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I finally made the hike into Pillar Lake, the first of ten lakes in the Pillar-Widgeon Chain that opened on April 1st. I didn't have time to fish much, as my daughter Whitney and I were video taping a session for the Outdoor Fishing Show.
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Shane Magnuson, Upper Columbia Guide Services, shows what you do when the Chinook bite is slow on Lake Chelan. You go catch big lakers!
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One of the most scenic of the lakes in the Quincy Wildlife Area is Dusty Lake. It is reached by a mile-long trail and is an excellent quality lake for rainbow, browns and tigers.
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Some of the perch at Moses Lake are whoppers! I caught this one from the I-90 Bridge. Anglers should expect good catches all along the rip rap bank near the bridge. I also saw a whopper rainbow caught while I was there. The trout had to be 24 inches and weigh over 5 pounds. It was caught on a worm meant for a perch.
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Work has already started on the Kids Fishing Day at Connelly Park in Moses Lake. Julie Smith (left) and Curt Carpenter, of the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District and I met at the park with Chad Jackson (not picture) of the Department of Fish and Wildlife to begin plans for the event.
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Fishing for lakers on Lake Chelan continues to be red hot. I had a blast catching them before heading to Roses Lake.
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Roses Lake was flat calm and beautiful the last day of February. It was also full of 13-inch rainbow eager to hit a fly!
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Jerrod Gibbons, Upper Columbia Guide Services, is at the oars on the Okanogan. My wife Eileen is in the back of the driftboat, where she took the video of us fishing.
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Geese flying over another bend on a float down the Okanogan River recently made me stop fishing and take a photo. What a great winter day!
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Here's something you don't often see on the Okanogan in February--a bass boat. This father and son just couldn't let a day like this one go by without putting the boat on the water.
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