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Easy Egg Loop Trick

Posted December 23, 2014

Keeping salmon eggs (roe) on the hook can be a little tricky. Eggs can be sloppy and tend to fall out of the egg loop if not prepared correctly. In this tutorial video, Cameron shows us how he adds an extra twist in his egg loop to keep his salmon eggs fishing longer. Take your egg loop loose end, pull it out and pinch. Then, add another twist and pull it around a different part of the egg. This will create a harness for your egg presentation to sit in. Check out the video for an example:Salmon eggs (or steelhead...

Epic 2014 Fall Coho Returns | By the Numbers

Posted December 03, 2014

The Fall of 2014 has produced some of the best Coho Salmon fishing in recent years for Columbia River and OR/WA Coastal anglers. In todays guest article, author Kevin Gray gives an overview of 2014's coho run. Guide/Author Kevin Gray with a Client SW Washington Tributaries - Hatchery Trap CountsCowlitz: 49,909 adultsKalama: 21,588 adultsLewis: 43,967 adultsNW Oregon Tributaries & Columbia River - Hatchery Trap Counts and Dam CountsBig Creek: 18,278 adults (Highest return since 1967!)Eagle Creek: 14,525 adultsN.Fork Dam (Clackamas): 7,350 adultsSandy: 14,024 adults Bonneville Hatchery: 21,108 adultsBonneville Dam: 277,217 adultsWillamette Falls: 17,908 adultsHow do these numbers compare to last year?...

Bobbers Drain! Oregon Chinook Fishing

Posted October 22, 2014

Watch as floats drain for Oregon Coastal chinook!Chinook fishing in smaller rivers and streams can be a very exciting experience. In this video the Addicts take their floats, jigs and baits to the Oregon Coast. Watch as they catch chinook (king) salmon using float (bobber) fishing techniques. This video takes place on a few rivers throughout the Oregon Coast.When fall arrives and the rain comes up, tributaries throughout Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Canada fill with salmon. Coho, Chinook, Sockeye, Pinks on odd years and Chum salmon are spread throughout rivers. We go fish for them! Please subscribe to...

Epic Fishing at Bouy 10! Columbia River Fall Salmon

Posted September 22, 2014

The fall of 2014 is in full swing for salmon fishermen. Anticipation of 1.6 million Columbia River kings and nearly a million coho has spurred great interest in Lower Columbia fishing and the popular Bouy 10 fishery has been outstanding!On the opener, we were already seeing a solid showing of early catches. Ocean fishing was exceptional and the crowds started early. The Bouy 10 area of the Columbia River is essentially the mouth of the river, near Astoria. Fishermen will arrive from long distances to fish this outstanding salmon fishery. Chinook & Coho move into the tidewater of the Columbia...

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...

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...