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• Opening day for fishing draws families

  April 27, 2013 in City, Outdoors The fourth Saturday of April rivals any major holiday for Washington’s angling families. 6

• Opener could be big day

  April 11, 2013 in Outdoors on Page K10 Dozens of Eastern Washington lakes managed for trout will open to fishing on April 27, and one of the standouts will be a Spokane County lake that was totally fishless …

• Bluegills arrive at Sprague Lake

  April 11, 2013 in Outdoors on Page K4 Sprague Lake is in a transition this year as it’s weaned from a lunker trout fishery and emerging as a hot spot for bass and panfish. Bluegills that were in … 1

• Landers: Redbands in upstream battle

  March 28, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 The Spokane River, and some of its native inhabitants, were in the spotlight Tuesday and Wednesday as a wide range of scientists, policy makers and industry leaders convened for the … 7

• Landers: Redbands in upstream battle

  March 27, 2013 in Sports The Spokane River, and some of its native inhabitants, were in the spotlight Tuesday and Wednesday as a wide range of scientists, policy makers and industry leaders convened for the …

• Landers: Vocational education opportunity at Colville hatchery

  January 3, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 Stevens County commissioners and a vocational teacher say getting into a cutthroat business could spawn a rainbow of opportunity for area students. On Jan. 11, the Washington Fish and Wildlife … 2

• Landers: Lake Pend Oreille anglers hooked on bounties

  December 13, 2012 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 Sport fishermen who base out of Hope, Idaho, during summer have made it their job to purge mackinaw from Lake Pend Oreille. Since 2006, the Idaho Fish and Game Department … 8

• Landers: Lake Pend Oreille anglers hooked on bounties

  December 12, 2012 in Sports Sport fishermen who base out of Hope, Idaho, during summer have made it their job to purge mackinaw from Lake Pend Oreille. 2

• Expensive gamble offers salvation to Lake Pend Oreille fishing

  December 9, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C14 A once-popular Lake Pend Oreille angling season is making a comeback after a multimillion-dollar decade of controversial efforts to revive fabled kokanee and trout fisheries from the brink of collapse. …

• Gerrard rainbows still thrill anglers

  December 9, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C13 Sandpoint fly fisher Aaron Richter has firsthand evidence that trophy Gerrard rainbows are still available in the Lake Pend Oreille system. Richter’s best catch was a 31-pound, 42-inch long rainbow … 3

• Lake trout yields boarder’s lost finger

  September 26, 2012 in City on Page A1 When Haans Galassi of Colbert got a call from the Bonner County sheriff Tuesday morning, he had a feeling he knew what it was about. “The sheriff called me and … 8

• Feeding the river

  September 9, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C16 Two major Bonneville Power Administration projects are tending to the welfare of Kootenai River fisheries, which have been starved for more than attention since Libby Dam went online in 1972. … 2

• Kootenai River’s fishery ailing in Montana

  September 9, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C15 Trout in Montana’s stretch of the Kootenai River have fared much better than fish farther downstream in Idaho since Libby Dam went online in 1972. Trout populations in the river …

• Out & About: Tiger muskies rule at Curlew

  September 9, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C16 OUTSIZED – The data aren’t analyzed yet, but the fish observed by a team of warmwater fisheries biologists at Curlew Lake last week left a big impression. “It appears there …

• Hunting and fishing

  September 7, 2012 in Outdoors on Page B4 Fly fishing The Spokane River got a pick-me-up with increased flows starting Tuesday as Avista began the annual drawdown of Lake Coeur d’Alene.

• July big month of transitions for Inland Northwest fly fishing

  July 1, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C10 The Spokane region caters to eclectic angling persuasions. Within a few minutes or a few hours of driving are standout fly-fishing attractions for several trout species plus panfish, bass and …

• Curriculum hooks up with Trout in the Classroom

  May 6, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C10 Trout are spawning a watershed of educational opportunities for Spokane County kids. A thousand fertilized rainbow eggs divvied out to 10 elementary schools have hatched a semester of lessons in … 6

• Anglers embrace season as dozens of lakes open for fishing

  April 29, 2012 in City, Outdoors on Page B1 Night owls made the first casts at 12:01 a.m. Saturday to ring in the opening of Washington’s lowland fishing season. Docks at Fishtrap and other popular camping-fishing lakes were lined …

• Landers: It’s short-sighted to end fishery restrictions

  February 9, 2012 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 Fish managers in Washington and Idaho are under pressure to liquidate gains that fishing restrictions have made in native trout fisheries: • Washington buckled on Saturday by easing redband-trout-protecting rules …

• Hunting and fishing

  November 4, 2011 in Outdoors on Page B6 Fly fishing With the cooling water, dry fly fishing is just about over on Idaho and Montana rivers.

• Huge rainbow trout pigging out in Clearwater’s North Fork

  October 30, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 There are some huge fish lurking in the North Fork Clearwater River below Dworshak Dam, and they aren’t steelhead or salmon. A few anglers have hooked into absurdly fat rainbow … 1

• Selway River trout thrive in sanctuary away from crowds

  October 9, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C14 A splash breaks the surface of a deep, jade-colored pool in the Selway River. “Fish on!” That phrase echoed constantly on a 47-mile, float trip through the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, the … 1

• Idaho trout studied, too

  August 28, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C10 Fisheries research is being conducted on several species in North Idaho, including studies on rainbow trout that may help fish mangers adjust stocking schedules to give anglers the most bang …

• Raging rivers finally calming for summer anglers

  July 31, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C10 A fly fisherman conjuring trout from a stream is usually a common scene come July in Idaho’s river country, but with the exception of the upper Coeur d’Alene River, it’s …

• INCHWORM PINCHED

  July 16, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Vandals have once again struck the popular Discovery Playground in Spokane Valley, this time making off with a 5-foot-tall yellow fiberglass inchworm. Spokane Valley Parks and Recreation staff noticed the …

• Ecology officials offer plan to improve river

  October 1, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A5 Officials at the Washington Department of Ecology have developed a plan to reduce temperatures and improve water quality in the Pend Oreille River.

• Wildfires can be a boon to fisheries

  August 15, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C9 Fishermen need not fear the impact of fire on their sport.

• Deputies, agents patrolling for boating violations

  April 23, 2010 in City, Outdoors Lowland lakes in Washington are expected to be busy this weekend with the opening of trout fishing season on Saturday, and Spokane sheriff’s deputies said they will be on patrol … 5

• Fewer fish in the mountains

  April 14, 2009 in City on Page A6 SEATTLE – Every summer, Sandy McKean and volunteers lug plastic jugs full of baby trout into the rugged wilderness of North Cascades National Park and plant them in alpine lakes …

• Hunting and fishing

  January 16, 2009 in Outdoors on Page B6 Salmon and steelhead Clearwater River steelhead anglers found the water stained and high but fishable, particularly below Orofino, where guide Toby Wyatt of Reeltime Fishing reported his boats caught 25 …