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• FISHING: Winter months don't mean an end to area fishing

  FISHING: Winter months don't mean an end to area fishing

  Fishing wraps up for many key lakes and streams around the state on Monday, Oct. 31. Options change in saltwater venus as well.

  But all is not lost for hardy Northwest fishing souls.

  There are many options for those seeking off-season angling stimulation or seafood table fare.

• OUTDOORS: Campaign against pike a war of attrition

  OUTDOORS: Campaign against pike a war of attrition

  In an effort to blunt the incursion of non-native northern pike in Washington waters, a line's been drawn by state and tribal biologists at Box Canyon Dam on the Pend Oreille River.

  The Pend Oreille Public Utility District reservoir in Northeast Washington will be where the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in concert with the Kalispal Natural Resources Department mounts an effort to reduce pike numbers to keep them at a level that will not spin-off migrant numbers sufficient to gain finholds in downstream steelhead and salmon waters.

  Lucys, as northern pike are affectionately called by some of their admirers, a nickname taken from their species moniker, lucius, are the bane of aquatic life in many waters where they did not evolve.

• TODAY’S FISHING REPORT

  TODAY’S FISHING REPORT

  Salmon fishing has been slowly improving throughout the area. Pink salmon in large numbers have made it as far south as the Redondo area. Local lakes are good for bass and crappie, especially Harts Lake.

• Fall fishing favorites: These rivers give you a reason to postpone hunting and keep fishing

  Fall fishing favorites: These rivers give you a reason to postpone hunting and keep fishing

  Summer is over, and we’re faced with an age-old dilemma: fish or hunt.

• OUTDOORS: Seasons set but check for changes

  OUTDOORS: Seasons set but check for changes

  Sturgeon and salmon angler bent on visiting the lower Columbia River this spring and summer will have to look carefully at the seasons in order to synchronize opportunities for the two quarries.

  The 2012 spring king run looks good, but sturgeon numbers are down. Temporary closures and days off from fishing are already in the schedule and quota-driven shutdowns could spring up at any time.

  Unfortunately, not all the dies have been cast in the design of upcoming hook and line seasons below Bonneville Dam.

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