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Christopher Start poses with the a nice largemouth that was caught just off the dam during the annual Cast for Kids event on Potholes Reservoir.
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Rollie Schmitten navigates through the boats that turned out for the opening day of sockeye season on Lake Wenatchee. He limited a boat of four anglers in two hours!
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Brad Barancouskas (left) Rollie Schmitten and Tom Barancouskas show off their catch of sockeye on the opening day of the season on Lake Wenatchee.
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Here is a nice kokanee taken from Billy Clapp Lake. The lake holds kokanee, walleye and smallmouth bass. Large perch are taken here in the winter, too.
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This is the time to hit the small streams with a fly rod in our region. Here is a big one from the Icicle River, taken on a Parachute Adams.
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Conconully Lake (upper) is a very scenic spot and is know for great trout fishing. We found the bass fishing to be spectacular.
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Evan Eichler prepares to cast at Conconully Lake. He, his father Dave and I caught 152 largemouth in a day's fishing on Conconully Lake.
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Here is the pack below Wells Dam on the upper Columbia River. Hundreds of summer-run salmon are taken off this bar every season.
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Rollie Schmitten (left), is one of the Fish and Wildlife Commissioners, and he is fishing with me below Wells Dam with State Senator Linda Parlette and Fish and Wildlife Region 2 director Dennis Beich.
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The best part of the trip to Banks Lake for me was getting to spend time with my daughter. Getting this nice smallmouth helped make the day special, too.
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