Chris and I headed off into the Washington backcountry to look for some trophy trout holding in the high country lakes. The first lake we tried out was a series of small, seasonal bodies of water that are formed by water freezing in a lava tube, holding the winter snowmelt until the ice in the … Read more
The weather has been great the past few days and the fish have been biting. My friends Chris, Mike and I got out on the local lake and had pretty good luck with the trout. Mike had especially good luck and landed a lunker rainbow. The lake is stocked with rainbows every year, most of … Read more
Starting to think that the nice summer weather is starting to replace the cold spring rain; a beautiful day today, no better place to be than out in the woods. The spring weather can be pretty gloomy around here, but the rain leaves everything green and the streams and rivers running at full volume. The … Read more
Yesterday we hit the local lake where the fishing was pretty good. At least the sun was out and it was warm, still a little windy. Today we headed a little higher up into the hills. Much cooler, but sunny and not as windy in the morning. The fishing was good; caught at least ten … Read more
We had hoped to be fishing by now. Spring salmon are running, the local lakes are freshly stocked with trout and walleye and smallmouth bass are biting in the Columbia River. Got all the gear ready and threw the kayak on the truck. The next day began a week of downpours and 40+ mph wind. … Read more