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Hunting and fishing license sales resumed after hack attempt
By Gene Johnson
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Sockeye on Baker Lake bite best at tail end of fishery
Don’t give up on the Baker Lake sockeye fishery just yet anglers — the best could be still…
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Bothell man breaks 40-year-old record for biggest largemouth bass
A top executive with the Bass Anglers Sportsmen’s Society visited Washington a number of years ago, promoting the…
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New all-inclusive fishing licenses to be released this fall
When the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife makes a change in the state’s recreational fishing license setup,…
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Kruse: Mosquitoes, low turnout mar Baker Lake Sockeye Shootout
A big bottle of mosquito repellent may have been more valuable than a dozen pink mini-squids to participants…
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Wayne Kruse’s Pick of the Week: Drano Lake Steelhead
No, it doesn’t produce all the magic moments we all look for when chasing steelhead — no standing…
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Kruse: Chinook fishery in Marine Area 9 about to close
Chances are slim that Puget Sound anglers will be allowed to chase the state’s most popular salmon species…
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Outdoor Outlook: North Sound chinook opener was ‘outstanding’
Last weekend’s opening of the short but popular hatchery chinook fishery in Marine Areas 9 and 10 was…
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Pick of the Week: Lake Chelan Mackinaw
A 20-pound Lake Chelan Mackinaw (lake trout) came from the bar a week or so ago, the same…
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Pick of the Week: High Lakes Trout
Pick your category: Real high, not so high; long hike, short hike; lots of stunted trout, or a…
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Kruse: Some good fishing, some bad over holiday weekend
A bunch of outdoor opportunities either opened or were already underway over the holiday weekend for Western Washington…
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Pick of the Week: Crabbing
Crab fishing opens Friday, and if the rosy forecast from state Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists is…
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State reopens Puget Sound salmon fisheries, with big changes
The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has reopened Puget Sound-area salmon fisheries that had been closed since…
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Senate OKs amendment to study deadly fish virus on the West Coast
<I was going to turn this into a news story, but I decided instead to just offer statement…
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Tire slashing spree in B.C.
As he has every year for many years, Jerry Buron of Marysville went fishing for chum salmon on…
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Helping military members heal while flyfishing in Montana
Project Healing Waters, which uses fly fishing and fly tying to help rehabilitate wounded military members physically and…
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Proposed new rules for steelhead, sturgeon in Washington
Closing winter steelhead fishing early in many Puget Sound rivers and preventing anglers from keeping sturgeon in the…
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Time to fish shiner patterns in Pass Lake
Pass Lake, which is near Deception Pass linking Whidbey Island to the mainland, is usually one of my…