Big_Daddy aka Randy
Webmaster - Editor - Owner

Jason Caywood aka Telkibear
Reports Page - Development & Administrator

I was born, raised, and spent my entire life living in Northwest Washington. I spent a good portion of my youth fishing in Capital Lake and the Puget Sound, but without a mentor I didn't catch much. My favorite spot was this small railroad bridge that ran over a small channel. As the tide came in the flats behind the bridge would fill full of water and as the tide went out all that water would rush back out and force all the fish that were there out through this little channel that couldn't have been more than 10ft wide. As I remember back on it I can almost feel that railroad bridge underneath me now, feel the sun beating down on my already burned face, and smell KFC fried chicken wafting across the water. Shortly after those days all of my gear was stolen and I stopped fishing.

In 2002 I became friends with one of my co-workers who also happened to be an avid fisherman. It didn't take long for the bug to replant itself in my brain and the next thing I knew I was blowing money on gear and getting my friend in trouble with his wife for going fish so often. After a few months of this I finally got my first fish, a 14" 1.5lb trout out of Tiger Lake.

That did nothing to help my addiction, let me tell you! I began searching for more information... MORE INFORMATION! It wasn't easy to come by. I mean, if you do a search on, say, "fishing" you'll turn up 10,203,493.4 sites all dedicated to bass. Eventually I found Gamefishin.com. The site was clean, no clutter to navigate through, the reports were useful and current, and the people on the forums were nicer than one could hope for on the internet these days. So I began sucking up all the information I could and in turn shared information on the rare occasions I felt I could answer a question.

Then, after missing an event I really wanted to attend, I decided to try writing an event "calendar" in ASP for the site. Nothing complex, just a little thing to help notify people when events were nearing and the like (I gotta finish that someday). When Bruce saw the partially completed project he approached me about coding a new reports page for him. I refused at first... then offered to give it a go, but no promises. I mean, I'm not an advanced ASP coder. The next thing I knew I had created a monster!

And that's why I've got this blurb on the About Gamefishin.com page. I didn't do this alone, though. I have to thank D.W. Close for laying me off so I had lots of time on my hands, Bruce for his encouragement and always constructive criticisms, and Kurt and Wader for transferring the old reports to the new setup in such a short amount of time. Beta Testers included TRAPPER, Kurt, Fish Guy Keith, and Bruce. Thanks guys!

Wade Samuelson aka Wader
Foum Moderator

I am a lifetime resident of Lewis County and began trout fishing in grade school. It never became a passion though and I would go years at a time without any fishing whatsoever. Then about five years ago, my dad bought a 14 foot aluminum boat and we started lake fishing. We were hooked immediately. We have since expanded our interests to include salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon fishing. We have a very versatile 19 foot Wooldridge and have fished it in almost every body of water between Puget Sound and Buoy 10.

I love analyzing gear and am forever experimenting with and testing various hooks, lines, and other tackle. I enjoy tying leaders and giving them to friends. I have recently joined the world in the quest for the perfect egg cure (but I’m convinced there isn’t one—it’s more a matter of the perfect cure for whatever spot of river you’re fishing!)

I am married and have three daughters. My oldest daughter is five and likes fishing, but loves catching—hey, don’t we all?! During the week I am an attorney and have fishing tackle scattered throughout my office. I love being a moderator here at gamefishin.com! It gives me the opportunity to meet and fish with some of the nicest people that have ever owned both a computer and a fishing rod. Be sure to register on the forum and send me a message introducing yourself. Tight lines!!

Chis Wilen
Forum Admin

I’m one of the many transplanted midwesterns to make the journey out to the West Coast. I grew up fishing for walleye and northern pike with my grandfather in the lakes and rivers of North Dakota. After moving from NoDak to SoDak to WA to GA to London to New Orleans and back to WA, I’ve finally stayed in one place long enough to learn the the rivers and lakes again.

For the past few years, I’ve been gaining the knowledge and experience necessary to give tournament fishing a go. Northwest walleye fishing is a different type of fishing from the Midwest lakes that I grew up on so it has been an enjoyable experience learning new techniques and waters. The pressure on walleye is light out here but there are some great walleye fishermen to learn from and the next world record walleye is just waiting for me to find her.

Although I will always be a walleye fisherman at heart, the Northwest has provided some great fishing adventures away from the warm water. Thanks to the people on this board, I’ve also enjoyed fishing for salmon, steelhead, halibut, and even those slimy trout. The range of knowledge and experience on Gamefishin.com and the fantastic people have made these new ventures both possible and enjoyable.

I am married to a soon-to-be school teacher who supports my fishing addiction even if she doesn’t quite understand it yet. I have learned great fishing techniques since first joining Gamefishin.com and enjoy reading the posts daily. I hope I can contribute to others' fishing enjoyment as I continue to learn from all of you.

Carl Costenbader aka Easy Limits
Forum Moderator

I am a native Washingtonian. Born, raised, and still live in Federal Way. I am the sixth of seven children in my family.

I have been around boats and fishing my whole life. Granted, with some interruptions in either boating or fishing in my life I always seem to find my way back to what really is important…….FISHING!

When I was a kid my family had a 24’ Bayliner. I can remember getting up early on foggy summer mornings to fish in the Boeing Salmon Derby around Point No Point. At the time our boat was not equipped with downriggers. Heck, I don’t know if downriggers even existed back then. I can remember one year my brother Chris taking seventh place in the Boeing Salmon Derby. My mom use to swear by the “pink squid” as her favorite king salmon getter.

With seven kids running around my dad decided to get my mom a 37’ Californian motor yacht for Valentines Day. After that, we spent our summers living on the Californian while it was moored in Eagle Harbor (Bainbridge Island) at the outpost for Queen City Yacht Club. What’s a kid to do during the summer while being stuck on a boat with no place to go? Fishing of course. My brother Craig and I use to pull the piling worms off the bottom of the docks and hand line fish for perch. Perch were very abundant back then and big too. My brother and I would catch so many perch we would give them to the other folks moored at the outpost.

Life goes on. Parents get divorced, boat gets sold, school, girlfriends. Where does the time go?

Around 1999 I found myself with an ex-fiance and lots of spare time on my hands. A friend of mine calls me up and says “I have a 12’ fiberglass boat collecting dust in my backyard. Do you want it?” Of course, I said YES. Ever since then I have re-discovered fishing and boating. With the help of my buddy and mentor Barry Dubnow I re-learned salmon fishing in the salt and rivers. He also taught me a ton about trout fishing in lakes. I eventually moved up to a 14’ aluminum boat so I could have more access to saltwater areas and larger lakes.

I now make Redondo my saltwater fishing home for salmon in the summer and winter. I consider the Green River to be my home river.

When I was not actually out on the water fishing I was needing to read and talk about fishing. With the help of computers and internet on-line services I discovered Gamefishin.com. My first thoughts about Gamefishin.com were “local, small, and very user friendly”. Hard to imagine in just the few short years that I have been participating on Gamefishin.com it has become such a large community of fine fisherman and women. I have met and fished with several fisherman and women from the on-line fishing world and I am always impressed with the quality of individuals who love doing what I love to do, FISHING.