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When you see anglers on the ice at Moses Lake you know something's being caught. Here are some examples; two jumbo perch. Good numbers of walleye are being taken, too.
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Here is a mixed bag of fish taken through the ice at Fish Lake. It included suckers, a pea chub, some perch and a triploid rainbow that must have weighed 4 pounds!
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A group of anglers is settled in for a day of ice fishing at Fish Lake, near Lake Wenatchee. It was a perfect day, with about five inches of good ice, lots of sun and no wind.
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Ice fishing for perch is going great guns at the Coulee City Marina. You'll catch a lot of smaller fish, but there are enough 9- and 10-inchers to make it worth while. I checked on Winchester Wasteway, too, and found no perch fishers there.
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On a recent trip to Idaho I checked in with the folks at Fins and Feathers in Coeur d' Alene. I am arranging a pike fishing trip in the spring and a Chinook fishing trip in the summer. Fins and Feathers is the clearing house for info and tackle for the area.
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I am congratulating Dan Feil (right) of Bob Feil Boats and Motors in East Wenatchee on the super job they did rigging the new Jetcraft Boat that I will be using in the coming year. First it will be making an appearance at the big Seattle Boat Show in January, and then I'll be taking out on our area waters. (FishingMagician.com, Dave Graybill photo)
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Here's one of the two steelhead Rollie Schmitten and I landed off the mouth of the Entiat River recently. Both were wild and released, and we were very impressed by how bright the steelhead are in December on the upper Columbia River. (FishingMagician.com, Dave Graybill photo)
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This angler is enjoying some winter sunshine at Rocky Ford. He was watching his indicator while casting from the opposite shore from the parking areas.
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There are many evenings like this at Rocky Ford in the winter. Sure it's a bit chilly, but the fishing can be great and the rainbow really hot. One I landed jumped eight times!
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Okay, it's not a great photo. I just won't take a fish out of the water when I'm alone. If you look closely there's a size 18 scud in the nose of this 25-incher at Rocky Ford.
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