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Beavers and beaver ponds are interesting, possibly both good and bad depending on where. I lived in Reno for a few years, and there, the beavers are considered potentially unhealthy for some of the rivers and creeks because they eat down ALL of the riparian vegetation, especially the...

Those don't all look wild to me. Looks like some hatchery genes got mixed into the gene pool. Probably why they are struggling to find appropriate migratory and rearing habitat.

As fun as they are, the coho and kings and steelhead might appreciate a few less 2027 humpies eating their food.

As an indication of what can happen when it's "bad", read up on 1862 for the US West Coast. 43 days of atmospheric river dropping 10' of rain, ending with warm rain on snow. An "inland sea" appeared in the CA Central Valley where land was not visible to the eye, and steamships were able to...

What level of support opens up the guided PNWFF sight fishing capr trip coupon? Asking for a friend.

Yeah, we roll the double canner operation.

Don't need any salt for preservation actually.. it's the heat that does the kill.. I love my jarred tuna. Been canning 90-110 every year we have decentish fishing.

I have spent a few nights in a hammock in Central America, and I recommend something thicker and comfy that you can easily take out of the hammock and move to the spidery ground around midnight. Which seems to be how most of my nights hammock sleeping feel. More seriously: most things taco...

After backpacking in to do a backcountry rock climb in the Sierra (11 pitches, 5.10), I realized my harness and belay device were sitting in my gym bag 200 miles away. Used my 4' sewn slings to tie together a harness and waist belt, plus my lockers to munter hitch our twin ropes to me. The real...

There is certainly much technique and nuance, like all fishing. I have never caught more than 15 or so off Les Davis, though the elderly guys next to me went 10:1 on me sometimes. Even though I watch what they are doing like a hawk, I haven't figured it out. I go once or twice a year. I have...

I agree totally. It's a business world where actual people don't matter, so incorporate everything and let the lawyers sort it all out.

I was up on a remote tributary of Harrison Lake BC this past week, and found a roughly built lean to shack by the river, sitting on the bluff above a nice pool. Made of logs, with all the cracks stuffed with moss, and had a bark roof. I chuckled when I saw the "Love Shack" sign above the door...

Nice job, be careful of that path, early success is dangerous. I caught 2 nice winter fish swinging on my first trip out, many years ago. It was 5 full years before my 3rd though, and I was trying for real, up to an including full weeks of fishing. It might have been better to get skunked early...

You caught 2 boss beach coho this year and you didn't think there would be a price to pay?? Puget Sound giveth, and Puget Sound taketh. Be glad the price was lowish.

I saw my first spotted ratfish this week, swimming around in the shallows over some rocks.. Supposedly one of the most abundant fish in Puget Sound, but this was my first seen.

Doesn't seem to work like that. I have stopped by, and it's not really a public access type facility. I think I would recommend using the mail as they request, it's not like they even have someone there you can actually talk to.

Yeah, the blue shark biting the hydraulic line threw me for a loop.. It was actually a small blue shark, 3' or less, that was lightly hooked in the belly skin and had rolled up a few turns of leader around its body. I was reeling it in in the back corner, and when it got to me, I grabbed the...

Almost none actually, even then. Otters doesn't have enough fat to be actual shark food. We need wolves and grizzlies back to tidy up Big Otter, that's what's actually missing. "Like popcorn" https://www.ktoo.org/2023/02/10/alaska-wolves-eating-sea-otters/

In fairness to ARSC, they did get nice new PFDs this year, and I was always reasonably sure, more than 50%, they would go off when needed, despite the crusty look.

I didn't even think ARSC PFDs even worked, generally the one I was always handed was covered in some sort of salty tuna grease crust and looked like a truck backed over it. Good to know.