{"id":3700,"date":"2014-05-30T14:58:03","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T22:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/?p=3700"},"modified":"2014-05-30T14:58:03","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T22:58:03","slug":"smallmouth-bass-fishing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/smallmouth-bass-fishing-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Smallmouth Bass Fishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Springtime here in the Columbia River Gorge means that the weather is going to be constantly changing and it&#8217;s almost a daily certainty that it&#8217;s going to be windy. It has been windy for the past week or so and it looks like next week is going to be windy as well; fine for the kiteboarders and sailboarders, but sucks big time if you want to go kayak fishing.  We got a one day break in the wind today, actually, we caught it in the five or six hours as the wind direction changed from the west to the east and managed to get a little fishing in.<\/p>\n<p>The weather was nice, the wind was mostly on the calm side, but the river water level had changed again. As mentioned earlier, when there are dramatic changes in the river water level, the smallmouth bass have a tendency to stop biting and move around. So today, it was mostly looking for fish and not a whole lot of catching fish. I did manage to get this one at a spot I&#8217;d never caught a fish at before, thanks to the trusty yellow head grub.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ColumbiaRiverSMB1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ColumbiaRiverSMB1.jpg\" title=\"Smallmouth bass on the Columbia River\" alt=\"Smallmouth bass on the Columbia River\" width=\"700\" height=\"493\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ColumbiaRiverSMB1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ColumbiaRiverSMB1-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the early afternoon, the east wind starting picking up, making it more difficult to fish, but I lucked out and got this bass drifting by a rocky point.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ColumbiaRiverSMB2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ColumbiaRiverSMB2.jpg\" title=\"Columbia River smallmouth bass\" alt=\"Columbia River smallmouth bass\" width=\"609\" height=\"700\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ColumbiaRiverSMB2.jpg 609w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ColumbiaRiverSMB2-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As far as the kayak fishing goes, it doesn&#8217;t look good for the next week. Most likely back on the mountain bike trails. Still working on those kayak fishing videos too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Springtime here in the Columbia River Gorge means that the weather is going to be constantly changing and it&#8217;s almost a daily certainty that it&#8217;s going to be windy. 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