The elusive steelhead are here in local waters and we’ve been fishing for them without a whole lot of success. When fishing for big trophy fish like steelhead and salmon, sometimes you don’t catch anything, but when you do land one of these big, hard fighting fish, you’ll remember it for quite some time and … Read more
We hit the jackpot and got three calm days to do a little kayak fishing for steelhead on the Columbia River. Of all the fish in the Columbia River Gorge, I have found the steelhead to be the most challenging to catch. I’ve caught a couple nice steelhead, but not that many at all compared … Read more
It has been really hot around here for a couple weeks making bike riding uncomfortable, at best, so cooler temperatures today and light rain were welcome and greatly appreciated. Of course we are going to take advantage of the conditions and hit the trails. We didn’t get much rain, just enough to put a damper … Read more
We finally had enough of the endless Columbia Gorge wind so we decided to pack up the truck and do a little kayak fishing in eastern Oregon. Eastern Oregon is much different than the western half of the state. The Oregon coast and Cascade Mountains have thick forests and snowcapped mountains, the eastern part of … Read more
The weather here in the Columbia River Gorge has been sunny and hot, really hot. Nineties during the day and barely getting below seventy at night. If you want to go bike riding, it has to be early in the morning or late in the evening. Many of the lower elevation trails are closed because … Read more
We’ve had some pretty tough fishing conditions this summer here in the Columbia River Gorge. It’s been windy, which is not unusual or unexpected here in the Gorge, but there’s barely been a couple days of calm to get out on the Columbia River with the kayak. Even a moderate wind combined with the river … Read more
Sorry for the lack of blog posts lately. It’s summertime here in the Columbia River Gorge and when the weather is nice we get outside every chance we can. We’ve been doing stuff, mostly riding bikes, but we’ve covered most of the roads and trails we ride here on the blog or in the bike … Read more
We’ve finished converting another kayak fishing video to a higher quality .MP4 format, this time it’s kayak fishing on San Diego Bay launching from the Shelter Island beach by the boat moorings. You can find the video on the Kayak Fishing on San Diego Bay – Shelter Island page on the watermanatwork.com website. The weather … Read more
Some friends came out to visit here in the Columbia River Gorge so we spent some time out and about to show them what summertime in the Gorge is all about. Fortunately, the weather was really nice so we were able to get out and do something every day. There is a lot to do … Read more
Finally, a short break in the windy conditions here in the Columbia River Gorge allowed us to get out for a couple days of kayak fishing on the Columbia River. It wasn’t dead calm, but compared to the daily 20mph winds we’ve been having, it was calm enough to safely get out on the big … Read more