Fishing Articles
How to make a Bait-Holder Jig
I was browsing a sporting goods store and noticed that bait-holder jigs are selling for two bucks. You've gotta be kidding! It's a freakin' yarn jig with an orthodontic rubber band and a tiny bit of chenille! These things are pretty cool if you like to fish with shrimp because you can poke the hook through both sides of the shrimp and the rubber band keeps it straight on the hook.
Here's how to...
Scents that make Sense.
Why we use attractants that appeal to a bass’s nose…
In the underwater world of the bass they use their senses much like we do but theirs are much more heightened in order for them to find food and survive in their watery world. In the environment of the bass, the underwater world can seem foreign to us even though we spend a great amount of time on top of it fishing for them. Being under wate...
Canoeing for Bass
CANOES ARE LIGHT WEIGHT, CAN BE CARRIED ON CAR TOPS AND EASILY TRANSPORTED SHORT DISTANCES TO SMALL, PRODUCTIVE BASS LAKES
Washington State has scores of great bass fishing lakes on both sides of the Cascade Range. This seems to come as a surprise to many of Washington's dedicated trout, salmon and steelhead anglers – And, also to many of our transplanted bass fishermen from the southern and ...
Five Good Bets for Central Washington Fishing
There are a lot of anglers who put their rods up in the fall and don’t take them out again until spring. It’s a shame really, because there is plenty of good fishing to be had in chilly Central Washington. Here’s a run down of some good bets to consider this winter:
1. Yakima River Trout – Catch and release fishing is good all year long from Roza Dam to Cle Elum on the state’s only Blue Rib...
The Year in Review - 2008
Welcome to my annual ritual, the year in review. A time when I reflect on where we’ve been and what looms on the horizon. As with each year, we have lots of “new things” going on and a continuation of the old.
Without a doubt this year’s BIG “new” thing was a Forum We Could Call Our Own. WL.com for the past several years had been sharing a forum on another website, but no more. This year with ...
The DT Series of Crank Baits
This series of crank baits automatically dives to the depth you need…
Rapala’s DT series of crank baits have been around for quite a few years now and have been shown to be a proven winner. Actually Rapala lures today hold 126 World Records for 110 species of fish in 56 countries. Now that is an impressive track record of proven performance. No other lures even comes close to this type of repu...
Letters From Readers
A look at some of the emails I answered this year…
Over the course of this last year I have gotten quite a few emails from readers asking me different questions. My email address is at the bottom of each story and I put it there so if any of you need a little extra information, maybe I can help you out. Well one day I got an email from a reader who had just read my story on ‘Deep Structure’ ...
Saltwater Steel
Fishing for Steelhead at Washington's historic Fort Casey State Park.
WHEN THE RIVERS ARE OUT OF SHAPE, THE WEST SIDE OF WASHINGTON STATE'S WHIDBEY ISLAND STILL OFFERS STEELHEAD ANGLERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH A MINT BRIGHT WINTER STEELHEAD.
Northwest steelhead anglers are confronted with more and more challenges in their quest for the beautiful, highly prized winter steelhead. The riv...
Buying Your First Big Bass Boat
What you need to know about buying and owning a big bass boat…
Buying a big bass boat is the dream of most every bass angler. A big casting deck up front and a smaller one in the back of the boat so you have plenty of room to cast with any style of cast you want and lots of room for your partner in the back. Standing up so you can see farther than ever before. A boat you can steer...
Gringo Pescador is the Champion...
October 17, 2007. Gringo Pescador wins the first WL.com "Freshwater Multi-species Event" and becomes etched into WL.com "folk-lure". To top it off he shows a talent for song-writing. Apologies to Queen, take it away GP! Mike
Sung to the tune of "We are the Champions" - by Gringo Pescador
I've bait my hook -
Time after time -
I've bank fished for years
so my casting is pretty damb f...
Llama Lake
This story is cloaked in secrecy so the names of persons involved will not include any last names. And, it is also requested that no information about this secret lake ever be exposed to the public.
It was August 7, 2007 when I got the phone call from good buddy and “would be bass angler” Dick S. Dick is a very wealthy writer who lives on Mercer Island. He amassed his fortune by writing ar...
October Fishing at Potholes Reservoir
Low water levels and rapidly changing weather can make October an interesting time to fish 28,000 Potholes Reservoir. However, whether you are looking for some fishing after a morning of hunting or want to spend the whole day on the water there are plenty of options available.
BASS: Largemouth bass anglers explore the sand dunes, working the water around beaver huts for bass that can reach s...
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