First Willamette River Springer Caught
Bill Monroe of the Oregonian has about the best pulse on early fishing Spring Chinook fishing as anyone I know. He’s been covering NW fishing and hunting for the Oregonian for a real long time and to boot, he’s a regular at one of the great early season producers on the Willamette. It’s common place […]
Cold and Clear, No Problem
These past couple weeks have been rather trying as we’re in between the arrival of some of the early run fish and the big return of Native Broodstock and Native Steelhead that February and March is so famous for. Many just quite fishing, but we actually enjoyed some pretty decent fishing on the South Fork […]
What gillnet removal means for sportfishing on the Columbia River
The decision by Oregon and Washington to remove gillnets from the Columbia River will, simply put, mean more fish for sportfishing. Don’t expect much to change immediately, but over the course of the next few years, the commercial fleet will be transitioned to the side channels of Youngs Bay on the Oregon side and Deep […]
Columbia River Gillnetts relegated to off channel areas
Friday posed the final nail in the coffin for the future of gillnets on the Columbia River. Of course I’ve been following this subject for years on the radio show and with clients in the boat. We’re all interested in the outcome as sport fishermen, but as a native Northwesterner, I still have mixed emotions […]
Christmas Time Steelhead
I’ve been doing some Christmas time steelhead fishing the last couple days. I guess you could say it was time to shake the cobwebs a bit. Typically I take a couple weeks off after a marathon year of incredible fishing. You know a guy has to rest every now and then, but not very long […]
How to backtroll plugs for Steelhead
After all these years of technological development, improved techniques and continued development of the latest in steelhead catching trends, I’ll admit it, I still really enjoy back trolling plugs. “Pulling plugs”, as it’s called in the Northwest is the most fundamental steelhead boat technique there is. But like most forms of fishing success, it […]
Astoria, Warrenton and Hammond: Places to Stay
For those of you looking to come in the night before your day trip, or for those staying for several days, the following is a list of hotels that I have had clients stay at for years. You can call me prior to booking as I know many of the providers personally and can often […]
Astoria, Warrenton and Hammond: Places to Eat
Like any area, there are good places to eat and well, the not so good. I’ve put this list of restaurants and shacks together so that my fishing clients would know exactly where to go while visiting the area. Good food certainly goes with good fishing and this little corner of Oregon and SW Washington […]
Astoria Things to Do
After fishing activities while visiting Astoria I know that the fishing is the main attraction when coming to visit me anyway. Buy you’ll be glad to know that there’s plenty of activities and sites to take in around Astoria. Below are some suggestions of places to take in during your visit. The Columbia River Maritime […]