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 […]
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 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 […]
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 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 […]
First Springer of 2018
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 […]
Final Winter Steelhead trip of 2018
With springer fever starting to really kick in, deciding to float for steelhead or troll for salmon was tough. Either way, I just had to get my wife on the water. If you read the title of this post, it is pretty obvious the decision I made. My buddy Pablo did a little recon and […]
Change-up
My original plans had me out on the Columbia River trolling for Spring Chinook again last Saturday. One event led to another and my plans fell through. I got an invite to join my good friends out on the Clackamas River to chase winter steelhead instead. With the Columbia as cold as it is right […]
How to Earn Easy Money while Sport Fishing
Courtesy of KATU News PORTLAND, Ore. – An angler made $84,000 in 5 months by catching 10,000 fish from Northwest rivers last year. Here’s how: The Bonneville Power Administration’s Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program offers anglers $5 to $8 for every northern pikeminnow taken from the Columbia and Snake rivers. The pikeminnow preys on young salmon and steelhead. “The program’s goal […]
Springer Season 2018
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 […]
Planning to Fish in Puerto Vallarta
Taking the family to Puerto Vallarta in the middle of January is a real treat when you live in the Northwest. For my wife’s birthday, I wanted to do something different being the milestone it is. I will not advertise just how old she will be or this would probably be my final blog post. […]
First Fishing Trip of 2018 with Jim Thurber of Gold Rush
This is the continuation to my previous post. Thank you again Home with Heroes for making this happen. We were scheduled to hit the Sandy river, but due to high winds, the excursion was moved to the Clackamas river to get a little more protection from the wind. It was still pretty cold, but not […]