In this post, we are going to cover some kayak fishing basics that apply everywhere. We’ll start by showing a little winter kayak fishing on the Colorado River like we usually do this time of year, but things are different this time around. It has been very windy here in the Colorado River basin and … Read more
When we here at watermanatwork.com go kayak fishing for largemouth bass, our favorite lures are probably plastic worms, sometimes known as “senkos”, and plastic grubs. Plastic grubs also work great for smallmouth bass, but in this post we are sticking to largemouth bass. In this article, we’ll show you a simple grub mod for big … Read more
Sorry there’s no kayak fishing action to report because the desert winds have been howling, but there is always something going on. Early this morning there was a total lunar eclipse. A few clouds, not too many. Without the wind, we could fish all night by the full moon, which is very bright. The eclipse … Read more
On a recent kayak fishing trip, I noticed my seventeen year old Hobie Quest kayak was taking on water. Not too much, but any leak on a boat is bad and required immediate repair. It didn’t take long to discover the keel near the stern was worn through from years of dragging the kayak across … Read more
Leaving the absolutely massive salmon fishing crowds behind on the Columbia River, we headed south for the annual watermanatwork.com desert kayak fishing adventure. The trip got off to a bit of a rocky start, decline of American society and all as well as the Colorado River water level about as low as it can go, … Read more
Continued from Desert Kayak Fishing Season Under Way – Part 1 Ever since the watermanatwork.com fishing crew arrived in the desert southwest, it had been very hot. Hotter than we expected according to the forecast. 105°F or hotter during the day and about 85° at night for about a week, which was quite uncomfortable. That … Read more
Just like that, summer is over and it’s time for the summer MTB riding season wrap up. The summer weather in the PacNW is usually fantastic with long days. Just like everywhere else in the American west, this area is suffering from a prolonged drought made worse by record hot summer temperatures. Last year was … Read more
The summer Cascade Mountain bike riding has been excellent with great weather. It has been on the warm side for the Cascades and a bit dusty, but the weather will be changing quickly here in the mountains as summer ends and the long PacNW winter shows up all too soon. There was a bit of … Read more
Despite a few more excessively hot days, we’ve had some great weather and great mountain bike riding in the Cascade Mountains. It’s a bit dusty, but overall the conditions are about as good as can be expected for this time of year. We’ve come into town for supplies giving me a chance to make this … Read more
We are just back from a week of record hot mountain biking in the local Cascade Mountains. After last summer’s record heat, nobody was looking forward to yet another sweltering heat wave that in just a few years, has become a regular feature of the PacNW summer. With daytime temperatures expected to reach 100° or … Read more