The low-down on octopus, including the giant Pacific ones that can weigh 350 pounds and be 30 feet in length
EARL SANDE GIANT PACIFIC OCTOPUS By Earl Sande My first encounter with a Giant Pacific octopus was more…
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Once upon a time the salmon runs in rivers in Eastern Russia were so large the salmon were forced out of the rivers
EARL SANDE By Earl Sande Eastern Russia once had the largest salmon runs in the world. The amount…
There is nothing better than to be out on the back 40
EARL SANDE By Earl Sande My dad and mom bought their first 40 acres in 1960 near Tahuya for $1600.…
Beautiful trillium flower has been around since the beginning of time
By Earl Sande Anyone who spends much time in the woods around here in March and April knows something about…
Sande: Another successful trip to Westport to catch up with halibut
EARL SANDE My fishing partner Steve Thorniley has a 23-foot Sterling with V-8 GM engine and a Volvo outdrive that he bought new…
Will the state fish and wildlife people do the right thing and save the anchovy from commercial fishermen?
EARL SANDE By Earl Sande The importance of forage fish has gotten some press lately. State…
When Kings were king
EARL SANDE By Earl Sande The history of how good salmon fishing was in Puget Sound can easily be forgotten…
The famous Hood Canal Shrimp
EARL SANDE AND FRIEND My first memory of shrimping on Hood Canal was with my grandfather Cecil Baldwin during the summer of…
What on Earth happened to all the animals that went extinct, including those hairy elephants?
By Earl Sande Ten thousand years isn’t really a very long time, especially if your name happens…
The long and interesting story of the Mercury outboard motor
By Earl Sande One of my early childhood memories when I was about four was playing in…
How the Makah’s in the 1800s went whale hunting
EARL SANDE AND A BIG TUNA By Earl Sande I was recently going through…
Sande and friends run into some big Tuna off Westport
EARL SANDE AND LARGE TUNA Two years ago I found out just how good tuna fishing can…
Wild fires in eastern Washington bring back memories of the 1910 huge fire in Idaho
Editor’s note: This story was first published in 2010 in the Sports Paper and is being reprinted as…
Finding sea lice while fishing with grandfather on Hood Canal
I caught my first salmon on a cold, windy January morning in 1960 fishing with my grandfather…
Will the west coast pink shrimp go the way of the cod and our bottom fish?
EARL SANDE PINK SHRIMP When we called Westport in April to inquire about moorage we were surprised to hear how…
The Westport Chinook season can be challenging, but when things are right it’s fantastic
This was the fourth year of the early June hatchery Chinook season at Westport. For two weeks anglers are allowed to…
The strange war between ghost and mud shrimp and the oyster
GHOST SHRIMP Ghost and mud shrimp have been living and digging under the mud in Willapa Bay for millions of years. The…
Sande: Our Pacific Lamprey are in peril
Like many life forms that most people know little about, the Pacific Lamprey gets very little press. Modern humans…
Leave the Northern Flickers alone, and just enjoy the sounds
Every March I look forward to the sound of hammering metal from several species of our local woodpeckers. It’s a…
Western Toad are hard to find, and there is a good reason for that
EARL SANDE WITH TWO KINGS About ten years ago I discovered a large toad hanging around the front yard during…