The Salmon for Soldiers fishing event is a can’t miss event on the fishing calendar for me. As boat owners we are so blessed, why not take this opportunity to give back to the service men and women who have put it all on the line?
As they say at SFS: Thank you for your service and welcome home!
One of my favorite methods for finding hidden hikes is to use Google Maps terrain view. You can scour all over the state finding lakes and peaks or even waterfalls (although they don’t show up on the map as well). Last summer, I was doing exactly that and came across a lake called Sylvester Lake.
Sometimes, conditions come together to make a perfect outing as was the case with our trip to the coast for Razor Clams in the middle of February in 2019.
Chasing salmon in the winter time in Marine Area (MA) 13 and 11 required navigating some windy conditions, but ultimately yielded the rewarding experience of hooking into winter blackmouth on light tackle.
I got the opportunity to fish aboard my friends boat up in the San Juan’s and I was happy to drive the 2.5 hours to make it happen. I’ve only been able to make it out up there a few times, but the scenery and experience never lets me down. The fishing for fish can be pretty awesome at times as well.
While any steelhead encounter while steelhead fishing is a memorable experience, this one will go down for me as one of my favorite and most surprising.
My brother-in-law was in town and I wanted to give him a taste of the PNW Best Life, so why not go crabbing in December, right? The weather was an enjoyable 42 degrees, and the commercial pots had been out of the water for a few days which means there should be plenty of keeper Dungeness Crab to be had.
Sometimes in life, you need to learn something the hard way. You can do all the research and get expert coaching, but sometimes, you just need to screw it up and learn that a particular impulse or notion leads to bad outcomes.