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Jazzmanic: The Cowlitz is all silted in and is 2 ft deep where it was 18 three years ago. It is now being dredged and should greatly improve fishing there from where it enters the Columbia upstream to Gearhart Park. But for springers, we fish the Oregon side of the Columbia, not the Kalama //...

Anna Leigh: from what most folks say Pyramid Ale is one of the better microbrews.... and it was founded and created in Kalama for about ten years before they sold out and went to Ballard. I've tried it (and others) before... just isn't for me. Now on the other hand, those folks in Tennessee...

I understand that Friday night is potluck + byob. What about the Saturday night event? What should we bring for that? Appetizers? I don't drink beer.... but enjoy wine, etc. Let me know. C.W.

Dogon Dory & B-C, sorry to hear about that corn dog incident. I must have left them in the cooker while I was cruising the parking lots for easy to steal 8-track tapes. Seriously, the Port of Kalama, while not real scenic with I-5 and the railroad tracks there, is very practical. Launching...

The New York Times (and all newspapers) are declining in curculation worldwide. They're expensive to produce -- (heavy =shipping costs, lots of trees ground up to make disposable garbage, ink into the water and bleach to recycle the paper), and most importantly, more and more young people...

Parismina, on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica. There is just one ATV, one Tractor, no cars or trucks. The streets are made of sand and 90% of the buildings do not have hot water. The most maintained piece of land is the community soccer field, which the locals play on every evening (those...

I've never met anyone who wished they had a smaller truck to tow their boat with -- but I've met plenty who wish they had a bigger truck. Yes, you can get by with a half ton for many things, but for $2,000-3,000 more the security, safety, capacity and piece of mind of having a 3/4 ton truck is...

Roger, I just booked through Linda and am bringing my wife and 1-3 kids to the Hawthorne Suites for both Friday and Saturday nights. If I could also get a pair of tickets for the boat show, that would be great. I'll send you a p.m. C.W.

There are 670 valid commercial fishing licenses for the lower Columbia River. This is in addition to all of the Indian commercial fishers throughout. That is a whole 'lot of nets in the river, stripping our resource which they export out of state. An article was published a couple years ago...

Guess how many commercial fishing licenses are valid for the lower Columbia river? True, not all are used and those that are are primarily for hobby and supplemental income. At the Columbia River Advisory Group meetings these issues are revisited every now and then. So again.... guess how...

I've heard that a boat will qualify as a second home as far as the IRS is concerned if it has a head on board. Does it have to be a stand up // attached head? Is a galley required? Is there a minimum overall boat length too? How much of a break on taxes does it provide? It could make for a...

Well, dang it, I'm not surprised. C.W.

From a reliable friend in the WDFW citizens advisory group, Steve Watrous. C.W. : "While the ocean vessel 'Dawn Raider' w as commercial fishing for dogfish, this Great White was hooked in the mouth but only resisted slightly for 15 minutes before it came up alongside the boat to have a look...

CD 25 has gone up too.C.W.: 255 Tomcat, twin Honda 150s: $116,499 25 Cruiser, twin Honda 90s: $89,995 23 Venture, Honda 90 : $64,995 22 Cruiser, twin Honda 40s: $53,645 24 Skagit Orca, 225 Honda $97,000 22 Sea Sport 250 Yamaha: $77,000

Hey, that's not my face in these pics. I'm in my album holding the tuna and the 34 lb. salmon by my (temporarily) aluminum boat. Glad you like the pics. C.W.

Well, I went there last night and still really like the Venture 23. It is very much a C-Dory and a great boat with many features that appeal to me and my wife. We have a family of 5 but the two teen boys are less and less into boating. We also have a large lab (mellow) and I fish a lot. Our...

I checked out the Venture 23 on Saturday. My wife really liked it. It is significantly bigger inside as well as the cockpit than the 22 Cruiser. More elbow room at the dinette. I'm going back to the Portland Boatshow this afternoon. I'll bring the camera and see what I can come up with. C.W.

Well, I spent a few hours at the 2008 Portland boat show yesterday and my aren't there some pretty rigs to spend some money on! And the sales-guys are so incredibly friendly and helpful, especially after you ask some informed questions that reveal you've done your homework and are not just...

Yeah, I've had that same photo on the wall of my classroom for two years and it was the from the Frazier. It is a white sturgeon, though we also have the green sturgeon out here. My wife and I fished on a charter boat in the early 90s one day upstream of the Astoria Bridge on the Washington...

a camo version, big enough for my lab, some decoys, a Benelli shotgun and me would be fun. With running lights (I have to boat at night to get to the set up by dawn, 5 miles down the river). and anchor chock and backup paddle, and weed attachments for camo. C.W.