Outdoors
Derby organizer Mike Mauk presents King of the Pool winner Gage Howe his plaque and $2,000 check. Photos by Mike Maltais/QCH
BREWSTER – The 17th annual Brewster King Salmon Derby closed another successful run on Sunday, August 6, with the final weigh-in and awards ceremony at the boat launch gazebo.
Gage Howe of Chattaroy, won King of the Pool honors and the $2,000 payoff with a 21.22-pound, 40-inch fish among the 10...
An adult Chinook Salmon. Courtesy Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Chinook salmon have not been swimming in the waters of the Upper Columbia River above Grand Coulee Dam since it was built in 1941 but several Native American tribes in our region are working on bringing them back.
I recently had a chance to chat with Conor Giorgi, the Anadromous Program Manager at...
Rick Dozier of Coupeville hoists a 19.24-pound king that was large enough to make the top five on the adult leaderboard as the catches were being weighed in at the end of the second day of fishing. This is Dozier’s second year competing in the Brewster derby. Mike Maltais/QCH
Nate Stull shows off the sockeye his clients caught at Lake Wenatchee. Courtesy Stully’s Guide Service
LAKE WENATCHEE
Lake Wenatchee is experiencing a big sockeye boom this year. As of July 21, 67,354 sockeye salmon had passed through Tumwater Dam enroute to Lake Wenatchee. This is well over the ten-year average for the entire run that typically ends in mid-September. This equates to many more...
A hummingbird, soon to be a hungry bird, watches the nectar level drop at his favorite outdoor dining spot during a hot afternoon pick-me-up. Mike Maltais/QCH
Biggest fish prizes for the 2023 derby include a $2,000 King of the Pool prize, open to all ages. Courtesybrewsterkingsalmonderby.com
BREWSTER – The 17th annual Brewster Salmon Derby, the largest on the Columbia River and the city’s most popular tourist attraction, is preparing to launch bright and early Friday morning, August 4, and run through final weigh-ins and prize awards on Sunday afternoon, August 6.
The competition is...
Josie Regula with her big halibut. Courtesy John Kruse
The first time I met Josie Regula was when she boarded our charter boat, the Mystic Lady, at Sportsman’s Cove Lodge on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. The 50-something year-old-woman was accompanied by her husband, Max. The two had come here from San Diego, California to fish for salmon...
Courtesy TurfMutt Foundation
Summer and backyarding, the act of taking our indoor life outside, go hand in hand. This time of year especially, the backyard beckons for entertaining, working, exercising, relaxing, and reconnecting. But those looking to make improvements to their family yard for even more backyarding fun this...
Kylie Roth with a nice summer Chinook caught on the Upper Columbia River. Courtesy M. Roth
Fishing Reports
The coho salmon are biting in Puget Sound, especially in Marine Area 10 near Seattle where creel checkers found anglers were averaging more than one salmon apiece last weekend. A few Chinook salmon are being caught as well there but better Chinook catches were observed in the Strait...
Kevin Jones from the Methow area used a Northwest Outdoorsman Bobby Loomis designed 10’6” fishing rod to haul in this 16-1/2-pound summer chinook salmon on opening day, July 1, at Chelan Falls. The biggest fish of the week won a prize from Mauk Fishing Stuff, Bait & Tackle Shop in Brewster. Courtesy Mauk Fishing Stuff, Bait & Tackle Shop
Ward Media Newspapers
- The Leavenworth Echo | Leavenworth, WA
- Cashmere Valley Record | Cashmere WA
- Lake Chelan Mirror | Chelan, Manson, Entiat, WA
- Quad City Herald | Brewster, Pateros, Bridgeport, Mansfield, WA
- Wenatchee Business Journal | Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan Counties, WA