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Author: Bill Monroe

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A question answered every day of the year in Oregon

Posted on January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 by Bill Monroe

By Bill Monroe I’m often asked “What’s your favorite kind of fishing?”Hell, I don’t know. What day is it? Oregon is unique; even more so than Washington or California (tied for a close second, however)….

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sea lions Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Sea Lion Spectacle Moves North

Posted on January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 by Bill Monroe

by Bill Monroe Photo above from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Shades of Yogi Berra! Yes Berra, not Bear. Remember his timeless quote? “It’s like deja vu all over again.” Except for Washington…

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Wrapping up the year (and teasing in the new)

Posted on December 28, 2022December 29, 2022 by Bill Monroe

                             Posted on Dec. 30, 2022 by Bill Monroe By Bill Monroe Can’t end the year without wrapping up some spilled notes you may or may not have noticed. We’ll mop all that up in…

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Happy Child at Window watching fish pass by

THE HAP-HAPPIEST SEASON OF ALL!

Posted on December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 by Bill Monroe

By Bill Monroe Jingle Bells isn’t the best earworm a salmon angler may hear every second week of December. Try this classic, originally sung by Andy Williams: It’s the most wonderful time of the yearWith…

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Fish On! And on and on and on

Posted on December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 by Bill Monroe

                             Posted on December 1, 2022 by Bill Monroe By Bill Monroe John Stonick of Cedar Mill had plenty to be thankful for on Thanksgiving beyond the usual loving family, roof over his head and…

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Fish and Wildlife Troopers Hover over Fish and Wildlife

Posted on November 17, 2022November 17, 2022 by Bill Monroe

by Bill Monroe Hear about the guy in LaPine who ran a stop sign, drove on the wrong side of the road and nearly hit an Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division trooper before…

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Spearfish Doesn’t Stick in Washington Record Book

Posted on November 3, 2022November 3, 2022 by Bill Monroe

By Bill Monroe A funny thing happened to a shortbill spearfish on its way into the official Washington state record book of sport-caught fish. It got away. The record book, that is, not the fish….

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DON’T WISH! GO FISH! (keep that rod handy)

Posted on October 20, 2022January 11, 2023 by Bill Monroe

By Bill Monroe When the rod tip wiggles do you get the tickles? But alas! No drug-from-the-tug since Chinook fishing closed and coho crashed? All that boat and nowhere to launch? Go fish. Not out for trout or look for Chinook. Who gives a hoot for an old fall boot? Tickle, tug and drug are…

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Coho oh coho, wherefore art thou coho?

Posted on October 5, 2022October 5, 2022 by Bill Monroe

William Shakespeare an angler? He clearly understood frustration, although in his wildest dreams may not have been wont to imagine fishing’s vagaries in the 21st century. To this day, destiny is ahh, such cruel fate….

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The Dead Zone?

Posted on September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 by Bill Monroe

By Bill Monroe The term “Dead Zone” shows up more and more often these days as kind of an environmental slang term referring to areas where life and/or fauna activity are either non-existent or extraordinarily…

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Requiem for a Heavy Weight in a Small Package (free version)

Posted on September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 by Bill Monroe

By Bill Monroe It’s Labor Day. This is my week to pass along thoughts, suggestions, interesting news and whatever how-when-where tos Buzz Ramsey happens to miss (yeah, right!). I intended to explain how astoundingly tough decisions are forced upon Oregon and Washington fish managers when they have to shut down salmon season on the Columbia…

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Requiem for a Heavy Weight in a Small Package

Posted on September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 by Bill Monroe

By Bill Monroe It’s Labor Day. This is my week to pass along thoughts, suggestions, interesting news and whatever how-when-where tos Buzz Ramsey happens to miss (yeah, right!). I intended to explain how astoundingly tough…

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