Lance Fisher
Bi-State Columbia River Saga Continues
The ODFW Commission met Friday to disuss among other things, Columbia River gillnets. Oh. My. Gosh. What a frigging marathon of a meeting. It was hours and hours and hours. It was brutal. I watched it live on Periscope. I was like, “Are these folks ever going to be done?” It was one piece of testimony […]
Tillamook vs. Forks- Contrasting Directions
NWOS Transcript Break…………. It’s funny that we think back over the years, and we’ve had years where we’ve had zero rain. I shouldn’t say zero. We’ve had winters where we go weeks in low water. You’re sitting there going, “Oh my gosh, is it ever going to rain?” and “It’s global warming.” It’s this, it’s […]
Best fishing of the year? It may be now.
Tillamook county had a good week of fishing. Everywhere it should have been good, it was and much of the week, the fishing was excellent. Knowing you’re on fish is always nice and it caused me to wonder, “Will this years’ winter steelhead season be the best fishing of the year?” Double digit days fishing […]
582,000 Columbia River Fall Chinook Estimated for 2017
Fishery managers are looking at returns of between 582,600 Fall Chinook for the Columbia River in 2017. Official numbers will be announced later today. The breakdown on the 582,600 fish is as follows: Upriver Bright component or SRW- 260,000 Bonneville Pool or BPA- 158,000 Hatchery Tule or LRH- 92,400 Wild Tule or LRW- 12,500 Bonneville Upriver Bright […]
2017 Fishing Schedule- Oregon, Columbia River and Washington
I’m looking forward to another great year fishing. Many of you have fished with me long enough to be good friends and I’m thankful for the continued support and fun over the years. We’ve expanded our fishing offerings this year to be able to give our customers the best fishing in two states. While I […]
Early Steelhead Fishing Good On Tillamook Area Rivers
A little nap after a year of fishing is always in order. Nearly ten months of fishing will do that to a guy. But there are a few things that will get you going again after resting up and shiny, chrome bright, missiles on the Wilson River, only a few miles out of Tillamook Bay will do […]
Columbia River Salmon Continue Downward Slide for 2017
A little bird showed up and happened to whisper some pre-season forecasts for some of our upcoming Columbia River fishing Seasons. In 2017, Columbia River Spring Chinook continue a decline with 160,400 upriver bound fish projected to arrive at the mouth near Astoria. I wasn’t able to find the fact sheet that gave final results […]
Tillamook fishing- All about the tides and water levels
A couple weeks of really good fishing caught up to us a little bit this week as small tides and less than ideal water levels finally slowed things down a little bit. The week fishing in Tillamook started strong on the heals of another system that made the rivers come up and the fish come […]
Tillamook County Rivers Bring Shiny Gifts
I love this time of year. Back to the roots, simplicity and basics that make drift boat fishing in Tillamook County so amazing. In it’s simplicity, the fishing is quite technical. The basics are only basics if you know them and I have so sympathy for those that don’t yet understand. I was taught by […]
Tillamook Fishing- Bays, Rivers and Weather
As a guide, this weather is giving me heart burn. I don’t remember ever seeing an October that was this wet, blustery and at times, flat out nasty. Up to the 24th of October, we have had 11.64 inches of rain in Tillamook. Compare that with 3.95 inches during the whole month of October in […]