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Jerrod Gibbons, Okanogan Valley Guide Service, fillets the limits of sockeye that were caught while fishing on the Brewster Pool recently. There is nothing better than a meal of fresh sockeye.
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Nadine West (l), Whitney West, and Scott West, of the Cove Resort take a break from serving lunch and cleaning fish at the Upper Valley Connection Fishing Day. This was the 5th year for the event that Whitney West started as her senior project at Cascade High School.
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Lunch is served at the annual fishing day for the group that came to the Upper Valley Connection Fishing Day at Fish Lake. Volunteers from the Icicle Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited take everyone fishing on party barges provided by the Cove Resort.
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Which is bigger: the salmon or the smile on Sue Hagland’s face! She is holding up the first king she has ever caught, and did it aboard their Jetcraft 2025 HT at Chelan Falls. Husband Louie drove and I netted.
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Austin Moser, of Austin’s Northwest Adventures Guide Service, shows off the king he put me onto below Wells Dam. Eric Granstrom and I got a limit of sockeye in addition to this bright summer run salmon.
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Eric Granstrom is pretty proud of this perch he caught while we were shooting a Fishing TV Show on Fish Lake.
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While exploring the Icicle River for fishing spots, this butterfly decided to hitch a ride on my wife Eileen's hat!
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff and the Leavenworth Hatchery line up to be served a salmon lunch provided by the Icicle Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited. Chapter president Dave Moazed does the honors.
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What looked like a cloud layer from a distance was actually a show field and cornice. This was taken from the Icicle River valley floor. This is a great time to fly fish the Icicle for small rainbow.
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This shot of a summer run Chinook being netted was taken at Chelan Falls recently. The anglers in this boat put on a show, landing two nice Chinook while everyone else went without a bite. Fishing for summer runs is improving at all the familiar hot spots on the upper Columbia as more fresh fish move into our area. Fishing for sockeye is good, too.
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