Kayak Fishing

We thought this salmon season would be a short one and, unfortunately, we were right. Salmon and steelhead fishing on the Columbia River will close on October 22, 2016. Should have been here yesterday…

Even though the fishing was not very good the day before, with the salmon season just about over and bad weather on the way, we had to give it one more shot. It may have been the last day of kayak fishing for 2016. With the fact it mind that it could be the last … Read more

The Columbia River salmon fishing report from this morning is not very good. The water in Columbia tributaries is still running a little high and fast, pretty murky as well. The off color water reaches out into the main river until the depth reaches about twenty feet or so. The fish are still in the … Read more

As is usually the case here in the Columbia River Gorge, almost everything changes all the time, especially the weather. The days are getting shorter, it’s getting colder, and of course we’ve got rain. At least it’s not snowing(yet). We’ve had a run of windy weather, so no kayak fishing. It looks like the next … Read more

It was on and off rain yesterday, today was all rain with a few breaks. The wind stayed calm and it wasn’t too cold, so it wasn’t bad, just completely wet. Stumbling over wet rocks in the dark adds a little more excitement to the already pretty exciting business of kayak fishing for salmon on … Read more

The weather forecast was looking sketchy, but it turned out to be a pretty decent day of kayak fishing for salmon on the Columbia River. It rained on and off all morning, but the wind stayed calm and turned out to be good fishing conditions. As expected, the fishing was slow, but not quite hopeless. … Read more

An illegal weighted gill net was discovered at the mouth of the Klickitat River on September 28. If you witnessed this event, especially if you have photos or video, please contact reportpoaching@dfw.wa.gov.

This morning we were out kayak fishing for salmon on the Columbia River hoping for a little better luck than we’ve had for the past few fishing days. Salmon fishing is great, but it isn’t around for long and the fishing is definitely slowing down early this season. The fish counts kicked up a bit … Read more

Sorry, there are no photos or video today because the salmon fishing on the Columbia River is really poor. Out of 20-25 boats, which is about half of what it was this time last week, I saw three fish caught. I had a couple weak bumps, nothing even close to a hookup, in about six … Read more

We had a couple nice days for some Columbia River salmon fishing. Days are getting shorter and it’s getting colder at night, the beautiful long summer days of the Pacific Northwest are pretty much over. Over two days of fishing, I caught two fish, which is about average for a decent fisherman. You always hope … Read more