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I used to pay attention to solunar tables that predict fish and wildlife activity. During one of those periods (either a major or minor) it was common to see cattle/horse/deer active and about at the same time there would a fish bite. Curt

Had the first Momotaro of the season today on my lunch sandwich. The first Brandywine (my all-time favorite) is a couple days from being ready for picking. Was a little concern with potential splitting with the rain earlier in the week (1.5 inches). One of the Black Krim and one Brandywine...

Am growing a Black Krim this year for the first time. Have harvested 3 so far, a great tomato! Will be adding them to my keeper tomato list to be planted every year. Joining Sungold, Brandywine and Momotaro.

Mature Chinook which as Stonefish suggests is most likely a Jack. However, with the shrinking size of Chinook that cannot be said with certainty.

fyi- Of all our salmon the lowly pink has the most "fragile" flesh which means for peak table quality they should be bled immediately, cleaned quickly, and put on ice (preferably with some belly packing). This is especially true for those in the salt that are still feeding. Bright pinks...

Historically the Chinook and pink salmon had parsed the various spawning habitats (pinks using shallower and smaller gravels while the Chinook deeper and larger gravels/stones) for their spawning. This worked well for both species maximizing the collective success of both. While these...

The goofy thing about the other day is that in the last 20 years I can only remember losing one other Chinook to another angler's gear.

Last Friday, I hit MA10 with my son for some mooching for Chinook. By fishing the second day of the 3-day opener and avoid the mess at Jeff head hoped to find some elbow room. After an hour or so trying to fish in spaces relatively free of trollers I hooked a nice fish with not a single...

I see that yesterday's WDFW central sound creel checks had the pink catch approaching that pink/angler 1.0 level. Game on?

Have hiked many hundreds of miles in felt sole boots (longest hike 12 miles round trip) and after more than 50 years of that sort of travel they still remain my choice. On longer treks I would remove my waders, (stuffed into a day pack) and use my wading boots as hiking boots (saving weight)...

I see that WDFW announced 3 more days of Chinook in MA 10, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (7/31-8/2).

I still on fishing violations when I see poaching type action (fishing salmon closed season etc.). I try to provide as much information as possible, location, time of day, vehicle (including lic. #) and angler descriptions. My hope is to provide the kind of information that allows those...

A little math to expand on the enforcement presence on our waters. According to WDFW's web site enforcement has 165 commissioned personnel who make 225,000 contacts annually. That equates to the commissioned personnel on the average contact 1,364 folks (225,000/165) annually. 260 working...

Looking at the 2023 Shilshole checks it was on August 4th that they average a pink/boat and by August 10 it was a pink/angler. Consistent fishing is maybe 2 weeks away!

Chris- I don't see the situation in Montana much different than what we see in Washington. Generally speaking, both states have limited exceptions to the regulation of bull trout closed waters/illegal to target them. Here in Washington, there a few waters where fish for bull trout is illegal...

USFWS is the federal agency that has the responsibility for bull trout (decent numbers found in the Chiwana) which was ESA listed in the late 1990s (1998?). That listing is likely the reason for the change in fishing regulations in the 1990s. Would often see WSFWS bios at issues potentially...

I'm huge fan of drop shot hooks. I used them for kokanee, sockeye and even mooching for Chinook with excellent hook to landed ratios. To that point the last year that I fished Baker very much I kept track of the boat sockeye encounters. We had 28 strikes, hooked 26 and landed 24 of them...

Good stuff Brian! Yes, a sub-legal Chinook is one smaller than the legal size, that is 22 inches. I think someone should ask for an emergency regulation change to allow that coho opportunity in MA 9 in July and if not given ask why such season isn't appropriate. Not that I suspect that you...

For an opener on Baker 11,000 sockeye is a big number. For those anglers that have that fishery "dialed" limits would be common. With the evolution of Baker sockeye fishing techniques and the willingness for a significant portion these fish to bite the myth that sockeye are poor biters has...

Dave - I thought that brook trout was 13 years old but was sure that it was at least 10 years old. I would have need better equipment to sure. Know that a brook trout out of a north California high lake was aged at 23 years old. That large cutthroat was caught 10 years after I planted the lake...