We’ve been fishing the Klicktiat River for Chinook salmon and steelhead for the past couple weeks. The weather has been great, getting colder, but it’s been clear, calm winds and sunny. We’ve done a little bank fishing using the mountain bike to get to some spots that don’t get a lot of fishing pressure, but … Read more
The record numbers of Chinook salmon swimming up the Columbia River and it’s tributaries is making for some unbelievable salmon fishing. Usually, this time of year, the salmon runs taper off along with the fishing. While there have been a few days that were slower than expected, the salmon fishing is still going strong. We’ve … Read more
The conditions were favorable for kayak fishing on the Columbia River so we spent a couple days fishing for smallmouth bass. The first day we went out, a series of thunderstorms and rain showers had passed through the area. The wind was calm but it was overcast as we launched the kayaks at Rowena, Oregon. … Read more
The wind died down yesterday so we headed out to Rowena to do some kayak fishing for smallmouth bass. River conditions are constantly changing, since we hadn’t been out for a while, we weren’t sure what the river would be like or how the fishing might be. When we got to the boat launch, it … Read more
The wind decided to take a rest for a day which allowed us to get out on the Columbia River for some smallmouth bass fishing. We launched at Doug’s Beach, a popular windsurfing spot near Lyle, Washington. With no wind, there are no windsurfers, so we launched from an empty beach into a moderate west … Read more
We’ve been having some windy days and fluctuating water levels in the Columbia Gorge which has been making it tough on the kayak fishing for smallmouth bass. We got out on the river yesterday to find the water level has dropped by a couple feet in the Bonneville Pool, which has caused the bass to … Read more
I was lucky enough to catch a big smallmouth bass on the Columbia River recently, the video has been edited and posted on the watermanatwork.com website. I caught this large bass off of Miller Island, a large river island near the mouth of the Deschutes River. It was extremely hot and the Columbia River was … Read more
The “hot” part of this blog post has to do with the extremely hot weather, the fishing was not that hot, but it definitely had it’s moments, more on the fishing later in the post. The weather here in the Pacific Northwest has been very hot the past couple days, well into the 90’s, with … Read more
After a few days of on and off rain showers, today’s forecast was calling for the showers to end by late morning. What do you know, wrong again. There were intermittent rain showers all day long, but at least the wind was mostly calm and it’s not cold, so it’s OK to head out on … Read more
The late spring Columbia Gorge winds were mostly calm for one day so we took advantage of it to do some exploring for smallmouth bass fishing spots. Smallmouth bass are all over the Columbia River but generally there are more of them the farther east you go. With only one day to work with, we … Read more