September 2003

Basic Spinner Technique for Salmon

by JD on September 29, 2003

Casting hardware for king salmon is a popular pastime on freshwater streams from California to Alaska to the Great Lakes tributaries. This time around, we’re going to take a quick look at s of the basics of tossing lures like No. 3-5 Mepps and Blue Fox Super Vibrax spinners as well as spoons like Little Cleos, Cohos, Pixees and BC Steels.
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Sportfishing = Big Business

by JD on September 13, 2003

It’s high time we started thinking hard about the way we manage our fisheries. The way things have been run in the past just aren’t working.

 We finally need to realize the incredible economic impact sportfishing has on this country…

As Kevin Costner kinda put it in Field of Dreams:: “If we build it, they will come.” In this case, the “it” part is healthy recreational fisheries and the “they” are dollar bills.

 Sportfishing is a gigantic business and can pump lots of money into local economies.

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