We’ve finished editing the latest kayak fishing video and are working on the technical aspects of posting it to the watermanatwork.com website. The video is a timeline collection of kayak fishing videos recorded from 1998 until 2006. The fishing is mainly videos from the reefs and kelp beds of North San Diego County. Once we … Read more
With most of the heavy lifting on the revamped watermanatwork.com website finished, we can move on to some new projects. The first is the 2015 Kayak Salmon Fishing video which has been uploaded to the watermanatwork.com website. You can click HERE to see the video, or click on the photo below More cool stuff coming … Read more
After today, it’s would be perfectly correct to label me a complete and total fool. I don’t really like shopping in stores, especially “big box” places, but against every shred of reason and logic, I decided to go to the Black Friday sale at Cabelas Outdoor Superstore in Tualatin, Oregon, which is basically Portland. I’ve … Read more
Well, winter is just about here; when the thermometer dips below 32°F, that’s getting into the cold range. Getting up at 4:00AM is tough enough when it’s shorts and T-shirt weather, hopping out of the sack when it’s 50° makes it extra special. We wait as long as possible to turn on the 24/7 heat(money, … Read more
“Turn out the lights, the party’s over” We gave it our best last ditch attempt, but the late run salmon fishing was just not happening. The water levels and fish counts dropped, the fish stopped biting and that was all she wrote. Everybody knows the salmon runs are limited, but it’s tough when the fall … Read more
Last week was not the best of the fishing season, but the conditions are pretty tough and it is the end of the salmon run. There are still some fish coming over the downstream dam, but just as many, if not more fish going over the upstream dam, so that’s a net loss. The water … Read more
Well, we’ve been giving it a good try, but I’m pretty sure our favorite salmon fishing spot has pretty much had it for the season. The water levels have come up a couple feet, but the fish were not biting today. We didn’t even get a nibble and we didn’t see any fish caught. There … Read more
If you go kayak fishing in the dark, it’s a good idea to have a light on board so you can be seen by other boats. Posted on the watermanatwork.com website is how to make an inexpensive mast light that will allow you to be seen from a long distance in the dark. It costs … Read more
The salmon fishing on the Columbia River here in the Gorge has been pretty tough lately, but it’s hard to give up on salmon fishing because it is really world class fishing and salmon tastes pretty good too. Salmon that was caught by noon, on the grill at five and eaten by six is what … Read more
The salmon fishing has been pretty challenging for the past week or so. It’s the tail end of the annual fall salmon run and the fish counts over the nearest downstream dam are way down. On top of all that, with daytime temperatures here on the river in the mid seventies and nighttime lows in … Read more