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Outdoor writer Dave Graybill’s eastside fishing report

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Click here to view original web page at www.google.com September 25, 2014 at 11:30 AM (Photo courtesy of Dave Graybill) Here is the latest fishing report from Dave Graybill, longtime Eastern Washington outdoor radio host and angler: I got back from Fish Camp a couple of days ago, and it was a great experience. This was the biggest one I can remember, with lots of new people there, from both the media side and the product side. I was very pleased to see Keith Eshbaugh from Dutch Fork, since we had been talking since earlier this year and I have one of his products on my Review Page. There were representatives from CRKT Knives, Eco Soap, Fetha Styx, Pro Cure, Macks Lure, and many others. We ate like there was no tomorrow and fish hard for salmon every day. Fishing was very tough. The water temperatures in the lower river are still in the high sixties and the kings were sulking. This didn’t keep Shane Magnuson from getting fish or Austin Moser when they broke out the Su
Yearly fishing expedition aims to honor veterans JWRichmond September 24, 2014 Uncategorized Comments Edit Yearly fishing expedition aims to honor veterans McLean Bennett, Sheboygan Press Media7:39 a.m. CDT September 23, 2014 (Photo: Submitted photo ) 4CONNECT 2TWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE HOWARDS GROVE – Alfred Kleppek knows a thing or two about fishing. If nothing else, the 37-inch muskie he caught (and promptly released) on Sunday is evidence of that. Still, casting a […] Read Post
darn, I'm older than dirt!! L Someone asked the other day,, 'What was your favorite fast food when you were growing up ?' ' We didn't have fast food when I was growing up ,' I informed him, ' All the food was slow .' 'C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?' ' It was a place called 'at home,' I explained ! ' Mom cooked every day and when Dad got home from work , We sat down together at the dining room table, & if I didn't like what she put on my plate, I was allowed to sit there until I did like it .' By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table. Here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I figured his system could have handled it: Some parents NEVER o
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FISHING REPORT: Flat Creek is a hot spot for keepers Fluke are still covering up the inlet areas and reef sites, while high tides had stripers chasing lures around the dawn and dusk hours in the back bays. (Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto ) Sounds like bluefin tuna fishing amped up a level this week, while the inshore lumps and humps began to attract bonito, false albacore and dolphin. Fluke are still covering up the inlet areas and reef sites, while high tides had stripers chasing lures around the dawn and dusk hours in the back bays. At Sea Isle Bait and Tackle, Sea Isle City, Mike Cunningham spoke about the continuing back bay fluke bite. "Flat Creek, the ICW behind Corson's, and Avalon Point Marina have all been top spots this week to find plenty of shorts with a few keepers. It seems there are more keeper fish in the 5 to 7 pound class hanging at the Townsend's Inlet Reef." Cunningham states that 4-ounce bucktails, fished with a high dropper and a large G

Governor signs hunting, fishing law

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Governor signs hunting, fishing law Southern Illinois seniors age 75 years and older can now fish and hunt for less — and that’s a perk Sen. Gary Forby says is long overdue. Gov. Pat Quinn visited Crab Orchard Lake on Friday to sign a bill into law sponsored by Forby, D-Benton, reducing sport fishing and hunting license fees to $1 for this age group. Already, adults age 65 or older pay $7.25 for resident fishing and $6 for hunting licenses, which is half the normal fee. The fees were cut further for those 75 years and older. The law also completely waives the cost of salmon, inland trout, migratory waterfowl, pheasant and habitat stamps. “When you get to senior citizen age, the money gets tight and you’re just helping them out a little bit to do stuff they like to do but may not want to spend an extra time to do,” Forby said. Forby said hunting and fishing is something every senior should be able to do “regardless if they’re on a fixed income.” The law, House Bill 4329,

An unquenchable enthusiasm for bass fishing

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Buy Photo Larry Keen of Waunakee admires a largemouth bass he caught while fishing from his kayak in Iron County. (Photo: Patrick Durkin/Press-Gazette Media correspondent )Buy Photo MERCER – Larry Keen has probably caught thousands of largemouth bass from Northwoods lakes over the past 35 years, but the next bass he hooks will be just as fun as the first one he fought decades before. Don't believe it? Then you're not within earshot of Keen's kayak whenever he sets his hook and sends a bass torpedoing into the depths or belly-dancing across the surface. Each hook-up triggers a laugh so appreciative you know there's few things Keen would rather be doing, even if it also requires swatting mosquitoes while defying mist and rain. Keen and I met in band class at James Madison Memorial High School in the early 1970s, but we mostly lost track of each other in the years since, except for reunions and — more recently — on Facebook. As our 40th class reunion approached

Project introduces veterans to fly-fishing, a pursuit that helps lessen stress

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Call it trout therapy.  A pleasant summer day, a graphite rod and a stream alive with fish can alleviate plenty of stress.  “This is better than Christmas,” said Patrick Williams, 51, of Columbus. Williams was one of five disabled veterans spread out along a stream bank, enjoying a few hours of tranquillity in the country courtesy of Project Healing Waters. The organization has a simple mission: teach disabled members of the military and disabled veterans to fly-fish. “It’s really relaxing, you know, and I recommend that disabled veterans get into this program,” said Tim Price, a 59-year-old Army veteran who has chronic joint disease and diabetes. “I love it. It’s one of the better things going.” Price, who lives on the East Side, has long enjoyed fishing, but fly-fishing is new to him. If not for Healing Waters, he wouldn’t have been able to leave the city for a fishing expedition at Briarwood, a private hunting and fishing club near Bellefontaine, about 60