Steelhead seasons on the main stem Columbia the tributaries are closed for the year now, but there are lots of alternatives available to anglers in the region. On April 1 dozens of lakes open in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
The Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced the closure of the steelhead season on three locations in our region. Now closed to fishing is the main stem Columbia River from the Highway 173 Bridge at Brewster to 400 feet below Chief Joseph Dam. The Okanogan River from the mouth …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
If you want to be part of the group that is going to Loreto, Mexico we would like to hear from you right away. We still have room for a few more people, and want to lock in our group air fare.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
If you haven’t heard, my wife Eileen and I are going to host another fishing trip this spring, and this time we are going Loreto, on the Baja, Mexico. I have yearned to fish the Sea of Cortez for years. I even flew down to Loreto a couple of years …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
I finally made it up to Lake Chelan to try the kokanee fishing. I met Jeff Witkowski, of Darrell and Dads Family Guide Service, at the Mill Bay launch at 7 a.m. last Tuesday, and we headed up lake. Witkowski has been fishing above the Narrows, below Mitchell Creek, and …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
I ran up to Fish Lake to see how the ice was holding up and how anglers were doing. It was a very scenic drive up the Tumwater Canyon, and the gauge in my truck was reading in the high 30s. I was actually surprised to see quite a few …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Austin Moser of Austin’s Northwest Adventures invited Eric Granstrom, of Gaboon Productions, to join him for a day of fishing at Lake Roosevelt for big kokanee and we jumped at the chance.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
I have been reporting on a lot of ice fishing and other cold water pursuits lately, and it makes me think of warmer climates and particularly the trip planned to Belize this coming May.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
I know it is only January, but kokanee fever is already taken hold here in Central Washington. Lake Roosevelt is famous for producing kokanee of state record size and did you know that kokanee have been caught in December this winter on Lake Chelan?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO