The kayak fishing for largemouth bass continues here in southwest Arizona near Yuma. We’ve been hanging around town waiting for some equipment to arrive and have been fishing at Mittry Lake, which is outside of town to the north along the Colorado River. When we first started fishing here, the fishing was not very good … Read more
After spending a few days at Fortuna Pond, where the fishing was not that great, we’ve been camping and kayak fishing at Mittry Lake, another of the Colorado River lakes near Yuma, AZ. We got lucky and scored a lakefront campsite. It’s pretty rare to have what’s known as a “paddle up” campsite where you … Read more
Even though we are primarily on a fishing expedition, we have time to go for a bike ride when the fishing is not happening. We are camped out in the Arizona desert near Yuma, AZ, where there are plenty of places to ride bikes, especially on the hundreds of miles of gravel roads. There is … Read more
The wind in the southwest desert of Arizona continues to blow so we are trying our hand at canal fishing. The Colorado River and larger lakes are a little sketchy in the wind, so until we get more experience with the quickly changing wind conditions, we are fishing from the banks of large irrigation canals … Read more
We looked for kayak fishing spots outside of Yuma, AZ and came across Martinez Lake. It is a large lake connected to the Colorado River. We checked out Senator Wash and Squaw Lake before heading out a little further to Martinez Lake to start our Arizona kayak fishing adventures. We stopped in at Fisher’s Landing … Read more
We left a rainy Columbia River Gorge headed to the Colorado River in Arizona for a kayak fishing road trip. It’s been a wet autumn here in the Gorge and we were anxious to leave the cold, wet weather behind for some nice winter kayak fishing in the desert sun. It was non-stop rainbows from … Read more
We needed a new laptop computer here at watermanatwork.com to do photo and video editing and we’ve described the shopping experience in a previous blog post. After the usual internet research we decided to take a chance on a company we’ve never heard of. The company was Eluktronics and they sold Clevo computers. The laptop … Read more
You may have noticed, it’s been a long time between blog posts. I’ve just gone through some things nobody should ever have to go through, but people probably do every day. It was a path that lead down memory lane that had happy times, along with memories that look different in hindsight. I criss-crossed the … Read more
In case you’re interested, this is what a 30,000 acre plus wildfire looks like Below the smoke is the nervous and mostly evacuated town of Cascade Locks. The white smoke usually means there is water on it because firefighters are trying to save the town, but up and over the hills there are still thousands … Read more
No sooner than we get the kayak fishing for salmon started, the fishing is on hold thanks to high winds, and even worse, an out of control wildfire that is burning just a few miles away. The local interstate is closed and the roads are full of fire fighting vehicles. The air is full of … Read more