We braved the 105° afternoon heat to do a little kayak fishing for smallmouth bass on the Columbia River. A few days ago, water was released from the upstream Columbia River dam which raised the very low river water levels and probably cooled the water off as well, which seemed to make the smallmouth bass … Read more
I installed a Lowrance Elite-3X fishfinder on the kayak and have been very disapointed with the performance, to say the least. I did a super careful installation and documented each step to update the photos on the kayak fishfinder installation page of the watermanatwork.com website. I tested the fishfinder and transducer before installation to make … Read more
Finally, the wind died down for a day so we could get some kayak fishing in. Thankfully, the water level in the river is a little higher, so the smallmouth bass fishing was a little better than it’s been. The water is still pretty warm and very clear. The hot summer of 2015 continues with … Read more
Normally, at this time of year the blog would be full of photos and fish stories about fishing for smallmouth bass on the Columbia River and trips into the high country for trout fishing, but this year is a little different. The weather determines what you can and can’t do around here and that is … Read more
The old Eagle fishfinder in the kayak is finally going to be replaced with an newer model. I started to get bad water temperature readings; -4°F and the sonar was way off, so I knew something was wrong. Because of the poor readings, I was guessing that the transducer or the transducer wiring was bad. … Read more
We got a little break in what has been a windy week so we headed out on the Columbia River to look for those smallmouth bass that have been a little hard to find this year. We caught a lot of small to medium sized bass up at the John Day River last weekend, but … Read more
Due to the low water levels and unseasonably warm water, the usually great late spring/early summer smallmouth bass fishing has not been that good. In addition, we’ve had more than our fair share of windy days which has limited the fishing opportunities. Fortunately, we have one of the best smallmouth bass fishing spots in the … Read more
It’s been a slow start to the 2015 smallmouth bass season for sure. After a few kayak fishing trips, we finally managed to get a couple nice smallmouth bass in the boat. The secret was to target another species of fish, then we were able to get some smallies. The last time out, we caught … Read more
We managed to get a relatively calm day in what has been a somewhat windy spring, not that unusual in one of the windiest spots in North America, so we headed out on the Columbia River looking for those big springtime smallmouth bass. The fishing for smallmouth bass has been very slow this spring and … Read more
The weather is much nicer than “normal” this time of year, but the fish haven’t gotten the message that it’s time to start moving. There were a number of bass fisherman out looking for those first smallmouth bass of 2015, but as they say, there was a lot of fishing and not much catching. The … Read more