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I pretty much just follow the standard playbook - points of land, rips, bait, diving birds, etc - and if there's surface activity so much the better. More often than not I'll be fairly close to the shore, but if I see some combination of factors resulting in fishy looking water further out I'll...

I'm trying to settle a debate with my wife regarding the futility or non-futility of my efforts to target coho with a fly rod. She's heard several other people that do fairly well gear-fishing declare that it's somewhere between impossible and a waste of time. My comeback is that it's neither...

It's an n-of-1 but the one person I've talked to that used the black-plastic-sheeting method counted it as an unqualified success. If it was me I think I'd go with the "Level first, kill later" approach but that's obviously just a personal preference.

Asking people to consider the impact of non-tribal harvest of anadromous fish in marine waters in the present is probably going to be a more effective tactic for persuading people to adopt a fair and judicious view of tribal-fisheries than invoking heritable collective guilt for events that...

Everyone involved realizes that refusing to piggyback on the tribes' permit, sitting out NOF, and shutting down all non-tribal fishing outside of lakes would threaten the current status quo, which is precisely why it'll never happen.

Take care of yourself, Nick! I have a pretty average frame and recently discovered that I'll needed to go on statins to reduce my cholesterol, so I think health problems come for all of us in one form or another how we're built. That, and turning 50 soon with relatively young kids, have had me...

Interesting contemplating how far I'd have to drive just to practice spey casting with the big rod on moving water on the east side of the PS this this year. Outside of the Sky hatchery zone seems like it'd be a bit of a haul. Might be time to make one of those special leaders that let you load...

I recall hearing someone who sounded like they knew what they were talking about declare that sea-lions are now more abundant than they were when Lewis and Clark landed, because of the extent of native hunting. Could be complete BS, but sounded vaguely plausible. Would be interested to hear from...

https://nwsportsmanmag.com/wdfw-talks-skykomish-snohomish-chinook-pinks-steelhead/ My take based on a quick read is that they had to estimate the number of encounters on the stock along their migration pathway and figure out how to allocate them. Also sounds like Canadian commercial effort will...

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/05/22/are-sea-lions-and-seals-eating-too-much-of-bcs-salmon-the-answer-may-lead-to-a-cull.html

Ha! Talk about bringing coals to Newcastle...

I used 0.75" marine ply for my floor. Treated it with two coats of high-quality marine varnish (first coat heavily thinned, second coat less so) and followed up with marine-grade primer, two coats of marine paint, and a final coat of marine paint+texture. Was a bit of a PITA, but has held up for...

Congrats on the new raft! Aside from what's already been said, the best advice I can give for learning how to navigate safely on rivers is to practice hard moves in easy situations so you can make them easily in hard situations. Look for eddies and practice maneuvering your raft into and out...

Great ideas. I was pitching the idea of her coming along in the boat to look at seabirds this summer, but she got suspicious when I mentioned that she could help me identify a species of gull mentioned in Barry Thornton's book on fly-fishing for salmon in saltwater that's supposedly very often...

Made the trip - thanks again to everyone for their suggestions. We lucked out with the weather, which was pretty frosty at night but gloriously sunny and still during the day. Hell of a drive down there, but it made for a good excuse to meander through John Day country and take in the scenery on...

I've heard multiple tales of woe with a similar plotline. I've also heard of a few cases where families/friends managed to avoid that fate, but from what I can tell they were very careful to stipulate what happens with regards to allocating time, ownership expenses, sale of a stake in the...

Dang man - that's incredibly rough. Some friends of mine were out kayaking on a swift, cold river back east, were informed that a terrible tragedy had transpired involving more than one victim (no need to go into the details here) , and spent the rest of the afternoon methodically working...

Won't happen if it has any tangible effect on tribal fishing.

Probably multiple angles on the same topic, like most threads. I'm all for carpeing the diem and all that, and in some sense that's sound advice but you've still got to figure out how to navigate through most of the tradeoffs that keep everyone else from exploring all of captivating thin blue...