Anglers can get free fishing tips

A free fishing seminar will be held at the Sandpoint Community Hall from 6 to 9 p.m. on Sept. 7. The seminar will focus on catching lake trout – also known as mackinaw – and rainbow trout in Lake Pend Oreille.

Topics will include boater safety, etiquette, trolling, jigging, using a down-rigger and the angler incentive program. The state has been encouraging anglers to harvest lake and rainbow trout to help boost the lake’s plummeting kokanee salmon population.

The seminar is sponsored by the Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Task Force.