This week on Northwestern Outdoors Radio we will chat with Jared Wiklund with Pheasants Forever about the North American Grasslands Act that has been introdoced into the Senate to protect not only native grasslands, but sagebrush steppe too. Jared will also tell you about a public/private partnership that has opened up 13,000 acres of land to hunters this fall near Northeast Montana's Fort Peck Reservoir. Bob Loomis with Mack's Lure helps you rig up for success at the popular Buoy 10 salmon fishery at the mouth of the Columbia River, Adam Bayer with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation invites you to the Washington State Chapter's annual Rendezvous and Duane Inglin shares great news about his show, Fish Hunt Northwest, that will begin airing this coming weekend on the ROOT Sports Northwest television network. http://www.northwesternoutdoors.com
PS - Fish Hunt Northwest will begin airing on the ROOT Sports NW Network August 20th, not the 6th as mentioned in the interview with Duane Inglin. www.fishhuntnw.com
This week on Northwestern Outdoors Radio we will share salmon fishing reports from Oregon and Washington and let you know about two big derbies coming up in each State. Mike Mauk previews the Brewster Salmon Derby, taking place on the Upper Columbia River August 5th thru the 7th. Mary Duncan shares the latest fishing news from the lower Rogue River and will tell you more about the Rogue River Salmon Derby coming up August 10t thru the 13th. Sockeye runs are strong this year and with Lake Wenatchee poised to open in Central Washington Bob Loomis joins us to help you rig up to catch your share of sockeye in Washington's Cascade Mountains. In addition to this Troy Rodakowski joins us to share some August antelope hunting tips and also some interesting traits and characteristics these fascinating animals display. Last but not least, we say goodbye to a longtime member of the Northwestern Outdoors Radio family. http://www.northwesternoutdoors.com
Dan Clayton Luce with Henry Repeating Arms talks about some of the charitable causes and organizations they suppport. Brian McKinnon's unlikely journey to winning the best new product at ICAST this year with his Pac Bak P88 Combo Cooler. Nathan Ragsdale with Pure Fishing shares another ICAST winner, the Slobberknocker Bladed Jig and Mark Gocke with Wyoming Game & Fish gives you some great info about bison hunting in the Cowboy State. www.americaoutdoorsradio.com
This week on Northwestern Outdoors Radio we have an in depth conversation with Aaron Kindle, the Director of Sporting Advocacy for the National Wildlife Federation, about the work this organization is doing and about a dangerous bill introduced into congress that would gut the Pittman-Robertson and Johnson-Dingell Acts that have provided millions of dollars for wildlife, habitat and recreational fisheries. Bob Loomis has got some advice that will help you hook into some coho and Chinook salmon off the coast this summer and Rick Brazell, President of the First Hunt Foundation, will tell you about a special three day mentored youth deer hunting coming up at the end of August in Northeast Washington, a hunt being put on by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and several partner organizations. Look for a station near you and air times at http://www.northwesternoutdoors.com
Guest websites - http://nwf.org and http://firsthuntfoundation.org
We are in Alaska fishing this week so you get to hear a "Best of" edition featuring award-winning interviews that aired in 2020 with some great guests who are talking turkey hunting, bass fishing introducing kids to fly fishing in Wyoming and more! www.americaoutdoorsradio.com
Gregory Tiller introduces you to a new fishing net from Frabill that has a digital scale built in, allowing you to weigh your fish without taking it out of the net! Eric Winther has an update from the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program where angler effort and catch are both up this year. Mack's Lure Pro-Staffer Eric Magnuson tells you about Long Lake, a very good walleye fishery near Spokane and we'll get to hear fishing reports from both Washington and Idaho when we talk to Kyle and Brett Jones, the two brothers who own Jones Sport Fishing. www.northwesternoutdoors.com
Chase Gunnell with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife lets you know about a invasive species, the European green crab, that is causing some real problems in the saltwater along the Washington and Oregon Coast. Oregon State Police Trooper John Cooper is looking for help in catching the suspect who wantonly killed a buck at the Reedsport Boat Launch in Oregon on June 17th. Mack's Lure Pro-Staffer Bobby Shindelar breaks down the great kokanee fishing to be found at Anderson Ranch Reservoir in Idaho and outdoors writer Jason Brooks has got all sorts of great info about catching and cooking mountain trout this summer in the backcountry! www.northwesternoutdoors.com
