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The b'LAWg - Dave Law's Fish Stories

The b'LAWg - Pend Oreille River Pike?

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  • Saturday, May 18 2013 1:49 AM EDT2013-05-18 05:49:56 GMT
    KHQ.COM - It's not going to be quite as warm this weekend as last, but it's still going to be great fishing weather.
    KHQ.COM - It's not going to be quite as warm this weekend as last, but it's still going to be great fishing weather.
  • Friday, May 10 2013 10:42 PM EDT2013-05-11 02:42:29 GMT
    It's that time again! Fishing season is underway and you know what that means... it's time for Dave Law's Fishing Forecast.
    It's that time again! Fishing season is underway and you know what that means... it's time for Dave Law's Fishing Forecast.
  • Wednesday, August 1 2012 3:50 PM EDT2012-08-01 19:50:40 GMT
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    For this week's fishing segment we took a little trip to Fish Lake, located just a few miles west of Spokane and outside of Cheney.
    For this week's fishing segment we took a little trip to Fish Lake, located just a few miles west of Spokane and outside of Cheney.

I spent yesterday Northern Pike fishing on a 15 mile stretch of the Pend Oreille River from south of Usk, through Cusick, and north toward Ruby. There were a few empty trailers at the Cusick boat launch and the boats on the river appeared to be doing the same thing we were…trying to find the fish. It was a stellar day (meteorologically speaking) as the photo attests to, but the net remained empty. Now, the river is running high and is up almost 5 feet above last week according to gauges. Heck, the sloughs/coves have been overrun and flow like the river channel itself. Observations & Tips: While motoring along the channel, I detected very few fish on the fish finder. The water temperature was a cool. 55°on the surface and dropped to 51° in the channel at 25ft. Under the current (pun) river conditions, I'll bet the fish have scattered into all that submerged brush and hunkered down in the meantime, or perhaps migrated south toward Newport/Albeni Falls Dam (no recent reports on this...do you have one?). Someone remind me to bring some herring or sardines next time.

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  • Dave Law's 25 years of forecasting experience has taken him around the world a time or two.
    Dave Law's 25 years of forecasting experience has taken him around the world a time or two.
  • Leslie Lowe is our weekday evening forecaster for KHQ Local News.  In addition, she can be seen forecasting the weather on SWX.
    Leslie Lowe is our weekday evening forecaster for KHQ Local News.  In addition, she can be seen forecasting the weather on SWX.
  • Blake is a Washington native and graduated from Washington State University in 2009.
    Blake is a Washington native and graduated from Washington State University in 2009.
  • Amy's interest in weather came at a very young age. What started off as a fear of storms turned into a passion for weather and forecasting.
    Amy's interest in weather came at a very young age. What started off as a fear of storms turned into a passion for weather and forecasting.