Matt Schubert

OUTDOORS: Fishing picks up along Peninsula coastline

THE RETURN OF thecoho, back after a dreadful one-year hiatus, is delighting anglers. "I can't remember this many fish since I was commercial fishing back… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Five best bets to do this weekend

• Hand-to-pincer -- Forget the crab pots. With next week sporting a couple of extreme low tides, the time of the bare-handed crabber is almost… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Where to find the best beach fishing

TRENDY CLUBS, HIGH society parties, the cool kids' lunch table . . . these are things enjoyed by the elite. As any reader of this… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Five best bets this weekend

• Coastal coho -- The numbers don't lie. Coming home with at least one coho from either of the Peninsula's coastal fisheries is pretty much… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Nine days on the road in California without an IOU

SUMMER VACATION DONE come and gone, my oh my. Yes, there's nothing like a return to khakis, gaudy striped shirts and dress shoes to have… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: West End saltwater salmon season coming

The saltwater salmon season will kick off in Marine Areas 3 (LaPush) and 4 (Neah Bay). The coastal fisheries are open to salmon fishing, minus… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Squid show up around summer

ONCE UPON A time I was curious about squidding on the North Olympic Peninsula. The Big Boss Man (aka John Brewer) wanted me to look… Continue reading

SPORTS: Teams worthy of MVP mention

THE END OF each high school sports season means one thing at the Peninsula Daily News sports desk: It's All-Peninsula time. What first began as… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Lots of halibut reported just in time for Sekiu derby

THREE REASONS TO visit sunny Sekiu this weekend: A)It's the only place anglers can score a halibut the rest of the season. B) Anyone lucky… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Puget Sound Anglers come through with hatchery help

THOSE WHO HOOK into a hatchery winter steelhead on the Clallam, Pysht or Lyre rivers in 2010-11 might consider penning a thank you letter. Without… Continue reading

SPORTS: Sequim’s Gault picks up pieces after 2006 football concussion

SEQUIM -- Adrien Gault loved football. He "ate, breathed and drank" it while playing running back, cornerback and whatever else for the Sequim Wolves from… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Hey fishermen, there IS such a thing as a free lunch

ANGLERS CAN ACTUALLY get a free lunch this weekend. The return of Free Fishing Weekend, set for Saturday and Sunday, gives anglers a chance to… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Rowing association’s strong pull

TEAM SPORTS AT its pinnacle almost always boils down to one thing -- harmony. Whenever a group of athletes can operate on the same page,… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles High doing coaching recruitment right

A LITTLE LESS than a year ago, I was offered the Port Angeles boys basketball coaching job. Yes, the proposal was made in jest (I'm… Continue reading

PREP NOTEBOOK: Port Angeles makes fast work of second coaching vacancy

IT DIDN'T LONG for Port Angeles to fill its other vacant coaching position. A few days after announcing the selection of its new football coach… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: River fishing opener delayed

THOSE LOOKING TO head out to their favorite hole on Monday better think twice. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife, in its infinite wisdom,… Continue reading

SPORTS COMMENTARY: New Port Angeles football coach has more than a plan

DICK ABRAMS HAD more than a plan. He had a book. The former Stanwood head football coach knows exactly what he wants to do with… Continue reading

SPORTS: MVPs part of Chimacum baseball, softball tradition

CHIMACUM -- These are no diamonds in the rough. The Chimacum baseball and softball teams sneak up on nobody these days. In the Class 1A… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Being lucky counts in fishing for flatties

HERE'S A PIECE of advice for this weekend's much-anticipated halibut derby: get lucky. I'm not talking in the Biblical sense, but rather, the piscatorial one.… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Another 200-pounder caught near Protection Island

LIGHTNING MAY NOT strike twice in the same place. When it comes to mammoth halibut, however, that might just be another story altogether. For the… Continue reading