tri cities

[bigwiz]

i am moving to the tri cities in a couple of weeks would like to know if the is good fishing up there for sturgeon steelhead salmon? graemlins/1zhelp.gif

[FEAR NO FISH!]

Chad,
You couldn't find a better area to fish than the Tri-Cities. Wait till you catch an oversize sturgeon in the Hanford Reach. We get the huge Nooks in the fall there, although they tend to look like old boots. The steelheading above the Dams is awesome, especially at night! The smallmouth bass fishing can't be beat either. The Potholes area has fantastic Walleye fishing and Perch too. If you want to make some extra cash, squawfishing is great here too. I think that about covers it all. Look me up and we can put a whipping on some of these fish.

[bigwiz]

deffintly will have to look ya up for some strug fishing i dont have a boat so maby ya could derect me to a bank hole so ill have to give ya my email addy so we can plan a trip sould i bring my smelt are what bait is the best up there

[FEAR NO FISH!]

We don't get too many smelt up here but they like shad, fresh salmon and steelhead. I have an awesome boat but I blew my motor up down at the Wind River. I am working on getting a new one at the moment. Insurance might come through for me. :shocked: :grin: What brings the move up here?

[bigwiz]

my dad own a construction buisness and moving my wife and kid down there i love fishing gets me into trouble ya know what i mean iam gonna get me one of them 13 1/2 rods to cast from the bank up there i have plenty of salmon and steel head but i dont know if i want to use em for bait but i could use shad so what kinda pole am i gonna need from the bank up there? thanx alot chad

[Beaver93]

This article was in the Tri-City Herald last week. Hope it helps!

Richland club offers seminar on Potholes

If you are a newly transplanted Mid-Columbia Basin hunter or angler, it would be worth your time to attend Tuesday's meeting of the Richland Rod and Gun Club.

Dave, Mike and Levi Meseberg will discuss the wide variety of fishing and hunting opportunities available on Potholes Reservoir near Othello.

Whether your interest is crappie, perch, bluegill, walleye, trout or smallmouth and largemouth bass, the 28,000-square-acre Potholes Reservoir, has it all. And let's not forget ducks, geese and upland birds in the fall.

The Mesebergs have owned and operated popular Mar Don Resort on Potholes Reservoir for 30 years.

Mike Meseberg said he's thrilled to tell people about the great fishing opportunities available at Potholes, a fact well known to thousands of sportsmen around the state.

"Grant County - including Potholes Reservoir - is the most heavily fished county in the state for freshwater fish species," Meseberg said.

In fact, 63 percent of all freshwater fishing licenses are bought by anglers headed to the state's Region II, and mostly those waters in Grant County.

Meseberg said one segment of the sportsmen's meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. at the Richland Maintenance Facility off Queensgate Drive, will be a discussion of Mar Don's highly successful 6-year-old net-pen trout rearing project, a cooperative effort with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.

More than 160,000 trout have been released at the reservoir each of the last three years, he said.

"While the trout we release start off on the small side, they've grown quite large over the past few years," he added.

Anglers plying the reservoir regularly report landing rainbow trout ranging in size from 14 to 25 inches, with some up to 10 pounds. Meseberg said the largest trout caught at Potholes this year weighed 12 pounds.

As for numerous other species finning about the reservoir, walleye typically range from about 1 to 10 pounds, while bass average about 2 pounds.

Levi, Mike's 23-year-old son and a licensed hunting and fishing guide, will outline the top gear and tactics used on Potholes Reservoir. He also will discuss fall upland bird and waterfowl hunting on Potholes and surrounding farmland, which are among the best in the state.

Elsewhere on the fishing front, the Fish and Wildlife Department reported that fishing effort during last Saturday's opener of the statewide lowland lake trout fishing season appeared to be significantly less than last year.

John Hisata, regional fish manager in Spokane, said cool, wet weather across much of the state dampened the turnout.

However, for those who braved the less-than-springlike weather, most managed to catch close to their limits.

Anglers at Chelan County's Beehive Reservoir had to contend with 7 inches of snow the eve of the opener but managed to catch nearly five fish a rod.

In Grant County, Blue and Park lakes north of Soap Lake produced about two fish an angler, with rainbow averaging 13 to 16 inches.

Around Spokane, Fishtrap Lake booted out 3.7 rainbows a rod, ranging from 8 to 15 inches. Badger Lake gave up about 3.3 fish per angler, with trout averaging 9 to 18 inches. Other good bets are Clear, Fish, West Medical and Williams lakes in Spokane County.

Hisata said the lower-than-usual turnout should offer outstanding fishing prospects in the coming weeks.

[cannonball]

Welcome to the tri cities. It is different out here, for example we had our first major brush fire today, but I love it. Pack your sunscreen and your rods, water everywhere and no rain!!!. No matter what your bag fishing the fishing is great and most people are first class. Drop me an email when you relocate, If fishing is good we can hook up. That is if FEAR NO hasent caught them all. :grin: