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You can catch rainbows like this one all day long at Curlew Lake, near Republic. Rainbow here are fattened on mysis shrimp and eat like kokanee!
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Rollie Schmitten of Lake Wenatchee shows off a nice triploid taken near the lower pens on Rufus Woods. Fishing wasn't great, but the Colville Tribe continues to plant the reservoir with fresh triploids every month.
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This was one big family of Canadian Geese that strolled by us while we were fishing at Curlew Lake recently. We counted 15 goslings!
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Here I am on the maiden voyage of my new Lund 1800 Sport Angler, from Valley Marine in Yakima. It is powered by a Mercury 150 Verado, 9.9 kicker, and the new Minn Kota I-Pilot on the bow. This is my third Lund from Valley Marine and I can't say enough about how much I appreciate the trouble free experience of being on the water, and the help from the folks at Valley Marine for keeping me on the water.
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Hard at work are members of the Icicle Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited at the acclimation pond on Blackbird Island. This group did the really hard work of getting the pond permitted and ready to receive steelhead for smolting, and the second crop is now leaving the pond and headed down the Columbia.
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Here's a fat Fish Lake rainbow with a High Lakes Special in its jaw. My wife Eileen and I caught eight in well under an hour using this lure, in under an hour!
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Here's what a High Lakes Special looks like. If you want to catch a limit of rainbow at Fish Lake really fast, this is the lure to use. You can get them at the Cove Resort.
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Shane Magnuson, Upper Columbia Guide Services helps his friend Amanda show off the spring salmon she caught while fishing with him at Drano Lake on the lower Columbia.
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Shane Magnuson (right) Upper Columbia Guide Services poses with me and a bright spring salmon caught on a recent trip to Drano Lake.
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Doug Pendleton, Director of Special Programs and guide at Red's Fly Shop on the Yakima River selects his flies for the day prior to a float. He prepared a great shore lunch during our fishing trip.
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