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Summer Steelhead Fishing in Washington

Summer Steelhead Fishing in Washington

Posted September 16, 2014

Summer Steelhead Fishing is some of the most exciting, action packed fishing the northwest has to offer. The guys from Fishing Addicts Northwest and a few of their friends travel around Washington & Oregon in search of summer steelhead. Using various techniques including: Float Fishing, Spoon Fishing, Spinner Fishing, Drift Fishing, & More! Tributaries of the Columbia river, Oregon coastal rivers, and some Washington coast rivers.Summer Steelhead are a unique target to fish for. They migrate out to the ocean and return to spawn in our rivers and streams. They are impressive acrobats and speedy when hooked. We fished everywhere from...

Washington's 7 Tiger Musky Lakes

Washington's 7 Tiger Musky Lakes

Posted September 11, 2014

Author with a Mayfield caught musky. The evergreen state currently has 7 Musky lakes, with the lakes spread fairly evenly from the west side of the state to the east. The lakes are planted annually with one Musky per every 2 acres. The WDFW (Washington department of fish and wildlife) has no plans to add any more lakes at this time, so the current 7 may be it for the foreseeable future.In this article I give a short description of each lake with a rating from my own personal experience. Being a west sider, a few of the east side lakes I've...

Summer Steelhead in Low & Clear Water

Summer Steelhead in Low & Clear Water

Posted August 12, 2014

Summer Steelhead are a unique anadromous target. They are different from their winter counterparts in that they are built to enter fresh water before they are sexually mature, and as a result they spend a long time in the tributaries before spawning. Summer Steelhead in the Columbia River start showing up in March and April, and continue to enter the mouth all the way through fall on their way to tributaries like the Cowlitz, Deschutes and other notable summer steelhead tributaries.Anglers love summer steelhead for a number of reasons. "Summers" are fantastic to eat due to their high fat content...

Wobbler Fishing With Bobbers

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...

Tiger Musky 101

Tiger Musky 101

Posted August 04, 2014

Tiger Musky 101The fish of 10,000 casts...the Musky. We're fortunate in Washington state to have 7 lakes in which to pursue this fun and hard fighting fish! This is the first in a series of articles on hunting the Tiger Musky. The Tiger Musky is a cross between a pure bred Musky and a Northern Pike. They have been planted in Washington state to control populations of nuisance fish such as the Northern Pike Minnow and various species of Suckers. Tigers can grow to 50+ inches and 40+ pounds, making them an  appealing sport fish. They are known as ambush...

Hog-Line Etiquette | Anchor Fishing For Salmon

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...

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