News — Salmon Fishing

Wobbler Fishing With Bobbers

Posted August 12, 2014

Why Bobber the Wobbler?We've been blessed these last few years along the Columbia River with great runs of King Salmon. This fall season brings good weather, great fishing, and mostly a party-like atmosphere among the hog-lined anglers waiting for their rods to load up with big salmon. Honestly, it's one of my favorite times of year to guide as it's fairly easy to get my anglers into lots of quality fish. The boat anglers have been fishing the same ways for years, but last year I started playing with floats and for me, I'll never fish the old school way...

Hog-Line Etiquette | Anchor Fishing For Salmon

Posted July 31, 2014

Anchor Fishing For Salmon on the Columbia River This fall the Columbia River will a large run of chinook salmon blasting through tidewater all the way to the upper reaches. Fishermen all over will hitch up boats in anticipation of great fishing, forming "hog-lines" up and down the big river. With this in mind we thought we'd share a little bit of info on anchoring etiquette.Every boat in the river has got a place they want to fish and even if you don't, you can always pull into a line of boats and join the party! Hog-lines are especially popular with...

Wobbler Fishing the Columbia River

Posted July 25, 2014

Early Fall Wobbler SuccessEvery year, the largest of the Columbia River salmon runsWobbler fishing could be seen as simple and no doubt it is simplistic in nature - that's a large part of the appeal. With that in mind it is the subtleties of the technique that equal payoff. "Hog-lines" form and boats drop anchor, rods are rigged up and lines are dropped; coffee is poured and stories start. Hopefully, if all goes well the rods will fold and nets will fly.You can go out in the Columbia river with a rudimentary knowledge of Wobbler fishing and have success, especially...