificate for that hard to buy for hunter.
The Royal Hunt Club (Boosters) offer fee access hunting on over 25000 acres of Royal Slope private property for pheasant, duck and goose hunting. No guides are allowed to operate on or use the Booster land. The Boosters' ground holds excellent, but ignored goose hunting opportunities.
The farmers that donate their farmland want these geese hunted or they, in many cases, have to re-seed their fields. Season passes are available or you can purchase a 3 day pass. Minors (18 and under) are half-price. www.royalhuntclub.org or call 509.346.2651, daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Waterfowl hunting continues to be tough with stagnant air which builds fog. Additionally, with our unseasonably warm weather temperatures every pond or secret hole is now completely free of ice with mostly open water. These conditions are perfect to jump shoot Northern Mallards and lazy Canadian Honkers. Central Washington is covered with waterfowl from the North. As soon as our temperatures drop below freezing around the clock and we get a little wind, the big water will harbor vast numbers of quality ducks and geese.