Montana

Time to speak out on mixing oil and water

by Wayne Mumford July 6, 2011

While state agencies and Exxon both seemed a little slow moving on the Yellowstone river oil spill, Governor Brian Schweitzer was out to have a look around today. Not one to miss a chance at raising the battle cry the governor was making sure that Exxon wasn’t painting to rosy of a picture. Exxon itself [...]

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What’s an oil pipeline doing under a river?

by Wayne Mumford July 4, 2011

That was the first thought that came to my mind when I heard that Exxon’s pipeline blew a few thousand gallons of crude oil into the Yellowstone. Of course there’s going to be some ass chewing and finger pointing and Exxon will throw some money around and in the end will get a little smack [...]

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A Ride in the Fall

by Wayne Mumford October 11, 2010

I had every intention to go fishing this past weekend but got sideswiped by technical web duty, chores that I couldn’t bury deep enough to get away from and finally today, the wind. Someone uttered the “W” word somewhere. It’s frustrating because I can feel the fair weather fishing window closing and another fall winding [...]

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Fallen Boulder Damages Madison Dam Near Ennis

by Wayne Mumford August 30, 2010

A bus sized boulder fell off the cliffs along the west side of Madison Dam Monday morning putting a 30 ft. divot in the top of the dam where it remains lodged. It also took out the hydraulics that control several of the flood gates. The leaking lines also apparently leaked “15 or 20 gallons” [...]

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Grizzlies Go Home

by Wayne Mumford August 22, 2010

Apparently a couple transplanted grizzlies decided that home is where the heart is after being transplanted from the Whitefish Range to the Cabinets in northwest Montana. It took them a week to find their way back to the Whitefish Range- and they even crossed Highway 2! Imagine that.  I keep hearing that grizzlies don’t cross [...]

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Top Water Pike

by Wayne Mumford August 2, 2010

I guess I’m going to have to consider an epoxy coat or a kevlar vest for my top water foam frog patterns. This one lasted about 20 minutes last night, which equated to 3 landed fish and a half dozen attacks. Yes, the top water bite was on. Flipping hysterical fishing. As soon as the [...]

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Noxon Bass Road Trip

by Wayne Mumford July 12, 2010

Friday we bailed for the Jr. Bassmaster qualifier at Noxon Reservoir. The weather was finally looking up but water temperatures and color were a mystery. Turns out the water has been cooler but clarity was pretty good. There were still some fish finishing up spawning unfortunately one familiar area was so choked with Millfoil (Myriophyllum [...]

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More Bass

by Wayne Mumford June 17, 2010

Monday was nice. Ever since then it has been pouring. Last week up until Friday- it was pouring. It’s starting to look like like Jurassic Park in some places. At least most of the weekend was nice. If you are a river fishing trout purist you might as well stay at home and tie your [...]

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