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Holy Crap! A 30-pound steelhead on the fly!

April 8, 2010 By JD 3 Comments


When Andrew Fairclouth hooked, played and released the first steelhead of his life, a nice 12 pounder, there’s no way he could have known that a dozen casts later he’d make fly fishing history. But that’s exactly what happened on a spring day just a few seasons ago in northwestern British Columbia.Click here to read more…

Filed Under: Angling Records, Trophy Room Tagged With: british columbia, giant steelhead, kitimat river, Steelhead

Santa Cruz anglers get salmon on opener

April 3, 2010 By JD 1 Comment


Anglers fishing the salmon opener along the California coast were generally met with some tough conditions — wind and a big swell — and a scratch bite. However, there were some fish caught out of Bodega and San Francisco…but the best bite was down south in Santa Cruz (just like I predicted).

The fish were all pretty deep (100+ feet down) and were typical early season 6 to 12 pounders, though a few kings to 25 pounds were taken. For the breakdown in Santa Cruz, check out Bayside Marine.

Filed Under: uncategorized Tagged With: california salmon, ocean, santa cruz

Oregon Lake gives up near World Record Kokanee!

April 2, 2010 By JD 2 Comments

On March 24, a giant, king kong sized kokanee that weighed 8.23-pounds (yes, that’s pounds, not ounces!) was taken from Wallowa Lake in northwestern Oregon by Wan Teece of Enterprise, OR..and I swear this is not an April Fool’s joke!

Teece hooked the ridiculously large koke while trolling a flasher and blade rig. The 26.25 x 16 incher crushed the Orgeon state record by over a pound and is believed to be the largest kokanee ever taken in the U.S. (the world record 9-pound, 6 ouncer was caught in Canada).

For more details on the story, check out Northwest Wild Country

Filed Under: Trophy Room Tagged With: kokanee salmon, wallowa lake, world record

Southern Cal beach fishing options?

March 21, 2010 By JD Leave a Comment

JD, I just moved to southern California and I looking for fishing suggestions at the beaches. I got no problem with getting wet, was even thinking about a kayak. What do you think?

–Damon

Well, there’s some pretty darned good perch, corbina and croaker fishing to be had on the beach right around the Santa Monica Pier if you can believe that. It’s more of a summer thing, but you can get halibut there too. Just north of Malibu are some nice beaches and Leo Carillo is always good. If y ou get a kayak, head for Newport Harbor/Balboa Island for some sweet sand bass action on plastics. Good luck!

Filed Under: uncategorized Tagged With: southern california, surf fishing, surf perch

How to make a hatchery trout taste good!

March 20, 2010 By JD 3 Comments

Planter trout...the other white meat!


Well, you were having so much fun catching them that you totally forgot that pellet-fed, round-tailed hatchery trout are about as tasty as a wet sock. Now, damn, you’ve got a pile of them and aren’t sure what to do. But wait! Before you plant the mushy biscuit eaters in the garden, there just may be a way to make even these things palatable.

Wild game cooking guru Scott “The Sporting Chef” Leysath shows you how…Click here to read more…

Filed Under: Cooking Tagged With: Cooking, hatchery trout, rainbow trout, smoker

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