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The Dead Zone?
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…
Above Bonneville Salmon
By Buzz Ramsey Photo above: Fishing guide Chris Turvey shows off one of the chinook salmon we caught It was 9:30 AM on Wednesday of last week that fishing guide…
Requiem for a Heavy Weight in a Small Package
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…
Targeting Coho at Buoy 10
By Buzz Ramsey Photo above: Taleena Marsh (now Taleena Ramsey) caught this coho salmon last season while trolling the lower estuary near Hammond. Yes, I know: I wrote about Buoy…
Fin-Clipping and Sea Lice
By Bill Monroe Photo above: This 71-pounder was caught by a fly years ago in the Rogue River. Photo by Jim Carey. What’s with that that adipose do you suppose?…
Buoy 10 Salmon Tides and Tips
By Buzz Ramsey Photo above: Here, friends Gabe Miller and Tito Montermor show off a hatchery fin-clipped chinook Tito caught while trolling Buoy 10. For Buoy 10, the basic concept…