Checking in from a rainy Pacific Northwest. We’ve had a lot of rain in the past few weeks, mostly on and off showers with occasionally heavier rain. Expecting snow in the higher elevations in the next few days. We can’t see Mt. Hood because it’s covered with clouds, but I would imagine that it’s snowing … Read more
The fishing season for us is over, it’s back on the bikes until the weather gets too bad. We don’t do much bike riding during salmon fishing season, so after a couple months off, we are going to try and get as much fitness in before the meat of winter keeps us inside. It was … Read more
The environmental/political circus that is the Columbia River basin took another turn yesterday, re-opening the main channel of the Columbia River for salmon fishing.
It’s a sad day when the kayak fishing season is over, but the time has come to wrap up the 2016 kayak fishing season. With the salmon and steelhead fishing closed on the Columbia River, the only place left to fish for salmon is a local river. They have been catching a few coho salmon, … Read more
Since kayak fishing on the Columbia River for salmon and steelhead is no longer an option, we are trying to figure out how we are going to spend the last few kayak fishing weeks of the year. The weather is generally cooler and wetter every day, but as long as the wind isn’t too bad … Read more
We thought this salmon season would be a short one and, unfortunately, we were right. Salmon and steelhead fishing on the Columbia River will close on October 22, 2016. Should have been here yesterday…
Even though the fishing was not very good the day before, with the salmon season just about over and bad weather on the way, we had to give it one more shot. It may have been the last day of kayak fishing for 2016. With the fact it mind that it could be the last … Read more
The Columbia River salmon fishing report from this morning is not very good. The water in Columbia tributaries is still running a little high and fast, pretty murky as well. The off color water reaches out into the main river until the depth reaches about twenty feet or so. The fish are still in the … Read more
As is usually the case here in the Columbia River Gorge, almost everything changes all the time, especially the weather. The days are getting shorter, it’s getting colder, and of course we’ve got rain. At least it’s not snowing(yet). We’ve had a run of windy weather, so no kayak fishing. It looks like the next … Read more
It was on and off rain yesterday, today was all rain with a few breaks. The wind stayed calm and it wasn’t too cold, so it wasn’t bad, just completely wet. Stumbling over wet rocks in the dark adds a little more excitement to the already pretty exciting business of kayak fishing for salmon on … Read more