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Warm Springs Creek runs pretty fast for most of its length, but there are a few holes that hold some nice cutthroat. The stream flows down the valley through Anaconda, Montana.
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Trout were carefully weighed to find the largest five for the big prizes, but all the kids could take some tackle home from the TU Kids Fishing Derby at the Blackbird Island Pond.
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Shalmane Mercado took first place at the Icicle Valley Trout Unlimited's Kids Fishing Derby at the Blackbird Island Juvenile Pond.
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Bob Stroup, of the Icicle Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited helps his grandson Brian with a fish caught at the TU Kids Fishing Derby at Blackbird Island.
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Eli Haney is obviously proud of this trout he pulled from the Blackbird Island Juvenile Pond. Kids under the age of 15 can fish here without a license throughout the summer.
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Nadine West gave me a lesson in cleaning perch. She had filleted thousands of them as owner of the Cove Resort.
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Here is a typical yellow perch at Fish Lake right now. They are very plentiful, and excellent in the pan!
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Rollie Schmitten's daughter Heidi caught this dandy sockeye on the Lake Wenatchee opener.
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Rollie Schmitten of Lake Wenatchee poses with his grandson Noah's first salmon ever. A very nice sockeye.
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Now is a great time to view sockeye salmon jumping in the white water below the Tumwater Dam. Record numbers are headed to Lake Wenatchee.
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