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I missed a ton of hits on my indicator while floating the Yakima River, but I hooked this one. I was introduced to the Farmland section by Johnny Boitano of the Troutwater Fly Shop in Ellensburg. His brother Jason joined us on the float, and caught a bunch of rainbow and a cutthroat.
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Rick Rovegno, Big Wally's Guide Service with one of 17 walleye our party of three landed while fishing at Lake Roosevelt. We caught fish on both the main lake and in the Spokane River using glo jigs tipped with a bit of nightcrawler.
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Rick Rovegno, Big Wally's Guide Service, holds the two fish that made for a double that he and I landed while fishing for walleye out of Two Rivers Marina on Lake Roosevelt. He, his son Hayden and I had a busy day on the water recently.
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Kent Bacon was easy to spot as he handed out the prizes at the Quincy Valley Tourism Association's Annua Tagged Trout Derby. Bacon was one of the organizers of the event and the QVTA is planning to continue with the derby that takes place the first weekend in March at the Quincy Lakes.
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This youngster is holding one of the rainbow he caught while fishing at Lake Caliche, near George. Caliche was rehabbed last year and planted last fall. The survival was excellent and fishing here is very good for rainbow averaging 12 to 13 inches.
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This happy angler shows off a big trout caught at the Tagged Trout Derby at Burke Lake. It turned out to be the winner of the biggest trout prize in the derby, and was worth $250.00! Fishing was very good at the derby in spite of very high winds.
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This was the headquarters for the Quincy Valley Tourism Association's Annual Tagged Trout Derby at Burke Lake. This is where catches were weighed an measured, and a check for $2,000.00 was given to Calvin Yamamoto of Quincy for the grand prize tagged trout.
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Here is Robin Stice, owner of Eden Valley Guest Ranch and organizer of the NW Ice Fishing Festival. This is the only time I saw her sitting down in two days! The festival benefits the Molson Visitors Center, which saw a three-fold increase in visitors this past year. The Highlands have been discovered!
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This specialized boat is one of two that the Okanogan County Search and Rescue unit uses for river and ice conditions. This Rapid Deployment Craft comes in a bag and inflates in no time. It allows rescuers to get right over their subjects and pull them aboard. The boat is then pulled ashore by hand or ATV.
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Shown here is Kenny Cry of Omak who was the lucky winner of the top prize of $500.00 that was provided by Kinross Gold at the NW Ice Fishing Festival in Molson. He didn't need to catch a fish. He was drawn for the prize at the Grange Hall in Molson after the fabulous Italian dinner that was provided by Sitmark Ski Area.
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