OUTDOOR JOURNAL

Although I mentioned that October 1st would be my final Smallmouth Bass (SMB) excursion of the year, the weather was ideal today and I...

If proven real, this discovery would undoubtedly rank among my most extraordinary fishing experiences.

September Smallmouth Fishing on the Columbia River. While most anglers are out chasing king and coho salmon in September, I am still...

September is a perfect time for fishing on the Oregon Coast.

The ultimate Spring "TODO" list in the Pacific Northwest.

I felt so alive and I had no worries about anything other than my battle with this fish.

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