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Oct 16

Lessons learned at Lake Guntersville

Valuable Lessons learned at Lake Guntersville

Sep 14

Smoked Salmon

Salmon fishing through the smoke in the Pacific NW

Aug 9

Horse Thief Lake - Bass Fishing & Petroglyphs

Spend a day at Horse Thief Lake and enjoy some great smallmouth fishing and view unique petroglyphs

May 6

Cinco De Mayo Smallmouth Fishing

It is Cinco Da Mayo and there is reason to celebrate!! Fishing is open again!!!

Sep 20, 2019

Salmon & Smallmouth in the same day!

As luck would have it, we got our limit of salmon pretty early, so we had plenty of time to go chase Smallmouth.

Jul 29, 2019

3 Techniques for Summer Bass Fishing on the Columbia River

It is not uncommon to catch 50 fish in a day, and this often includes at least couple over four pounds. Here are three techniques that I hav

Aug 3, 2018

Columbia River Bronze Bonanza

My son Michael came home from college for a few days and I asked him what he wanted to do while he was home. He said without hesitation...

Aug 3, 2018

Umpqua River Smallmouth

In July I had the opportunity to fish the Umpqua River in Southern Oregon. The Umpqua is a beautiful river, with fantastic runs of Salmon...

Jun 30, 2018

BMO Bass Camp 2018

As tradition would have it, this past weekend we headed to the beautiful John Day river for our annual Bass Camp. We have been fishing th...

Feb 19, 2018

John Day River Spray to Service Creek

If you are looking for a good one day stretch of the John Day River, the section from Spray to Service offers several options. The sectio...

Dec 15, 2017

Beer, Bass & Bigfoot all in the same day - Only in the Pacific NW!

It was another beautiful Spring Day here in the Pacific NW, and I was reviewing my options for this glorious Sunday. As my wife and I ha...

Dec 15, 2017

Two Trophies in One Day!

that's I knew that this was a special fish - one that I have been looking to catch for a very long time.

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