Author: Bryan Youness

Posted: 3/29/2009

Planer boards have been most commonly associated with fishing big water for salmon and lake trout with outrigger masts and releases clipped on the planer board line. Now with growing popularity of inline planer boards it very easy to spread your lines away from the boat when fishing for other species. I sue them a lot when trolling Mack’s Lure crawler harnesses. They attach to your line by a sim...

Author: John Kruse

Posted: 3/29/2009

Cost cutting moves are rapidly becoming bloody amputations at the Washington State Parks Commission. The Parks Commission, like other state agencies, was told by Governor Chris Gregoire to reduce their budget by 23 percent this year. They had already come up with a 10 percent reduction from the 100 million dollars budgeted last year that will result in the closure (or transfer of ownership) of 1...

Author: Bruce Middleton

Posted: 3/29/2009

A bass boat doesn’t catch more bass… When it comes to fishing for bass most anglers think they need a really big and powerful bass boat to go fishing in. But in real life we bass fisherman know that there are a lot of options besides owning a big bass boat and that there are a lot of places a bass boat just can’t get into. Fishing from the back seat of a friends bass boat or the front seat of...

Author: Bruce Middleton

Posted: 2/2/2009

Find baitfish and the bass will be nearby… The favorite meal of Large Mouth Black Bass is Sushi and this comes in the form of baitfish. Whether that is a Shad, Blue Gill, Crappie, Perch, Shiner, baby Bass, trout or any other small minnow, it doesn’t matter. For a bass to grow normally it needs to eat about 3% of its body weight every day. But up here in Washington State we are limited to Sunfi...

Author: John Kruse

Posted: 1/10/2009

Looking for something to do now that the holiday season is over? Fortunately, another established season follows on the heels of the holidays, and that would be…Sportsmen Show Season. Every year between January and March you can spend a few hours getting some ideas on where to go for your next outdoors adventure, learning some new skills, socializing with other outdoors enthusiasts, and perh...

Author: Mike Carey

Posted: 1/5/2009

Well, another year in the books here at WL.com. This year saw a full year under the new web site, and we were gratified to watch the community grow and new friendships form. Readers made the Forums a popular place to share ideas and meet each other. I’m impressed to see the site continue to grow beyond what I imagined it could be. A fine example of community was this year’s WL.com picnic, which d...

Author: Bruce Middleton

Posted: 12/29/2008

Accurate casting, no big splashes and pinpoint lure control… Practice, practice, practice is the key to accurate casting. You have to invest some time every day in order to be proficient at casting. You have to master the overhead cast, the side arm cast, and the under hand cast, the skip cast and pitching and flipping. Just as little as 15 minutes a day can make a huge difference in your abil...

Author: Bob Johansen

Posted: 12/29/2008

UNABLE TO CONTINUE ANY FURTHER UPSTREAM, CHINOOK, COHO, CHUM AND BOTH SUMMER AND WINTER STEELHEAD STACK UP IN THIS POOL AND PROVIDE EXCELLENT FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR NORTHWEST ANGLERS Snoqualmie Falls was named for a tribe of Indians, the SDOH-KWAH-BU which means “Moon People.” According to legend, many years ago, the council fires of several different tribes burned near this site. The maj...

Author: John Delaney

Posted: 12/15/2008

To 'Stare' a) to gaze fixedly; especially with eyes wide open at fishing lures! I was a kid that loved to fish. When I got to the local hardware store's fishing racks, I stared a lot and gazed fixedly for sure! I scanned the lure choices searching for my favorites, the right color, a new blade, a style that I may not have. Spinner choices were limited during my earliest days in central Wiscon...

Author: Bob Johansen

Posted: 12/15/2008

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE MISERABLE TO FISH FOR WINTER STEELHEAD Steelheaders come in all shapes, sizes and ages. They also come in all degrees of enthusiasm and skill. This short article is slanted towards the steelheader, who, on a scale of one to ten in skill level would rate somewhere below a five -- maybe, even a one or two. It is written with the hope that it may help the fellow struggl...

Author: Mike Carey

Posted: 12/2/2008

This winter looks to be a busy one here at WL.com. If you aren’t aware, Aaron is working feverishly on our next site upgrade, and what an upgrade it’s going to be! All the features currently on the site will remain, and in addition some new ones that will take the data to a whole new level of use and functionality. I’m not going to go into great detail, but here’s a teaser : Imagine you can take d...

Author: Bruce Middleton

Posted: 12/2/2008

To define the term “presentation” when applied to bass fishing, presentation is the use of movement, sight, sound and smell given to a lure or bait to attract a bass and have it strike that lure or bait. Movement is the way we add a distinct set of motions to a lure or bait so a bass can readily identify it as a living object verses a non-food item. Sight consists of the lure or bait you use, the ...