BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS The Best Fishing Of The Year As we ease into August there’s a bubbling stew of great fishing simmering in every direction. Buoy 10 salmon, ocean crabbing, tuna fishing, near shore halibut, high lakes trout, walleye, smallmouth bass, panfish and...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS 10,000 MORE! Let’s pick up from where we left off last year… So far, this year’s winter steelhead season has produced some real surprises. Welcome surprises! Going into the season it appeared like another rough ride was ahead but that’s...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS The Springer Season Continues… A growing cadre of spring chinook enthusiasts use April and May to tune-up for fishing in June. For many of us, June’s the month. The action’s in the lower Willamette River and Multnomah Channel. From early-June...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS THE BEST IS YET TO COME Easing into April there’s been a steady buzz anticipating a bumper-crop of coveted spring chinook salmon. It started last December with ODFW’s run forecast that predicted the 2023 springer season would return over 70,000...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS It’s Trout Time! From now until the end of September, maybe first couple weeks of October, some of the most beautiful country in the lower-48 can be found in the Cascades. Beautiful summer-like days, sparkling lakes, plump huckleberries, uncrowded serenity...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS Go West For Salmon Among most northwest salmon anglers two words generate a level of anticipation and excitement like no other. For about two and half weeks you can’t find a hotel room, lines are long at the launch and...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS Trout! We’d found an unnamed blue spot high in the Cascades on an old map. The closest trail in was about a mile from the lake, from there it was a bushwhack. Google Earth had confirmed the location so we...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS Second-Season Springers Good news! The return of spring chinook has exceeded the pre-season forecast and expectation. The Columbia has re-opened and is expected to stay open clear through June 22nd. That’s great news! We wish it was longer but...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS SpringERS The magic, majesty and lore of the Northwest’s most iconic fish, the spring chinook, cannot be overstated. They are singularly unique in so many ways. “Springers” as they’re often referred to, are arguably the best eating salmon on the...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS Spring Into The Outdoors It’s spring and we’re getting regular reminders that things will be warming up and drying up as we barrel towards summer outdoor recreation. Here’s 10 solid outdoor opportunities to get you started early. Spring Chinook. This...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS WELCOMING WINTER! Now that winter is upon us (not officially but soon…the 21st to be exact) it’s a good time to look ahead. Steelhead have been caught in the Wilson. The North Fork of the Nehalem and Necanicum are good...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS Autumn Opps How have you done squeezing every bit of fishing and hunting opportunity you could find out of 2021? It’s been quite a year. Of course, COVID kept things plenty weird. Near 120° heat in June punctuated how volatile...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS September’s The Month September just may be the best month of the year for outdoor recreation. So much to do and only 30 days to get it all done. We’ll roll into September on a wave of silvers. Coho fishing...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS There’s More Than Salmon In August No doubt about it, salmon, Chinook salmon, are the headliners for August. They’re being caught across the Northwest but the stronghold is the Buoy 10 fishery out of Astoria, Warrenton, Hammond, Chinook and Illwaco...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS …and for july 2021 is shaping up to be a very special outdoor year in the Northwest. Fishing’s hitting on all 8 cylinders right now. That spring chinook bite I promised in the June blog entry materialized in the lower-Willamette. ...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS ARE YOU READY FOR JUNE? It’s been a tough springer season so far. Some of you started early, trying to lay claim to the “first springer of the year”, others took advantage of an open Columbia and made March their...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS SPRINGERS If you could find a chunk of spring Chinook in a store the price would be somewhere around $50 pound. As expensive as it is, it’s worth every dollar. Spring Chinook, whether it’s Columbia River, Willamette River, Rogue River...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS STEELHEAD 100 years ago Zane Grey discovered Oregon and steelhead. Starting on the Rogue he cast flies and caught steelhead, marveling at the fight and beauty of every one of them. Grey, a prolific and celebrated outdoor writer and novelist,...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS Our friend, long time sport show exhibitor and international hunting guide, Bill Perkins, sent this poem to us. It’s timely given the season but even more importantly it shares a perspective and passion that all those who hunt can identify...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS IF YOU GET LOST… I’d set out on a hike into the backcountry chasing a blue dot on a map. There was no trail into it, it was less than a mile off a heavily traveled trail near Mt. Jefferson...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS 10 ESSENTIALS FOR OUTDOOR SURVIVAL While it might be 8 for some and 15 for others, the term “10 Essentials” relates, generally, to survival gear you should have packed in your daypack, car, fanny pack, backpack, boat or ATV. Fundamentally,...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS It’s Fall! What’s Your Outdoor Adventure Plan? Fall, for most outdoor enthusiasts delivers the broadest and most productive palette of options of the year. Bass and other warm water species go on the hunt for protein in an effort to...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS Crabbing’s like a treasure hunt. You drop your traps, wait and manage the anticipation and excitement for what you hope to find is a trap filled with tasty crab. As you wait, hoping for success, you’re free to fish, chat,...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS Mother’s Day Guide 2020 by Ashley Nichole Lewis I love that you are setting aside the time to do a little shopping for mom! Mother’s Day is just a few days away. It’s a day in which we set aside...
BACK TO FULL BLOG LISTINGS There is two times during the year that increase your chances of catching the biggest Smallmouth Bass of your life. Those two times of the year include early Spring and Fall. During early Spring, the Smallmouth will migrate to the...
