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Face of O'Sullivan Dam
Use Rebel Pop R's, Floating Rapalas, Spro Frogs and many other top water lures to fish the face of O'Sullivan Dam. It has been great for smallmouth bass. Many 20 plus fish catch and release fishing trips have been reported.
Potholes Reservoir Sand Dunes
As the water level drops due to irrigation demand the better catches have been in areas of current. The channels that flow through the sand dunes are now becoming most identifiable.
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By Mike Meseberg - Mar Don Resort
Mid July 2010 continues to surprise us with unseasonably cool weather. We have seen 100 degrees and mid 80 degree daytime highs. The cooler days have been showing good walleye action.
Those century mark days have been excellent top water bass action. Surface water temp’s to 84 degrees have been reported. Using a Buzz Bait, floating Rapala, Rebel "Pop R" or a Spro Frog has been the best top water bait.
Correct management of our Bass limits and the slot limit
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Want to know who won this year's 2010 Washington State Walleye Championship? Go to the Articles Page for more info! By the way - one of the winners - Robert Ploof - is a first class angler and person. Congratulations!
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I thought I'd share a little secret with all of you who appreciate good art. Lisa Roberts, an artist from Redmond, Washington, has been hard at work lately painting landscapes and more. She has a wonderful ability to take a photograph, especially nature photographs, and turn them into great pieces of art you'll want to have hanging in your house for all to see!
I've got a wonderful painting from Lisa hanging prominently in my home and it never fails to draw compliments from
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They may not get a lot of good press, but they are a lot of good fun. On a good day shad anglers can catch a couple of dozen of these 2 to 4 pound overgrown herring below Bonneville or John Day Dam on the Columbia River. The prime time for anglers and hot shad fishing usually falls around the 20th of June, and runs of up to four million of these scrappy fish, which are tons of fun on light tackle, have passed over Bonneville Dam in recent years.
Unfortunately, in 2009 some 1.3
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"As of mid June 2010 we have been seeing continued walleye action. Now the big hens are showing in their POST SPAWN feeding frenzy. Crab Creek and Lind Coulee have been the best area for active walleye."
That's the word from the Mesebergs at Mar Don Resort, located at the south end of Potholes Reservoir. This has been a very good spring and summer so far at Potholes for walleye fishing and it appears right now may be "prime time" to get out there if you are after some of these |
THE LATEST REPORT FROM THE FRIENDLY FOLKS AT MAR DON RESORT!
June 9, 2010
Potholes Reservoir continues to provide excellent walleye action. The Lind Coulee Arm of Potholes Reservoir has been the best action with primarily walleye under 20". We have seen walleye to 11lb 2oz from the Lind Coulee. Larger fish on the average are showing for fishers fishing the Crab Creek channel as it meanders through the sand dunes. Walleye to 32" have been reported from deep in the Crab
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Here are the results of the annual Rod Meseberg Spring Walleye Classic - courtesy of Mar Don Resort at Potholes Reservoir (www.mardonresort.com or Tel. 1-800-416-2736):
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The 2010 Rod Meseberg Spring Walleye Classic was held on Potholes Reservoir on May 1 & 2. Seventy-nine teams fished this year’s classic. We experienced heavy winds with gusts up to 45 mph on Saturday. This was a day |
Mardon Resort fishing report
April 27, 2010
Levi Meseberg
The walleye bite has been getting better everyday now that the spawn is starting to wrap up. We have been seeing good numbers of fish coming out of the Lind Coulee arm. The majority of these fish have been smaller males in the 14” to 18” inch range, but larger females in the over 20” inch category are starting to show. The larger females should start getting into the post spawn bite any day now. The |
An update on an old trout fishing favorite in Central Washington - Courtesy of Northwest Sportsman Magazine!
Jameson Lake Stocked
(Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:45:26 +0000)
Just in case you missed the news in WDFW’s most recent Weekender, trout are being stocked in Jameson Lake for this Saturday’s opener.
