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Ellie celebrates with a thumbs up after releasing the wild fish. We were at the bottom end of out last drift when she hooked the big hen.
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This is big, wild steelhead that posed for a photo before being released. It hit a shrimp-baited Mack's Lure Rock Dancer jig on the upper Columbia River. Fishing is open now above Wells Dam on the Columbia, and the Okanogan River. See the emergency rules for details.
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This is my first keeper steelhead of the season, and it gave me quite a tussel. I was very impressed with the new Abu Garcia Soron reel, that is built for the use of super lines. Which means it's idea for bobber fishing!
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Fall fishing can be excellent on Fish Lake. There is an abundance of small rainbow like this available, but also the chance at a large triploid or brown trout.
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The scenery in the fall on the Icicle River is spectacular. My wife Eileen and I didn't catch a single fish on this day in late September, but we just didn't care.
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I finally got Tom Welch, of Cascade Auto Center in Wenatchee a king salmon on the Columbia River! he hooked this one recently below Wells Dam.
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Nathan Schuyleman displays one of eight small sturgeon that we caught while fishing on his boat below Rock Island Dam.
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The salmon dinner prepared by the Icicle Valley of Trout Unlimited were popular at Salmon Fest.
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This youngster was proud of his eagle costume he wore in a parade during Salmon Fest.
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Here I am with a nice king taken below Wanapum Dam, while fishing with Jerrod Gibbons of Upper Columbia Guide Services.
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