We finally had enough of the endless Columbia Gorge wind so we decided to pack up the truck and do a little kayak fishing in eastern Oregon. Eastern Oregon is much different than the western half of the state. The Oregon coast and Cascade Mountains have thick forests and snowcapped mountains, the eastern part of … Read more
We’ve had some pretty tough fishing conditions this summer here in the Columbia River Gorge. It’s been windy, which is not unusual or unexpected here in the Gorge, but there’s barely been a couple days of calm to get out on the Columbia River with the kayak. Even a moderate wind combined with the river … Read more
Sorry for the lack of blog posts lately. It’s summertime here in the Columbia River Gorge and when the weather is nice we get outside every chance we can. We’ve been doing stuff, mostly riding bikes, but we’ve covered most of the roads and trails we ride here on the blog or in the bike … Read more
We’ve finished converting another kayak fishing video to a higher quality .MP4 format, this time it’s kayak fishing on San Diego Bay launching from the Shelter Island beach by the boat moorings. You can find the video on the Kayak Fishing on San Diego Bay – Shelter Island page on the watermanatwork.com website. The weather … Read more
Finally, a short break in the windy conditions here in the Columbia River Gorge allowed us to get out for a couple days of kayak fishing on the Columbia River. It wasn’t dead calm, but compared to the daily 20mph winds we’ve been having, it was calm enough to safely get out on the big … Read more
The Columbia River Gorge is famous for it’s wind and it has been living up to that reputation lately. Great for kiteboarders and sailboarders, but bad news for kayak fishing. The Columbia River is also running petty high and the currents are strong in spots. High winds and strong currents mean very dangerous kayaking conditions, … Read more
Springtime here in the Columbia River Gorge means that the weather is going to be constantly changing and it’s almost a daily certainty that it’s going to be windy. It has been windy for the past week or so and it looks like next week is going to be windy as well; fine for the … Read more
The editing and conversion of videos continues at the WatermanAtWork.com studios. We are slowly but surely changing over from short, low quality MPEG and WMV videos to longer, higher quality MP4 videos. It’s a time consuming process and we’ve got a lot of video, but we are getting it done. The latest video uploaded is … Read more
It’s been a hot few days on the Columbia River and the smallmouth bass fishing has been pretty good for this time of the year. There was one session a few days ago where we got blown off the river by wind that came up very suddenly, causing treacherous wind waves and cross chop that … Read more
We’ve had a few windy and wet days here in the PacNW that has been putting a damper on the smallmouth bass fishing. Starting today, looks like we are going to have a few days of ideal fishing weather so we are going to be out on the Columbia River fishing every day we can. … Read more