BMO top 10 fishing experience of 2023

The kayak fishing community in seattle is great - and helped make this an amazing experience.

Mark it on the calendar, Jan 26th - the date I caught my first Winter Steelhead of 2023. I was fishing with Mike Codino of Tim Bailey and Associates, and Guide Chris Vertopoulos - one of the absolute best guides in the Pacific Northwest. We drifted the Nestucca River, near Pacific City Oregon. The river was in good shape, clear but not too low. It was a beautiful day with the low around 35 and a high of 48, perfect steelhead conditions. It was still early in the seaso

How I built my Kayak Storage Rack that holds 3 kayaks.

The 10 top fish caught by BMO in 2022.

My first 20# steelhead on Idaho's Clearwater River

The new open eye swivel from VMC is a game changer for rigging lures.

Fall Fishing for Smallmouth on the Columbia River

Astoria is one of the most popular salmon destinations in all of the Pacific Northwest.

Big fish swimming every direction and all of us trying to keep our lines from tangling. We would yell "Coming Under" or "Going Over" as we

Get ready for Coho Season with the NEW VMC Twitching jig!

Catching Rockfish on the beautiful Oregon Coast

Cutthroat on the Skwala! It is spring in Montana and that means chasing the most elusive of all stoneflies…the mighty skwala. This is a stone fly hatch that happens in between beautiful and horrible early spring days. Skwalas are a hardy little creature that emerge to conditions that are tough to survive. Most years, It takes an equally hardy fisherman to catch a trout with a skwala fly. Planning trips based on the weather is simply not possible. You may see a weather wi

Four pound Smallmouth on the VMC NRJ! Ott Defoe Talks about the new VMC NRJ I fished the new from VMC Ned Rig Jig (NRJ) this past weekend and have found my new favorite Ned jig! The VMC NRJ looks similar to other Ned Jigs, but a closer inspection reveals some small but important differences. The needle sharp VMC Hook with a hybrid bend really hooks and holds fish! First and foremost the VMC NRJ is equipped with a needle sharp, vanadium steel, light wire VMC 90 Degree jig

Doubled up on early spring smallmouth. Spring has sprung in the Pacific NW. The grass is turning green and the trees are starting to bloom which means the Smallmouth Bass are starting to bite! I know every year that when this tree pops into its beautiful pink spring colors that it is time to start smallmouth fishing on the Columbia river. I went out this past weekend with my son Michael to see if we could find any early biters. We loaded up the Kayaks and took crankbaits an

The new Quik Strike Techset Single Trail hooks made a Walleye believer out of me. I recently went out on a trip to target Walleye on the Columbia River. It was the perfect opportunity to try out the new VMC Quik Strike Trailer Single Hooks to see how they would perform. We would be jigging with 1oz jigs in deep water, using the VMC Quik Strike Trailers hooks. The Rig: The VMC Quik Strike Trailer starts with a # 4 VMC Techset Live Bait (Octopus) Hook . I love the design

2021 was a unique year. Covid 19 hung around all year leading to disruptions on a global scale, but through it all, everyone prevailed and we all made the best of it. We will look back on this year as a roller coaster ride, but at least fishing remained constant. Here's to you 2021, you were a tough one, but there were still lots of bright spots! Here's a list of my top 10 catches for the year! #10 Willamette River Sturgeon #9 Strawberry Reservoir Kokanee through the i

I fished the Columbia River near The Dalles for Coho casting Blue Fox Vibrax Spinners!

Rapala Rain Pro Rainwear Review

Sunday was the final leg of the three day KBF Trail series on Clear Lake. Three separate tournaments on three days.