Water conditions at the Douglas County lake, a popular water that has long attracted anglers from hundreds of miles, have been good enough this spring for the agency to plant somewhere around
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We have all heard about the massive run of Spring Chinook headed up the Columbia and Snake Rivers this year. If the Biologists are right, we are supposed to see a record smashing 470,000 fish finning their way upstream in numbers so thick they will smash all pre-existing records.
However, our biologists have been wrong before. Last years prediction was a great example of being wrong, very wrong. The short version, in case you forgot, was that we were supposed to have a great
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I don't know about you, but I always get the fishing bug this time of year! If you are like me, you are probably looking for a few places to wet a line and soak up some sunshine. With Western Washington weather questionable at best in March and April, Eastern Washington offers some better bets for mild temps and good fishing. Looking for a few options? How about these?
Quincy Lakes Wildlife Area - Trout and warmwater species can be found in these lakes located between
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My wife and I just got back from Las Vegas where we attended the "Ginormous" SHOT Show. SHOT Show, in case you didn't know, is the world's largest trade show for manufacturers involved in the firearms-shooting-tactical-hunting industry. It was held at the Sands Expo and Convention Center and in two full days I only managed to see 80 percent of the booths and talk to just a fraction of the exhibitors there. The crowds were huge - with a final tally coming in at over 58,400
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Northwestern Outdoors Radio will be at three Sportsmen Shows this Winter - and we hope you'll stop by!
Drop by the booth for the Northwest Outdoor Writers Association at any of the Shuyler Shows taking place in Eastern Washington and say hello to John. He'd love to hear your comments about the show and he'll also be selling autographed, discounted copies of his book, "Great Places Washington".
Look for John in the NOWA booth at the following dates and times:
TRI-CITIES SPORTSMEN
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Are you stumped this year in terms of what to give the hunter or angler in your life? We are here to help! Simply go to the Articles, Audioi and Gear Review page and check out THE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE! It's chock full of things that will make that outdoorsman or woman happy!
Still looking for ideas? How about an author autographed copy of Great Places Washington? Just go to the E-Shop or Great Places - Washington for more information about this one stop resource to
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We've researched the proposed ban of lead tackle on several Washington lakes where loons breed in Washington State. My take on this is that we do want loons to not only survive, but thrive. However, this proposed rule to ban lead tackle in the lakes they breed is a first step towards banning lead tackle throughout Washington State. In fact, that's what the loon advocates in their proposal to the WDFW Commission have proposed.
Unfortunately, the science behind their proposal is
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Hidden in the latest proposed sportfishing rules is a proposed regulation that would outlaw the use of lead head jigs in lakes where loons (a sensitive species) are thought to breed in Washington State. Tackle manufacturers are rightfully concerned, since just about every jig on the market right now has a lead head on it. Lead line, lead weights and even lead used on flies would be affected by tyhis rule. The WDFW cites one study regarding lead tackle and loon mortality,
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It's the most wonderful time...of the year!
That classic tune gets most people thinking of Christmas - but for me, October is truly the most wonderful time of year! Why? We'll, because I get to do two things I love to do at the same time - namely - fish and hunt!
Opening weekend will find me at Pothole Reservoir, where I'll camp in the sand dunes for a couple of days for some bass fishing and duck hunting. I'll follow that up with a stay at Mar Don Resort where I'll fish for
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The following is a guest editorial written by Jim Shepard, Editor of the Outdoor Wire. It was published today through that web service. Since I can't say it better myself, I'll let Jim express the thoughts many of us are uneasily sharing this day:
A Memory That Should Still Be Vivid
For many of you, the time you spend reading these few words this morning will be in advance of 8:46AM -10:28AM. You will, in fact, be reading before the true anniversary of the September 11, 2001 |
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"Where have you gone, Joe Dimaggio our nation turns it's lonely eyes to you....."
Simon and Garfunkel - "Mrs. Robinson"
WHERE HAVE OUR HEROES GONE?
If you are looking for a role model it's a tough time to be growing up in America. In this day and age where commercial hype and money are all the rage here are a few depressing examples of those that are being held up as "heroes":
1. Michael Vick - NFL Quarterback and convicted felon who organized dog fights and the killing of dogs that
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