Camas wildflower and Northwest history intertwine
The article describes camas as a blue wildflower vital to Bannocks and Nez Perce food sources, its identification features, and where to find it along the Pend Oreille River. It recounts historical harvests by Indians into the 1930s, notes related hazards from death camas, and shares a local myth about camas and Coyote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Horn
Fort Hall
Idaho
Pacific Northwest
Camas
Fort
Pend Oreille River
Sandpoint
Seneaqueteen
Northwest
Bonner County
Timothy Hay
Clark Fork River
Samonen Peninsula
Lois Fisher
West
Bitterroot
Montana
Okanogen Valley
Coyote
Lake Pend Oreille angling catch report details manyweights
Lorraine Kessinger reports Kamloops and Dolly Varden taken across Lake Pend Oreille during the week. Anglers from Sunset Beach Resort Smelterville Mullens Colfax Sandpoint Bonners Ferry Coeur d Alene and Garfield Bay weigh several fish from 6 to 17 pounds using lures such as Lucky Louie Rebel Mac Squid Witch Doctor and Rapala with noted spots Windy Point Camp Bay Pearl Island Granite Creek Bay and Mineral Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Kessinger
K&k
Garfield Bay
Kamloops
Lake Pend Oreille
Sunset Beach Resort
Camp Bay
Windy Point
Benninger
Keith Johnson
Sandpoint
Peal
Nick Zacklin
Pearl
Bob Ashbrook
Colfax
Mineral Point
George Millen
Bonners Ferry
Granite Creek Bay
Allen Folstad
Coeur d’Alene
A.B. Kelloce
Capa
Ken Melan
Kamand
Dolly Varden
Windy Pont
Mac McDonald
Kilroy
Jim Fenton
Sand
Fishing Violations Listed In Bonner County
Edwards Stephen B Box 15 Nordman ID fisting without a valid license 3 30 77 $25 Bonner County Pate Gary Ray Rt 3 Box 384 Sandpoint ID fishing during closed season 4 2 77 $17.50 Bonner County Pate Terry Dale Rt 3 Box 384 Sandpoint ID fishing during closed season 42 77
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pate
Gary Ray
Sandpoint
Bonner County
Terry Dale
Idaho upland game habitat plan urges landowner cooperation
A work group led by Fred Christensen calls for preserving small public land islands as upland game bird habitat in Idaho. Recommendations cover grazing controls, seasonal road closures, water management, and stronger wildlife communications with the public and hunters, plus environmental education and access timing maps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Work Group
Fred Christensen
Nampa
Christensen
Justing
Department of Fish and Game
Department
Information and Education Bureau
Silver Tops 6 Pound Silver Salmon at Priest Lake
Molly Allbery of Spokane netted a 6 lb 2 oz silver salmon on Priest Lake May 12 while fishing with Violet Clark and Bob Clark. The fish measured 24 inches and was weighed at Leonard Paul Store in Coolin, challenging the world land locked record of 4 lb 93 oz set in 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priest Lake
Bob Clark
Molly Allbery
Coolin Bay
Spokane
Mrs. Allbery
Violet Clark
Leonard Paul
Coolin
Don Brown
Jerry Verge
Priest
Pursleys Reel Kamloops Cousin Family Fishing Tale
Ken Pursley of Boise hauled in a 14.5 pound Kamloop on Lake Pend Oreille near Hope while visiting Sandpoint last weekend. His son Ted Pursley reports the family also caught nine Dolly Varden trout, indicating a productive outing on the island route Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken
Karla Pursley
Sandpoint
Boise
Ted Pursley
Pend Oreille
Ted
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tara Saas
Dave Finkelnburg
Qlain
Kam
Bonner
Daily Bee
Holiday Shores
Dat Egland
Don Mitchell
Harold Egland
IFG
Tom Kunkel
Cocolalla Slough
Kunkel
Linda Grandfield Photo
Silver
Pursleys
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