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The Year in Review, 2009
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The Year in Review 2009 Hello and welcome to our 2009 “Year in Review”, my annual attempt to summarize everything that’s been going on at WL.com.It seems every year I could say this, but this year was BUSY! Our biggest event by far was the launch of the Premium Member section in 2009. This all new addition to WL.com was the final leg of my original vision from over ten years ago, to have a “personal online fishing diary” for anglers to use and share. The Premium Members have that and ...
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Category: General
Date: 1/4/2010
Author: Mike Carey
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Columbia Sportswear Outdoor Clothing Review
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New products come along from time to time that truly show how far technology has advanced in a particular field. This summer I got to try out several clothing products from Columbia Sportswear, and find out about some of the latest innovations in outdoor wear. We anglers in the Pacific Northwest know all too well that if you aren’t dressed right, you aren’t going to be able to fish long enough to wait for that all important bite or lunker bass that’s just under the next lily pad. So in a...
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Category: General
Date: 11/2/2009
Author: Mike Carey
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Great Places Washington Book Review
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This month I’d like to review a new Washington destinations book from Northwest Outdoors writer and radio host John Kruse. This is John’s first book and it looks like he hit a home run with this first effort.Great Places Washington isn’t your typical “go to” guide book. Rather, it is one man’s exploration of some of this state’s prime outdoor recreational areas. And it’s not a one trick pony book. John delves into many different outdoor pursuits, be it fishing, hunting, camping, hiking, bik...
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Category: General
Date: 8/31/2009
Author: Mike Carey
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Year in Review, 2008
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Well, another year in the books here at WL.com. This year saw a full year under the new web site, and we were gratified to watch the community grow and new friendships form. Readers made the Forums a popular place to share ideas and meet each other. I’m impressed to see the site continue to grow beyond what I imagined it could be. A fine example of community was this year’s WL.com picnic, which doubled in participation from the previous year. Special thanks to all who helped organize and run t...
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Category: General
Date: 1/5/2009
Author: Mike Carey
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Winter Website Updates Coming Soon!
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This winter looks to be a busy one here at WL.com. If you aren’t aware, Aaron is working feverishly on our next site upgrade, and what an upgrade it’s going to be! All the features currently on the site will remain, and in addition some new ones that will take the data to a whole new level of use and functionality. I’m not going to go into great detail, but here’s a teaser : Imagine you can take data going back over TEN YEARS to extrapolate the best times to fish a particular body of water, AND...
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Category: General
Date: 12/2/2008
Author: Mike Carey
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Historic Maryhill's Many Fishing Opportunities
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I find myself once again driving Highway 97 in the dark, wondering what interesting scenery I’m missing. This is my second year at “Fish Camp”, an annual event run by walleye guide Ed Iman (http://www.edimanguideservice.com/) for outdoors writers, guides, and businesses associated with the fishing industry. The 220 mile drive from Redmond is well worth it however, as my destination, Maryhill, will put me in the thick of this state’s abundant fishing opportunities on the Columbia River’s Lake Ce...
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Category: General
Date: 9/15/2008
Author: Mike Carey
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WL.com Picnic Extravaganza 2008
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It was one of those perfect mornings for WL.com members heading out to the 2nd annual WL.com picnic extravaganza. Clouds slowly burning off, weather a pleasant low 70s, calm winds… in short, the perfect day for a picnic.I arrived at 6:20am promptly, only to find BigBassDez had got there ahead of me! There were two other guys who I naturally assumed were part of our group. I introduced myself and they responded puzzled, which made me realize my mistake – too funny! In any case Dez and I quic...
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Category: General
Date: 7/21/2008
Author: Mike Carey
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Mid Summer WL.com Events Coming Soon!
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Here we are at the half year point and we are finally getting some nice, consistent weather! It seems like this spring was one of those never-ending ones as we slowly transitioned into summer. But summer is now in the air and we have some fun activities being planned by members of WL.com.First, mark your calendars for July 19th, when we will have our second WL.com Fishing/BBQ event. I’m excited about this one – mainly because I wasn’t able to go to last year’s! We will be meeting at a Wests...
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Category: General
Date: 6/1/2008
Author: Mike Carey
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Big Horn Show 2008
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This year’s Big Horn Show in Spokane was another great success. Aaron, Marc, Lotech Joe and I passed out over 750 flyers and talked to hundreds of anglers over the four day show. Many had never heard of us and will hopefully become active, posting readers.We also met quite a few regulars who are very excited about the new WashingtonLakes.com beta version we had to show them. The new site will have enhancements like a personal photo gallery, blog, private chat, “Hot Spots” generator, special...
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Category: General
Date: 3/25/2008
Author: Mike Carey
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The Year in Review - 2008
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Welcome to my annual ritual, the year in review. A time when I reflect on where we’ve been and what looms on the horizon. As with each year, we have lots of “new things” going on and a continuation of the old. Without a doubt this year’s BIG “new” thing was a Forum We Could Call Our Own. WL.com for the past several years had been sharing a forum on another website, but no more. This year with our latest upgrade (another “new” item) we developed our own forum. And what a forum! The last miss...
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Category: General
Date: 1/1/2008
Author: Mike Carey
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