Based in the Seattle area and owner of Hot Shot Guide Service Fishing Guide Eli Rico is one of the most well-rounded fishing salmon guides in the Pacific Northwest. Throughout the year he fishes for salmon, walleye, trout, bass and sturgeon on fisheries ranging from the Olympic Peninsula to the tributaries of the Columbia River to Potholes Reservoir. Rico guides more than 300 days a year. He fishes on the Snohomish River system, the Quillayute River system and Olympic Peninsula (including the Hoh, Sol Duc, Bogachiel, Queets and main stream Queets rivers), the Columbia River systems (including tributary salmon fisheries like the Cowlitz, Klickitat, Wind and Yakima rivers) and the Chehalis River system. He also fishes trout and salmon in Lake Sammamish and Lake Washington; walleye, steelhead, salmon, sturgeon and smallmouth bass on the middle Columbia River and halibut and sea bass in Neah Bay. Rico is commonly featured on the Northwest Wild Country Radio, Fishing Hunting News, Game and Fishing and Salmon, Trout Steelheader.