We’ve been having quite a bit of rain, not unusual for this time of year, and it is putting a real damper on what’s left of the salmon fishing season. Many of the rivers are running high and muddy and when the rivers are in that condition, the salmon stop biting. We went out anyway … Read more

The salmon fishing on the Columbia River has been slowing down in the past week or so here in the Columbia River Gorge so we have to head upriver and follow the fish. The salmon run is ending so you either have to head east on the Columbia River or fish the rivers that empty … Read more

Well, there’s good news and there’s bad news regarding the salmon fishing on the Columbia River. The good news is that there are still salmon being caught, the bad news is that there’s a lot less salmon being caught and many of the fish that are caught are worn out and dark. The area we’ve … Read more

The salmon fishing on the Columbia River is still pretty good but the nice autumn weather we’ve been having made an exit from the scene yesterday. There was light rain in the morning and much heavier rain in the early afternoon as a “Pineapple Express” rain event moved into the Pacific Northwest. After the morning … Read more

Back out on the river today, a pretty nice day, nearly dead calm and sort of overcast so it wasn’t too cold. We had a dusting of snow on Mt. Hood over the weekend so you know that winter is right around the corner and we have got to get every day of fishing that … Read more

Kayak fishing for salmon on the Columbia River continues with pretty decent results and very nice weather for this time of year. The warm weather and warm water temperatures may actually be slowing the chinook salmon bite somewhat, but the coho salmon fishing remains pretty good. That doesn’t mean you will catch fish every day; … Read more

Put in a couple serious days of fishing with some pretty decent results. We tried one of our favorite salmon rivers off the Columbia, but it was muddy as it could be, visibility about two inches. Not sure what’s going on there, but it sure put a damper on what usually is a great chinook … Read more

We’ve been having pretty good success fishing for steelhead on the Columbia River this year; a couple big fish, probably the biggest steelhead I’ve ever caught. Most of these fish have been native steelhead, they are great fighters and fun to catch, but they are strictly catch and release. The good news is that for … Read more

We’ve been out kayak fishing for steelhead and salmon and were pleasantly surprised to catch two of the biggest smallmouth bass we’d caught all year. We caught them in a spot we would not normally fish for smallmouth bass and they both hit cast lures that we were using to try for salmon and steelhead … Read more