The salmon fishing has been pretty challenging for the past week or so. It’s the tail end of the annual fall salmon run and the fish counts over the nearest downstream dam are way down. On top of all that, with daytime temperatures here on the river in the mid seventies and nighttime lows in … Read more

We’ve been fishing hard all week, all I had to show for it was a small coho salmon and a couple wild Chinook that were released. The fishing is getting tougher every day. Not only have I not been hauling them in, the past couple days, I only saw a couple fish caught, even at … Read more

September has turned to October and the salmon fishing season continues. The mornings are getting colder, the leaves on the trees are turning to fall colors and most of the chinook salmon have passed by on their annual run upstream towards Idaho. Thankfully, we have started to see more coho salmon in the area so … Read more

After a hot start to the salmon fishing season, things have cooled off considerably. The fish counts are way down and there are more fish leaving than coming. From here until the end of the season, any salmon or steelhead caught will make it a great day and you can expect a few days when … Read more

It must be all the clean living we are doing because we are having some pretty decent luck salmon fishing so far this season. There were a couple days where the weather didn’t cooperate, but for the days we got out on the river, we were pretty lucky. You can tell when the fishing is … Read more

I’ve been very lucky for the past week or so and done really well salmon fishing on the Columbia River. I’ve gone fishing six times and caught salmon every time. That has to be the best start of the salmon season, or any other fishing season, I’ve ever had. It’s not like the fish are … Read more

After a slow summer of fishing, the fall salmon and steelhead fishing season is under way, so time for a little salmon fishing on the Columbia River to get things going. We’ve been able to spend a couple days fishing at our favorite local spot and the fishing has been pretty good. The wind has … Read more

The Lowrance Elite 3X fishfinder is one of the least expensive fishfinders available, there will be a lot of kayak fishermen who are looking for a basic, low cost fishfinder and the kayak fishermen who do not need a $500 fishfinder might be interested in the Elite 3X. The low price and color screen will … Read more

Straight Outta The River

After weeks of wind, we finally got a mostly calm day to get out on the Columbia to do a little smallmouth bass fishing. The air was full of smoke from multiple large wildfires in the area, but it was sunny and not too hot. The water level was even a little high for this … Read more