The weather forecast was looking sketchy, but it turned out to be a pretty decent day of kayak fishing for salmon on the Columbia River. It rained on and off all morning, but the wind stayed calm and turned out to be good fishing conditions. As expected, the fishing was slow, but not quite hopeless. … Read more
An illegal weighted gill net was discovered at the mouth of the Klickitat River on September 28. If you witnessed this event, especially if you have photos or video, please contact reportpoaching@dfw.wa.gov.
This morning we were out kayak fishing for salmon on the Columbia River hoping for a little better luck than we’ve had for the past few fishing days. Salmon fishing is great, but it isn’t around for long and the fishing is definitely slowing down early this season. The fish counts kicked up a bit … Read more
Sorry, there are no photos or video today because the salmon fishing on the Columbia River is really poor. Out of 20-25 boats, which is about half of what it was this time last week, I saw three fish caught. I had a couple weak bumps, nothing even close to a hookup, in about six … Read more
We had a couple nice days for some Columbia River salmon fishing. Days are getting shorter and it’s getting colder at night, the beautiful long summer days of the Pacific Northwest are pretty much over. Over two days of fishing, I caught two fish, which is about average for a decent fisherman. You always hope … Read more
When you can go kayak fishing for salmon on the Columbia River for a few days in a row, that’s a pretty good run. The wind here in the Columbia River Gorge is rarely calm for consecutive days, so we considered ourselves extremely lucky to get an entire week of calm wind and nice weather … Read more
The kayak fishing for salmon on the Columbia River continues every chance we get. Last time out I caught three nice Columbia River salmon and farmed another that was probably the biggest of the day. As is pretty much always the case, these salmon put up an amazing fight from start to finish. The three … Read more
The thing about salmon fishing is “sometimes you get them, sometimes you don’t.” You have to get out there every chance you get and hope it’s your day. Sure, there is skill involved, but to be a good fisherman, you also have to be lucky. I think today I got a little bit lucky. Got … Read more
After a few days of not a lot of salmon fishing action, the tables turned and I managed to catch the first three salmon of the year. Unfortunately, they were all native fish so they were all released unharmed. This really hurt because one huge Chinook salmon was easily over twenty pounds. It was quite … Read more
It’s that time of year again. Time to get out there and go after the big fish. Salmon fishing season has begun. The weather for the past few days has been great, maybe a bit on the hot side, but hot, sunny days are not something we complain a lot about here in the Pacific … Read more