"The Quiet Pool"

I read an article on the famous Boldt decision of 1970 which gave seven western native American tribes the right to harvest 50% of the Colu...

Well I'm kidding of course because once again the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has dropped the ball on estimating returns on C...

I've thought a lot about the steelhead broodstock programs over the years since it's inception and it, along with the harvest of wil...

What is the old saying? If you can't wow them with facts then baffle them with bullshit! Here is what those fine folks at ODFW are doin...

No I'm not talking about illegally caught either. In a press release from NSIA (Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association) it states ...

If you have ever had doubts about just how hatchery programs affect wild salmon and steelhead you will want to read the study linked below. ...

In 2012 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will consider new angling proposals. This is a process that happens every 4 years and the pub...

This guy could rock!!!!!

Yes I know I made a pledge to "depoliticize" the Quiet Pool but I couldn't resist sharing this with all of you.

There is an incredible resistance among sports anglers against the use of barbless hooks and I do not understand it. Studies show that the ...

It recently came to my attention that Key City Fish Company  of Port Townsend, Washington is a distributor of wild steelhead to area restaur...

The rivers of Puget Sound are closing again this year because of low returns of wild steelhead...yes I said again. This is the second year i...

I dredged this up from 2008 and thought that everything I wrote about winter 3 years ago holds true today. This winter has been extra tough ...

By Spencer Miles Over the past decade countless organizations -- including Portland General Electric, the city of Portland, Western Rivers...

After getting over 300, at last count, responses to the wild steelhead situation on the Sandy river here is ODFW's response. I will let...

  Fellow Native Fish Society river steward Spencr Miles has done research on the wild winter steelhead of the Sandy River near Portland Oreg...

Okay guys are we in agreement that hatcheries are harmful to wild salmonid populations? Still not convinced huh? Well don't take my wor...

It's a given that we all love fly fishing. If you are reading this blog you have to love fly fishing at least a little or you wouldn...

I was just browsing the mega Pacific northwest website and sometimes soap opera known as ifish.net and reinforced. once again, my belief tha...

A better hatchery salmon and steelhead huh? Wasn't that what they promised with the broodstock programs? Of course the harvest addicts w...

Winter Steelhead caught by Jad Donaldson It's November 29th but I know that the Pacific northwest is well into the winter season. It...

Ah yes! The harvest mentality is alive and well in Oregon and Washington! I can just hear it in Tillamook and Clatsop counties right now. ...

Can we ever thank the veterans of World War II enough? Probably not even come close but recently I got a chance to let one of them know h...

This interview appeared on the blog Buster Wants To Fish You readers can draw your own conclusions Q & A with a North Umpqua Guide...