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Washington Fishing

Washington Fishing- A guide to news, reports and information for Salmon, steelhead and sturgeon fishing for Washington rivers and ocean.

NW Steelheaders Shot Tournament a Success

After 25 years the SH*T Tournament becomes the SHOT Tournament. I was invited to emcee the latest ANWS tournament held in Tillamook. This is the first year of a tournament that will now become another fund raiser for the Steelheaders. The participation was great, the food fantastic and the enthusiasm to do it again next […]

Klickitat Deschutes and White Salmon fishing continues to impress

The wake of this year’s Columbia River Salmon run has made fishing East of Bonneville very impressive. This past week we experienced similar gaudy results in what might have been the best fishing I’ve ever seen in the lower 48. Doubles, triples and more opportunities than you could count as Columbia River Salmon at the […]

Columbia River Salmon Fishing- Smashing Records in 2013

It’s a great time to be a fishing guide on the Columbia River Columbia River fisheries managers met again today and decided to lift the remaining restrictions on Columbia River sport fishermen. This years run has continued to beat all expectations and like previous meetings, fisheries managers again upgraded the run. With some 800,000 Fall […]

The end of Buoy 10. Next up….Klickitat River Salmon Fishing

The end of Bouy 10. Next up…Klickitat River Salmon Fishing Buoy 10 stands as a sign of good things to come for Klickitat River Salmon fishing What a great year in Astoria fishing for Salmon.  Lots and lots of Salmon made their way through the area known as Buoy 10 and it was great ending […]

Buoy 10 Salmon Fishing Finally

Although it’s a bit late to jump on my schedule for this year, I wanted to provide a quick update on the action we’ve been experiencing this past week on the Lower Columbia River. Tides slowed down starting Wednesday and with it, the fishing came unhinged.  Really insane bites have developed with an absolute pile […]

Cowlitz River Summer Steelhead Fishing

Cowlitz River Summer Steelhead fishing is great fun.  Those of you that have fished out of the Blue Creek area with me know how athletic these fish are and might pull better, pound for pound, than anything out there. Here’s a Forum Post on Fishwire.net talking about this year’s Cowlitz River Summer Steelhead returns.  Check […]

The move to Shimano, G. Loomis, Power Pro

In the last few days I’ve completed a move to a group of companies that I have long admired and only hoped to one day join.  Shimano, G. Loomis and PowerPro stand at the peak of their respective categories and I believe my customers will be the recipients of many of the relationships benefits. Shimano […]