Kayak Fishing at Rowland Lake

Another awesome day here in the Columbia River Gorge, sunny and mild wind. It was a little chilly out the door this morning, about 38°F, not boardshort weather quite yet. Since Northwestern Lake is history, we headed over to the other neighborhood fishing spot; Rowland Lake. Right off Washington route 14, pretty hard to miss.
Clear, crisp and calm just before sunrise

Rowland Lake Pre Dawn 5-11-12

Got the kayak rigged up and got ready to get out there and do some fishing

Early Launch 5-11-12

Got out on the lake and caught a couple rainbows before looking to the west and seeing the early morning light on Mt. Hood

Mt. Hood Sunrise

Best news of all; the fish were biting! Caught plenty of rainbow trout, all released to fight another day

Rowland Rainbow

Here’s a video of some of the fishing action

Looks like a bit more wind tomorrow, so it’s back to the bike.

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