The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife recently awarded our club with a Certificate of Recognition for our contributions to the WDFW mission. It is nice to receive this recognition and know that our efforts are worthwhile. We will continue to work hard with our partners in preserving our fisheries and providing education to those […]
Many years ago the IEFFC in cooperation with the WDFW put in five weirs (low dams) and laid down gravel in the ponds formed by the weirs to create spawning beds in the short, channel-like stream that flows during spring run-off out of Potters Pond into Bayley Lake. The idea was to enable rainbow trout […]
Once again IEFFC Volunteers helped the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife at the Little Spokane River Fish Hatchery in September. About 60,000 triploid female rainbow trout were fin clipped for the ongoing Long Lake program. Talk around the clipping trough indicated that fishing out at Long Lake has been fairly good on the previous […]
In cooperation with the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife and the town of Medical Lake the IEFFC furnished two new signs spelling out Selective Gear fishing rules for Medical Lake. These signs are the same as the ones put up earlier at Amber and Coffeepot. Medical Lake city personnel installed the signs, one […]
Kid’s Fishing was again a great success and a number of IEFFC members were present to assist WDFW with the project. The event started on Friday, May 4th with the Ronald McDonald House group fishing in the afternoon. We had 10 members present to help. Special thanks goes to Bill Herrington, Mike Shaunessy, Ray […]
Jerry McBride and Jim Athearn recently installed a new sign at the Amber Lake boat launch. This new sign replaces the previous one and emphasizes the selective gear regulations and the bait prohibition. We will be installing a similar one at Coffeepot and are talking with WDFW about possibly adding two signs at Medical Lake. […]