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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…

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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…

Springer Fishing – Feast or Famin

This is a combined report for the previous two days because although each day was drastically different, the end result…

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First Springer of 2018

Launched from the Ridgefield ramp on this day.  I initially wanted to slip into the Multnomah Channel but decided last…

Springer Season 2018
Springer Season 2018

It is finally time to come out of hibernation! Life got in the way of much of my Winter Steelhead…

The Biggest Fish I Have Caught to Date
The Biggest Fish I Have Caught to Date

We all know that person that tells tall tails and maybe stretches the truth a bit.  Well, this is my…