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Outdoors blog archive for April 29, 2013

MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013




Video: Fishing with kids is a hoot!

FISHING -- It's no fish story that Spokane angler Tanner Grant, his fishing buddy Branden Carter and their boys had a great time Saturday for the fishing season opener at West Medical Lake. They have this short broadcast-quality video to prove it. Grant shot the…

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At the boat launch for Spokane County’s Fish Lake, John Leach of Spokane holds a stringer of large Eastern brook trout and a rainbow caught on April 28, 2013, the opening day of Washington’s lowland trout fishing season. (Rich Landers)

Eastern Washington's top trout lakes surveyed

FISHING -- Despite strong winds that picked up by late morning, Saturday's opener of Washington's lowland trout fishing season produced some excellent fishing throughout much of Eastern Washington. Click on the documents below to see the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department's opening day survey results…

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After considerable effort and a few near misses at Williams Lake, Quinn Connacher, 6, of Spokane caught his first fish on April 28, 2013, the opening day of Washington's lowland lake trout fishing season. (Rich Landers)

A boy's first fish: hooked on the moment 

FISHING -- I feel sorry for parents who don't take their kids fishing. They don't know what they're missing. See a few hints about what they're missing in my Sunday story about Saturday's opening day of Washington's lowland trout season Please enjoy this short photo…

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Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.




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