Author Archives: Mark Freeman

Mark Freeman

I’ve underachieved as the Mail Tribune’s Fish Hack since 1989. I can’t help but find a few things to yuk about with pathetic regularity in the outdoors. My most treasured award? An OSHA citation for a messy desk — Fire hazard. YEAH!

THREE-WORD THURSDAY: Sans. Peeps. Winner.

Welcome back to Three-Word Thursday, where Fish Hack is knocking out the Search and Destroy for Friday’s Fish Wrap a little early to make time for getting a lttle ink on this-here blank Salmon/Steelhead kill tag. Gotta whack a Rogue River winter steelhead, admission into the Super Bowl party Fish Hack takes the Tax Deductions [...]

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HAIKU MONDAY: On Early Bets, Early Steelhead and Cable Guy Job Security

Welcome back to Haiku Monday, where Fish Hack is glad he got the Giants plus 4 last week before the line took a dive not unlike Fish Hack’s career in the blogosphere. Got the Gints plus 4./Could be even by kickoff./Gotta bet the Bowl. For you few Haiku Monday virgins out there, this is when [...]

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THREE-WORD THURSDAY: Gully-Washer. Harvest. Kill.

Here we are again at Three-Word Thursday, where Fish Hack is hanging out at the Fish Wrap waiting for the Rogue River to clear up enough to take a whack at the first winter steelhead to reach the upper Rogue this season. That little gully-washer of a storm last week brought just enough warm water [...]

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HAIKU MONDAY: On Altered Bets, Big Water and Bleacher Butt

Welcome back to Haiku Monday, where Fish Hack is waiting out the high water that is Southern Oregon while happy and lucky to be 2-0 on weekend NFL bets. Bet what Fish Hack writes/And you push. Bet Hack’s real bets/And you cash, big time. Gave you all the Giants to win, and told you in [...]

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THREE-WORD THURSDAY: Tagger. Event. Bets.

Here we are again at Three-Word Thursday, where Fish Hack is sittin’ in the Fish Wrap workin’ up Sunday’s NFL bets and lookin’ at the Rogue River gauges to see just how big this-here storm will raise Southern Oregon’s Rogue River. Expect the flows to peak early Friday, dropping and clearing enough by the weekend to [...]

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+THREE-WORD THURSDAY: OR-7. Lassen. Fruit.

Here we are at Three-Word Thursday, where Fish Hack is watching OR-7 wander farther and farther away from his namesake state to where he might qualify for a moniker change to NEV-1. OR-7. Lassen. Fruit. What was once Southern Oregon’s first confirmed wolf in 65 years has become California’s first confirmed wolf in 88 years, and [...]

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HAIKU MONDAY: On GB2, Expense Accounts and Rollin’ Tide

Welcome back to Haiku Monday, where Fish Hack is Tebowing in hopes that it will bring winter steelhead to the middle Rogue River like it brought a win to a pretty hapless Denver Broncos. GB2 now means/”Go Broncos and Get Steelhead.”/That’s how we Tebow. For you Haiku Monday virgins, this is when and where Fish Hack [...]

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THREE-WORD THURSDAY: Reset. Inaction. Cam-Man.

Three-Word Thursday ushers in 2012 not bettin’ on the Mayans being right or wrong. If the winter solstice becomes a mega do-over for this-here orb as the Mayan calendar predicts, then there’s no reason to pay Fish Hack’s spare change into the Tax Deductions’ college funds. Then again, if the ultimate “hit reset” button turns [...]

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THREE-WORD THURSDAY: Cubicles. Credit. Destination.

Here we are back at Three-Word Thursday, with Fish Hack finally returning to the Fish Wrap after more than a week on the lam. It’s what legitimate employees may call vacation, but just how to outdoor writers truly get away from anything that resembles work? We go sit in other peoples’ cubicles, of course. Cubicles. [...]

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THREE-WORD THURSDAY: Rain. Done. Summer.

Here we are at Three-Word Thursday, where Fish Hack is watching coast anglers do the rain dance but hoping that any precip stays west of Grants Pass. Low, cold flows mean good summer steelhead fishing in winter on the upper Rogue, Hack’s home waters. Don’t rain on Hack’s parade. Rain. Done. Summer. The Elk, Sixes [...]

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