January 27th, 2013

  As I said yesterday I wanted to talk more in depth about the sportsman show. I spent around 3 hours at the show mostly just wandering around as it is pretty overwhelming. I picked up a boat load of pamphlets, information books, business cards and a few bits and pieces.

I was surprised at the number of people that were there! I saw many different license plates in the parking lot from Alaska, British Columbia, Alberta, Idaho, Oregon and of course Washington. These people were both male and female as well as of many different ethnic groups. It was great to see how diverse the sportsmen and sportswomen of the Pacific Northwest really are.

When I first walked in I passed a bunch of trucks for sale that although I could not afford I had fun looking at. I then entered the first building of the show. In the first building I saw dozen's of hunting and fishing booths as well as merchandise from a store up in Anacortes. I almost bought a new Halibut rod but I realized that I probably don't need another one for the collection. I saw guided trips for both hunting and fishing from all over the Pacific Northwest with many trips up to northern British Columbia and Alaska. I also sampled some great fried fish and some really good beef jerky. After that I walked to the next building passing a bunch of RV's that were also for sale. The next building I entered was the biggest and was the area where I spend the biggest portion of my time wandering up and down the rows talking to salespersons and guides as well as other attendees of this great event.

 I met people from all over the Pacific Northwest and I hope one day I can connect with them again. There were a few boat dealers there which were cool because I wasn't expecting to see many boats till I attend the Seattle Boat Show next weekend. I climbed up on a few boats and tasted a few more things. There were a few larger displays from different retailers and also from a local Toyota Dealership. The next building contained boats and outboard motor displays as well as a tank of warm water fish for demonstration purposes. I didn't spend much time in there as it was a small building and there were no demonstrations at the time. The next building contained the dock dogs competition which was cool but I didn't stay long because I couldn't see much from the back row.

 Other than that there was also a camp cooking demonstration tent and an indoor steelhead river and a few other things I am sure I forgot to mention. If you are reading this blog or if you are on my website please feel free to post a comment or a forum post with your story from the Sportsmen Show or perhaps from another similar show. If you were an exhibitor I would also love to hear about the show from your point of view so send me an email at fishingthepnw@gmail.com

All the pamphlets and info (above) and a view from the entrance to the largest building (below)

Washington Sportsmen's Show

Hey Guys,

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days but I have been on the road. However, today I had the privilege of checking out the Sportsmen's shoe in Puyallup, WA. What an incredible opportunity. It was a great place full of booths, boats, trucks, quads, outboards, fishing gear, RV's and some great food. There were booths of all kinds; fishing, hunting, conservation and even some selling cooking supplies. I have never seen so many opportunities in one place. I could have spent days walking around and talking everyone but instead I was forced to walk around quickly snagging people's business cards and pamphlets as I went. I came home with an entire bag full of information and a few goodies I decided to pick up along the way. I will post more tomorrow but for tonight I would definitely recommend going! Unfortunately it is the last day today (January 27th, 2013) but for 12$ you will not be disappointed.

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Shows

 Hey,

So today I just remembered that the Seattle Boat Show is coming up January 25th through February 3rd. Last year I attended for my first time along with my dad and my brother. We had a great time looking at all the boats and dreaming of what it would be like to own a yacht. Anyways I plan to attend again this year and I will be sure to post a more descriptive post after. Also coming up is the 26th annual Washington State Sportsmen's Show January 23rd through 27th. Although I have never been to this one I look forward to checking it out as well. I will be sure to post links to both tomorrow but in the meantime please share your boat or sportsmen's show experience with us and let me know what I should check out!

See you there

January 20th, 2013

Hi Folks

Right now I am living in Seattle, WA and it is January. In Seattle it is not particularly cold compared to what I am used to in Canada but this morning I woke up and it was right around freezing. However, when I walked outside I could not see the houses across the street from me. The whole area was enveloped in fog. So today I have decided to write about fog. Now you might be wondering why I might talk about fog on a fishing blog, but stick with me here.

 A few years ago I was headed out of the Prince Rupert harbour for a 3 day fishing trip. It was around 5:30 am when I got to the boat, and just like this morning, it was foggy as can be. Visibility was probably around 100 meters (110 yards), or so we thought while we were at the dock. So we packed the boat and set off slowly following our gps track from previous trips. We slowly ventured out into the harbour being very careful to avoid debris in the water and other boats. Believing the visibility to be good enough we sped up a little. After around 5 minutes of cruising I was scanning the water ahead when out of nowhere seemed to rise a huge wall. We were less than 50 m from a giant container ship and we were staring at the bow end of this vessel.

Now had we had radar this would not have been an issue but it is lucky for us that we were not cruising at 20 knots or we would have become a bug splat on the side of this behemoth. We carefully manoeuvred our way out of the harbour and ended up following a radar enabled trawler from Alaska. We emerged from the fog to a beautiful sunny day and gave the folks from Alaska a quick honk. Anyways, I just thought of this story as I looked at the fog outside today and I thought I would share it with you guys.

Thanks for reading and if you have a fog story of your own please visit my website and post it to the forum.

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January 19th, 2013

Hey guys

I just wanted to share a little story from my childhood and how I became so interested in fishing. I grew up in Prince George, BC where there are many lakes that provide good fishing not far from town. As a young kid my fondest fishing memories are of my family all piling in the truck together and heading out to one of the many lakes close to town. We would always load up the aluminum boat and on the way out we would stop at Tim Horton's. For those of you who are American Tim Horton's is a widespread coffee and donut shop throughout Canada. To this day every time I smell donuts I still think back to those early childhood memories with my family. The fishing was also very good in the northern lakes with many of them regularly stocked with mostly rainbow trout. We were fly fisherman most of the time and we had a lot of success especially when I was young. These fond memories will stay with me forever and have fuelled my passion for fishing.
If you have any fishing stories from your childhood I would love to hear them in the forum or you can feel free to comment and I will post them to the forum myself.

Have a great day

January 18th, 2013

Hey Guys

Today, I would like to talk a little bit about ice fishing. Having lived in Northern British Columbia I have experienced the cold of winter this time of year with temperatures being on average -10 to -15 Celsius (15 to 5 Fahrenheit). For those of you who have not lived in the northern region this causes most of the lakes in the region to be covered in a thick chunk of ice. Many fisherman cannot wait for the ice to thaw so instead they drill a hole in the ice and drop a line. I have heard of people catching fish on worms, corn and even hot dogs. Some people go out and buy a small ice fishing rod with is around 2 feet in length. Others just use a small stick with fishing line tied to it. Many people use snowmobiles on the frozen lakes and make fires to keep themselves warm. Some even purchase special ice fishing huts or build one themselves. Overall ice fishing is a great way to spend a cold winter day. However, please do not go on ice that is too thin and please be careful as too much ice fishing can make it hard for the lake to maintain its fish population.

Please feel free to comment and/or post your ice fishing story or question to the forum.
Bye for now


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My first post will be one to tell everyone a little bit about what i plan to write about and a little bit about myself. I love to fish. Freshwater, saltwater, rivers, lakes it doesn't matter to me i will fish anywhere. I am very excited and hopeful that my website and blog will take off. I want to create an area where i can share things with other fisherman and hopefully they will give me feedback on if they find this information useful or not. I also intend to create a forum type website where people can share their thoughts, pictures and videos of their experiences here in the Northwest. If you do comment on the blog or post to the forum make sure you leave your location at the bottom so I can see where you’re from and try and write interesting things specific to your area. If you would like to submit a story or an idea for a post please email me at fishingthepnw@gmail.com