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
As you may know, I’ve been trying to install a Lowrance Elite 3X fishfinder on the kayak for nearly two months now without success. I bought the fishfinder from Dicks Sporting Goods because it was on sale. Turned out not to be such a bargain because the fishfinder that I bought was defective out of … Read more
We braved the 105° afternoon heat to do a little kayak fishing for smallmouth bass on the Columbia River. A few days ago, water was released from the upstream Columbia River dam which raised the very low river water levels and probably cooled the water off as well, which seemed to make the smallmouth bass … Read more
I installed a Lowrance Elite-3X fishfinder on the kayak and have been very disapointed with the performance, to say the least. I did a super careful installation and documented each step to update the photos on the kayak fishfinder installation page of the watermanatwork.com website. I tested the fishfinder and transducer before installation to make … Read more
Finally, the wind died down for a day so we could get some kayak fishing in. Thankfully, the water level in the river is a little higher, so the smallmouth bass fishing was a little better than it’s been. The water is still pretty warm and very clear. The hot summer of 2015 continues with … Read more
Normally, at this time of year the blog would be full of photos and fish stories about fishing for smallmouth bass on the Columbia River and trips into the high country for trout fishing, but this year is a little different. The weather determines what you can and can’t do around here and that is … Read more
With the unseasonably hot and dry weather we’ve been having, it’s no surprise that timber companies have closed their land to recreational use due to extremely high fire danger. The trails on private land in Skamanaia, Klickitat, Hood River and Wasco counties are closed until further notice. This usually happens every year, but not this … Read more
Got the fishfinder installed in the kayak and repaired all the scratches, so it’s good to go, but it’s been windy and it looks like it’s going to stay that way for awhile so no opportunity to check out the new finder. It’s been windy, but even more important, is that it has been hot! … Read more
It’s been too windy for kayak fishing and the kayak is being repaired anyway, so time to hit the local trails on the mountain bike. The “name brand” trails are getting ridiculously crowded on nice summer weekends so we headed out to some of the local trails that are off the grid. These trails don’t … Read more
The old Eagle fishfinder in the kayak is finally going to be replaced with an newer model. I started to get bad water temperature readings; -4°F and the sonar was way off, so I knew something was wrong. Because of the poor readings, I was guessing that the transducer or the transducer wiring was bad. … Read more