We’ve been fishing hard all week, all I had to show for it was a small coho salmon and a couple wild Chinook that were released. The fishing is getting tougher every day. Not only have I not been hauling them in, the past couple days, I only saw a couple fish caught, even at … Read more
September has turned to October and the salmon fishing season continues. The mornings are getting colder, the leaves on the trees are turning to fall colors and most of the chinook salmon have passed by on their annual run upstream towards Idaho. Thankfully, we have started to see more coho salmon in the area so … Read more
After a hot start to the salmon fishing season, things have cooled off considerably. The fish counts are way down and there are more fish leaving than coming. From here until the end of the season, any salmon or steelhead caught will make it a great day and you can expect a few days when … Read more
It must be all the clean living we are doing because we are having some pretty decent luck salmon fishing so far this season. There were a couple days where the weather didn’t cooperate, but for the days we got out on the river, we were pretty lucky. You can tell when the fishing is … Read more
I’ve been very lucky for the past week or so and done really well salmon fishing on the Columbia River. I’ve gone fishing six times and caught salmon every time. That has to be the best start of the salmon season, or any other fishing season, I’ve ever had. It’s not like the fish are … Read more
After a slow summer of fishing, the fall salmon and steelhead fishing season is under way, so time for a little salmon fishing on the Columbia River to get things going. We’ve been able to spend a couple days fishing at our favorite local spot and the fishing has been pretty good. The wind has … Read more
The Lowrance Elite 3X fishfinder is one of the least expensive fishfinders available, there will be a lot of kayak fishermen who are looking for a basic, low cost fishfinder and the kayak fishermen who do not need a $500 fishfinder might be interested in the Elite 3X. The low price and color screen will … Read more
Straight Outta The River
After weeks of wind, we finally got a mostly calm day to get out on the Columbia to do a little smallmouth bass fishing. The air was full of smoke from multiple large wildfires in the area, but it was sunny and not too hot. The water level was even a little high for this … Read more
As you may know, I’ve been trying to install a Lowrance Elite 3X fishfinder on the kayak for nearly two months now without success. I bought the fishfinder from Dicks Sporting Goods because it was on sale. Turned out not to be such a bargain because the fishfinder that I bought was defective out of … Read more