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Bucktail Spinners...#1 for Muskies!

Posted February 23, 2016

Bucktail Spinners.....#1 for Muskies!As winter draws to a close and the weather warms my thoughts turn from chasing winter Steelhead to hunting Tiger Muskies. Musky fishing and throwing big Spinners with dressed up hooks (Bucktails) go hand in hand, and most times during the season is the #1 way to put a big Musky in the net. Bucktail is a generic term for a group of larger spinners with a treble hook that can be tied with Marabou, Flashabou, Bucktail, rubber skirt material or a combination of these materials. Blade sizes can range from a #5 in the smaller Musky...

"How-To" | Rigging Pro Troll Flashers & Brad's Superbaits for Fall Chinook

Posted October 06, 2015

In this video Cameron from Team Dusky explains from start to finish exactly how to rig this set up the way we do it.By now it's no secret to anyone that these set ups work! Pro Troll Flashers with Brad's Superbaits have taken the westside by storm in the last few weeks!This technique has been used on the east side for a long time now, but now the rest of the Columbia River Fishermen have caught on in a big way!

Salmon Takedowns! Astoria Salmon Fishing

Posted September 13, 2015

Salmon fishing the Columbia river at the world famous "Bouy 10" fishery is a fantastic fishing experience. During the Fall run of Chinook & Coho salmon, great numbers pile in from the Pacific Ocean just near Astoria into tidewater. They move upriver towards tributaries like the Cowlitz, Lewis and up past Bonneville dam into the many tributaries of the Columbia including the Snake river.These fish are willing biters and the fall of 2014 has seen a great number of Chinook and Coho even beyond the Columbia : Oregon Coast rivers, Puget Sound, many throughout Alaska and Canada.In this video we...

Portland Oregon Sturgeon Fishing

Posted March 10, 2015

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...

The Pink Worm Primer

Posted February 13, 2015

The infamous "pink worm" has made its way into steelheaders tackle over the years and has a growing number of believers. These simple plastic worms, which come in many more colors than pink, can be a deadly approach when drifted or floated. The worm approach is most popularly used in higher water, but they are more dynamic than that. Worms can be fished under almost any water condition and are known to catch steelhead all over the west coast, not to mention trout and the occasional salmon!This big wild fish ate a nightmare worm in low-light, clear water conditions. put a worm...

Chinook Fishing | "How To" Properly Tune A Salmon Plug By Brad's Killer Fishing Gear

Posted February 10, 2015

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.