HUNTING/FISHNG -- Bend, Ore., is tops and Lewiston, Idaho is sixth in Outdoor Life magazine's just-released list of the “Top 200 Towns for Sportsmen” for 2011.

Lewiston dropped from No. 1 in the rankings in 2009 and No. 4 last year despite great runs of steelhead and salmon.  What the...?  The town must be going to the dogs.

But Spokane is even worse off, ranking No. 184 in 2009 but dropping off the list this year.

The magazine bills the annual ranking as an exhaustive list of the best places to live for those who love the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing, plus a high quality of life and suitability for families. The magazine also gave greater consideration to towns that boast low unemployment rates, high household incomes and low cost of living.

Other Inland Northwest towns in the list and their rankings include: 32 Sandpoint, 38 Kalispell, 56 Moses Lake, 60 Orofino, 61 Dillon, 79 Coeur d'Alene, 82 Missoula, 85 Salmon, 99 Winthrop.

Washington's only entries in the list are: 103 Port Angeles and 150 Shelton.

Click here to see the complete list  and detals of the top 200 outdoor towns.

The city of Bend, Oregon, population 80,000, leads the list as the country’s top town for sportsmen. Rising in rank from number 6 on last year’s list, Bend nabbed the top spot for attributes including access to millions of acres of Forest Service land, grassland and wetland, as well as its hundreds of miles of fishable streams and rivers. The area’s unique landscape presents a bounty of both upland and big game hunting, and legendary waterways provide anglers with year-round opportunities. The city’s 300 days of sunshine per year also helped boost its ranking, as did a thriving economy that has pushed household income up 30 percent over the past decade. In total, 13 Oregon cities made this year’s Top Towns list.

 Outdoor Life’s 2011 “Top 20 Towns for Sportsmen”

1. Bend, Oregon
2. Pinedale, Wyoming
3. Rapid City, South Dakota
4. Kodiak, Alaska
5. Saratoga, Wyoming
6. Cooper Landing, Alaska
7. Lewiston, Idaho
8. Pendleton, Oregon
9. Sheridan, Wyoming
10. Bismarck, North Dakota
11. Mountain Home, Arkansas
12. Chamberlain, South Dakota
13. Pierre, South Dakota
14. Rawlins, Wyoming
15. Lander, Wyoming
16. Cody, Wyoming
17. Williston, North Dakota
18. Heber Springs, Arkansas
19. Marquette, MI
20. Loa, Utah