NW Outdoor Explorer

Springer season on the lower Columbia is officially closed, but the WDFW/ODFW once again has blessed us with an additional day of post season springer fishing on the lower Columbia and everyone with a seat in a boat was out there. With all these fishermen in the area, how do we not have a greater […]

With the weather warming up a bit and tons of great fishing reports from some reliable sources on Thursday, I felt really good about hitting the water Friday. Launched the boat in Ridgefield and came across a fella tied up to the dock that appeared to have a dead battery situation.  I tied up along […]

This is a combined report for the previous two days because although each day was drastically different, the end result was no bueno. Headed out Friday morning from Marine Park.  Cruised down to Davis Bar for a few passes.  Got our lines in the water and started the grind.  Again, the standard flasher and cut […]

Launched from the Ridgefield ramp on this day.  I initially wanted to slip into the Multnomah Channel but decided last minute to head up river to Davis Bar.  It gave me a chance to run the motors good and get some fresh fuel thorough the system.  I had to replace a thermostat in one of […]

It is finally time to come out of hibernation! Life got in the way of much of my Winter Steelhead fishing this year.  The itch needs to be scratched. ODFW/WDFW announced the Spring salmon season for the Columbia River which started yesterday March 1st and is set to run through April 7th. There have been […]

We all know that person that tells tall tails and maybe stretches the truth a bit.  Well, this is my tall tail, but with photo proof.  🙂 This is not a monster by any means, but it is the biggest fish I have caught so far. It could easily have been exaggerated to 50+ lbs, […]