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first salmon of 2018
2018 Ocean Salmon Season – Week 5.2

Another back to back weekend.  With the projections so grim, I am trying to take every opportunity I can to…

2018 Ocean Salmon Season – Week 5.1

The action continues. The bar was a breeze and the ocean was almost a lake.  Cruising speed was 30+ mph.…

Rough Seas
2018 Ocean Salmon Season – Week 4.2

Again, only three people in the boat.  The wind forecast was worse than the day before.  If we can find…

Chinook Salmon
2018 Ocean Salmon Season – Week 4.1

This week, we are a man down.  Only 3 people in the boat this day.  If we can find the…

coho
2018 Ocean Salmon Season – Week 3

This was the week that persistence payed off for sure. We decided to start this week where we got our…

2018 Ocean Salmon Season – Week 2

Here we go again.  🙂 6am start to launch by 8am and cross the bar at low tide.  We struggled…

smoked salmon
Making room in the freezer – Smoked Salmon 101

With the ocean salmon season underway and Buoy 10 just around the corner, it is time to free up some…

Chinook Jack
2018 Ocean Salmon Season – Week 1

June 23rd, Ocean Salmon Opener.  I have been waiting for this day since the end of Buoy 10 last year.…

Hail Mary Springer
2018 Springer Fishing – Hail Mary

Springer season on the lower Columbia is officially closed, but the WDFW/ODFW once again has blessed us with an additional…

skunked
Columbia River Springers – No Good Deed…

With the weather warming up a bit and tons of great fishing reports from some reliable sources on Thursday, I…