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 […]
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 […]
Buoy 10 Article
I know many of you that fish with me also fish on your own. Here’s an article that I put together over at Fishwire.net that explains the ins and outs of moving with the tide at Buoy 10 on the Lower Columbia River. It creates a scenario for those that might not be familiar with […]
Buoy 10 Mayhem
Yes, it’s a wonderful fishery and this year, it’s particularly wonderful. I’ve been down in Astoria running charters now for just 4 days, but thought I’d give everyone a report. I started Tuesday with a “first trip” for the new boat. I was very glad to spend it with two of my 3 favorite girls […]
Buoy 10 Salmon Fishing- Better than predicted
Many of you may know that my boat of the last three years has been sold and a new one will be here and ready Monday just in time for 17 days of Buoy 10 madness. I scheduled the whole boat build in between summer steelhead and the buoy 10 season so as to not […]
Buoy 10 Salmon Fishing- Make your move
Many of my customers don’t just fish with me, but also do a bunch of fishing on their own. The Buoy 10 fishery in Astoria on the Lower Columbia River is one of those fisheries that at times looks really easy, but as many of you may know there’s more to it than just showing […]
Columbia River Fall Salmon- Buoy 10 and Klickitat River looking good!
Fall Salmon fishing is looking good for our Columbia River Buoy 10 and Klickitat River fishery. To summarize today’s meeting- managers are looking for similar Fall Chinook numbers to return and significantly better Coho or Silver numbers. I currently have a few random seats and a couple days open for each fishery. Don’t wait if […]
Columbia River Fall Salmon fishing looking even better
Most of the email alerts that I get aren’t much. A sucker fish had a baby. Manatee falls in love with whale, etc. Typical headlines that are quickly jettisoned into my cyber trash can. But occasionally such a release actually means something like the one I got last week on this year’s Columbia River Fall […]
Ocean and Mouth of the Columbia River Coho looking much improved
I have to admit right now, I didn’t miss the lack of Coho Salmon last year. I say this with full understanding that had the Chinook not shown up in the salt and river the way they did, it would have been curtains for sure. But fortunately for sports and charter boats alike, the Ocean […]