OLYMPIA – Beginning April 29, recreational anglers will again have an opportunity to harvest hatchery sturgeon from Wanapum and Priest Rapids reservoirs, state fishery managers announced today.
Let me start this article by saying that the first person this summer that complains about it being too hot, should be tarred, feathered and drug through the streets...... I don't know what we did to tick Mother Nature off but at least all our little baby salmon are making it to the ocean at record pace. If there's food out there for them, we could be in for some great fishing in the coming ye2017ars. This 2017 main stem Columbia Spring Chinook Fishery is going to go down as one of the most challenging, temperamental, and toughest fisheries we've...
The exciting news has hit the the Pacific Northwest! The Columbia River gets a Spring Chinook Salmon Fishery Extension per the meeting from Washington and Oregon today. The fishery thus far has been hit or miss with some salmon around to be caught but this extension should prove to be the best fishing we have seen yet! Two, separate seasons have been given to us. April 13th to the 17th & April 20th to April 23rd. The water is still set to be pretty high, so make sure you concentrate on great anchor spots or look for seam lines...
Portland, Oregon is weird. In fact a lot people love the city for its weirdness. I’ve had had my commute to the fishing grounds interrupted by hordes of naked bike rides, random people walking around in pirate costumes, and long lines at the doughnut store waiting to grab a doll shaped doughnut with a pretzel sticking out of it. There is also a vegan strip club…if you are into that kind of thing.I do not consider myself particularly weird and am willing to look past Portlandia’s eccentricities. For one it has more breweries, nearly 40 at last count, within its...
Tuning A Salmon Plug for Chinook salmon can be effective in the fall and the spring season. This awesome info graphic by Brad's Fishing shows you how to properly tune a plug and the different methods to use when fishing one of these plugs for Chinook. Read through the info graphic and feel free to comment if you have any questions.