Columbia River Fishing
Columbia River Fishing- A guide to news, reports and information for Salmon, steelhead and sturgeon fishing for the Columbia River
Gorge Salmon Fishing Keeps on Going- Klickitat River, White Salmon, Deschutes River
I’ve been hanging out in the Gorge as of late. It’s beauty is unquestionable and fishing possibilities endless. Because of this, we’ve done a whole lot of moving around this year, all the while enjoying beautiful weather and some pretty good Salmon fishing. By all accounts we’re not seeing the Nintendo like fishing of last […]
Buoy 10 Salmon Fishing Mayhem
I like to do a little more blogging than I have been able to do the last few weeks, but with the Buoy 10 Salmon fishing season, I’ve really been living hand to mouth trying to keep up with everything. Customer fishing trips, bookings, boat repairs, egg curing, radio and a little time with the […]
Fall Fishing- Ready, set, GO!
The next four months are really the creme de la creme for Salmon fishing in the Pacific Northwest. Millions of Salmon will make their way into their natal rivers over the course of the next several months and we’ll be there, with rods, reels and barbeque’s in hand. I’ll be starting the season this year […]
Columbia River Salmon- Springers, wait I mean Summers
Some of you may know that we received an extension on the Columbia River to continue to fish for Spring Salmon. I wasn’t terribly excited about the option as I spend my May on the Willamette fishing for Spring Salmon and these sort of seasons aren’t usually that productive. In this case however, it did […]
2014 Columbia River Fall Chinook Fishing
Big Fall Chinook returns are in store for the upcoming year on the Columbia River. On the heals of the recent Columbia River Coho predictions, yesterdays release of expected 2014 Fall Chinook returns will have fishermen throughout the region excited about what’s to come. We’ve seen some nice returns since the early 2000’s, but we’ve […]
2014 Columbia River Coho Salmon Season is Forecasted to be Exceptional
Walking around the Sportsman Show this past week, a friend of mine walked up and shoved a phone in my face. “Look!”, he said as I began scanning through a document that he had pulled up on his phone. It was the forecast for arriving Coho to the Columbia for 2014 and I was looking […]
2014 Fishing Calendar
Every year I give those who have fished with me in the past the opportunity to book early for the upcoming seasons. Spots and days are limited so this is a good opportunity to plan ahead and make sure you’ve got prime days to look forward to. This coming year looks to be as good or […]
Hatchery and Wild- Directors Cut
Hatchery and Wild, the short film, premiered January 30th at the Mission Theater. The event was full to capacity by 6:15p and the theater turned people away for the next 45 minutes until show time. The turn out and enthusiasm for the film was incredible. In the fall of this year the Association of NW […]
Lower Columbia Spring Chinook Salmon could stay open until April 7
Friend and NW Outdoor contributor Allen Thomas of the Vancouver Columbian has a nice write up on what we can expect from the upcoming season. Low water flows could make for excellent fishing for the 220,000 Springers that are anticipated to return. I will not start until the last week of March which means that […]
Columbia River Spring Chinook Forecast
In the first of many forecasts to come over the next couple months, the Columbia River Spring Chinook run forecast numbers were released. The 2014 run looks to be significantly better than 2013 and I know that’s a relief to all of us. Shortly, Willamette River numbers will be released and if the Willamette parallels the […]