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
Kayak fishing for salmon and steelhead continues on the Columbia River. The weather has been favorable for kayak fishing and the fish are here. Unfortunately, the good fishing and nice weather have really brought out the crowds. Fishing spots are packed with boats making for tough fishing. Some of these guys are real jerks; crossing … Read more
A video of the 2014 Summer smallmouth bass kayak fishing season has been posted in the PacNW Kayak Fishing Video section of the watermanatwork.com website. There’s lots of kayak smallmouth bass fishing action from the best smallmouth bass fishing spots on the Columbia River from this past summer. Click HERE to watch the video. Now … Read more
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