Winter in the American desert southwest doesn’t have any snow. It does have some chilly days; 40°F with 20mph wind is quite cool anywhere, in the desert with no place to hide from the wind, it’s not very comfortable. The strong winds are the most prominent meteorological feature of winter in the desert. For the … Read more
The two places we do most of our kayak fishing, at home on the Columbia River in Washington, or here on the Colorado River in the desert southwest, neither one is known for calm, peaceful weather, so to get five consecutive days of calm wind and good fishing is a rare treat. It was a … Read more
As America and the world are paralyzed by the COVID pandemic, we here at watermanatwork.com are hanging on just like everybody else. All you can really do is keep your distance from other people and wear a mask in any building. Might as well go fishing. As far as socially distant outdoor activities go, kayak … Read more
We thought the desert wind had put an end to the 2020 fishing season, when the wind suddenly died on the last morning of the year and let us get one more fishing session before this miserable year came to a close. When I say the wind died in the morning, I mean the early … Read more
As winter arrives in the desert, there isn’t any snow(around sea level anyway), the days get windier and cooler and the water temperature drops. The wind has picked up to keep us off the water for the rest of 2020, but we did manage to get out kayak fishing on the Colorado River and had … Read more
After a week of non-stop double digit desert wind, we returned to the Colorado River to find the water level a few feet lower than it was the week before. With water from the bottom of the upstream reservoir flushing through the lower Colorado River system at a rapid clip, it was no surprise that … Read more
We’ve had a pretty good run of favorable weather and good kayak fishing on the Colorado River for the past few weeks, but the winter desert wind has made it’s appearance with a week of 15-20 mph wind nearly every day with at least another week of strong winds in the forecast. With the COVID … Read more
With calm wind and mild weather, we have been having some great kayak fishing for largemouth bass on the Colorado River. Not to say the fish have been jumping in the kayak. The largemouth bass fishing has been challenging, to say the least. One or two fish for a long day of fishing would have … Read more
We’ve settled into the desert southwest kayak fishing camp and have been kayak fishing every possible day since arriving. With everything that’s happened and everything that probably is going to happen, we aren’t wasting a single potential fishing day and treating every single day the the last day on earth. Thankfully, after windy summer on … Read more
With the fishing being generally slow, we started fishing at places that we normally don’t fish, looking in every nook and cranny for a hiding largemouth bass. Another early start on a beautiful desert southwest morning. In a spot we’ve paddled past all the time, we had the best few days of big time largemouth … Read more