Northwest Fishing Reports

I will be going to the Sportsmen's Show at least two days next week. I am a very new angler, I just started in June. I fish mainly for lake trout with a big interest in bass fishing. I have a tentaive schedule of seminars to hit. Does anyone have any strong suggestions of which ones are "musts" and which ones may be too deep for a newbie? I want to learn all I can with this great opportunity in front of me, but I'm also a little leary of information overload.

Thanks y'all

Take notes and keep the notes separate by species, bass on one page, trout on another page, and so forth.

Go to the 'basics' seminars, don't even worry about any advanced seminar, but of course it sure won't hurt to watch those too.

If you use spinning tackle don't even worry about using casting equipment until you really want to and are ready to try it. YES you can catch big bass with spinning tackle, fishing just about any technique, don't let ANYONE tell you otherwise, some people won't even talk to you if you don't use casting, but those people aren't worth listening to. There are some professional tournament anglers that use mostly spinning tackle only. But of course casting is BEST for SOME techniques, and spinning is BEST for other techniques.

ball, do you have a boat? What method are you interested in while chasing trout? I will be in the Mack's Lures booth on Thursday the 23rd stop in and say howdy.

Like AMX said,feel free to take notes. Most seminar speakers are very helpful with providing excellent information. They can also tend to cover a lot of ground. If you get the chance,stop by the Mack's Lures booth and chat with Uncle Wes,I've had the pleasure of fishing with him,he's a wealth of information.

Thanks guys. I had planned on taking notes.

I am going to be there Thursday, so I will stop and see you Uncle Wes.

I do have a little ole 12' aluminum Sears boat with a trolling motor that I am slowly outfitting.

Great, look forward to meeting you.