With the exception of a brief June snow and freezing rain storm, the weather for mountain bike riding in the Cascade Mountains has been pretty good. Low 40’s at night warming up to about 70° in the afternoon. The seasonal snow melt has tapered off and soon only the permenant creeks and streams will have … Read more
I apologize for the lack of blog material here at watermanatwork.com and also at ronbarbish.com. This is the time of year I make my annual pilgrimage from the desert southwest to my home in the Pacific Northwest. This season of kayak fishing in the desert was terrible. The Sonoran desert is not a calm place, … Read more
It was time for an all out effort kayak fishing for largemouth bass on the Colorado River. We were down to the last few days of the winter fishing season. The desert wind has really destroyed this year’s fishing and we only had a few days left before we headed back to the PacNW. The … Read more
The all out effort continued early the next morning. Kind of sad, knowing this was going to be the last day of fishing for a while. We were a little over anxious to get going, so we got to the fishing spot while it was still dark. I decided to try fishing, even though the … Read more
Another short break in the relentless desert wind resulted in some great kayak fishing for largemouth bass on the Colorado River. We watched the full moon come and go and knew we were missing some good fishing. Fishing at night during the full moon is really cool and we’ve caught some big fish at night. … Read more
When things are right, this part of the Colorado River offers great kayak fishing for largemouth bass. We finally got a break from the desert wind and the Colorado River crisis and had a day of great kayak fishing. More like a night and early morning day of kayak fishing. We had a pretty good … Read more
After months of relentless desert wind that prevented any kayak fishing, the watermanatwork.com kayak fishing crew is back on the water. Hard to believe this is the first kayak fishing trip of the 2023 fishing season. In the past few desert fishing seasons, we have seen dramatic weather changes that have had a major impact … Read more
It has been a long time since a kayak fishing photo or video has posted on the watermanatwork.com kayak fishing blog. The reason for that is there is no kayak fishing to be done here on the lower Colorado River. In the same place, a few years ago, it was easily one of the best … Read more
I’m sorry to report that there has been no kayak fishing lately. Of course it sucks when you go somewhere to go fishing and there is no fishing at all, but I think we are starting to see the results of the multiple environmental catastrophes here in the American west. Drought and extreme weather are … Read more
Happy New Year from watermanatwork.com and thanks for checking out the blog. I wish I had a good kayak fishing report or even a bad kayak fishing report to write about. The conditions on the lower Colorado River are so bad there is no fishing at all. Complaining about the fishing, even though it is … Read more