A military ID gets you in. Without it, you're stuck outside the gate, watching Northwest outdoors expert after expert drive through the gate with their sports utility vehicles loaded with the latest outdoor toys. Clutching cups of scalding coffee in camoflage travel mugs and shouldering backpacks better suited for navigating trails than city traffic, they'll set up booths at Joint Base Lewis McChord's Main Exchange. Indeed, Saturday, June 22 more than 50 hunting and fishing guides, vendors and outdoor experts - including representatives from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Project Healing Waters - will be on hand in the Exchange parking lot as part of the JBLM Outdoor Expo. Included will be 17 Northwest hunting and fishing experts on hand to answer your questions and offers tips.
Free fishing seminars will include:
Walleye with Northwest Legendary Guide Ed Iman
Bass with Pro-Staff Tournament Angler Chris Ferry
Salmon with Guide and Pro-Staff Angler Bruce Warren
Steelhead with Guide and Pro-Staff Angler Doug Dosch
Pink Salmon with Guide and Pro-Staff Angler Brianna Bruce
Musky with Tournament Angler Kevin Bye
Kokanee with Guide and Pro-Staff Angler Brianna Bruce
Washington's Warm Water Fishery with WDFW Biologist Bruce Bolding
Sockeye Salmon with Guide Jerrod Gibbons
Sturgeon with Guide and Pro-Staff Angler Bruce Warren
Shark with Guide Kelly Barnum
Curing Bait with Fetha Styx Womens Angling Team Member Kimber Roberts
Basics in Bead Angling with Hevi-Beads Loren Dunbar
Free hunting seminars will include:
Rifle Hunting for Deer with Columnist and Pro-Staff Hunter Kelly Riordin
Water Fowl Hunting with Pro-Staff Hunter Mitch Meyers
Bow Hunting Bear with Guide Shane Barbour
Rifle Hunting for Elk with Guide Shane Barbour
The JBLM Outdoor Expo is open to all active duty, National Guard, Reserve, Military retiree and family members who have access to the installation.
JBLM OUTDOOR EXPO, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, June 22, Main Exchange parking lot, Joint Base Lewis McChord, 253.964.3161