When to use a leader when fishing?
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Check out our Astoria Fishing Charters and Washington Halibut Charters You will always use a leader when fishing. Why? Because when you snag up or break off a fish you don't want to have the line break off at the reel, which will cause you to lose a large percentage of your line and have to completely re-spool with new line. You want to use a leader that is lighter than your main line so that the above scenario doesn't happen.
New round of razor clam digs tentatively set for March, April
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Check out our Astoria Fishing Charters and Washington Halibut Charters WDFW NEWS RELEASE Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091 http://wdfw.wa.gov/ February 28, 2011 Contact: Dan Ayers, WDFW (360) 249-4628 Barb Maynes, ONP (360) 565-3005 New round of razor clam digs tentatively set for March, April OLYMPIA - The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) plans to open ocean beaches to razor clam digging for several days in March and April if marine toxin tests show the clams are safe to eat. WDFW will announce the results of those tests about a week before each…
Can I fish Drano Lake with an Oregon fishing license?
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Check out our Astoria Fishing Charters and Washington Halibut Charters No you can't fish Drano Lake or Wind River with an Oregon fishing license. Both of these areas are technically considered to be separate from the Columbia River and are strictly Washington waters and a Washington fishing license and salmon tag is required to fish them. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350"] Drano Lake[/caption]
What is the best time of year for sturgeon fishing?
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Check out our Astoria Fishing Charters and Washington Halibut Charters This article addresses the question of When is the best time of year for sturgeon fishing here on the Columbia River and Willamette Rivers? [caption id="" align="alignright" width="288"] Best time of year for sturgeon fishing?[/caption] White Sturgeon can be caught year around on both of these rivers but there are definitely certain periods of the year that are better than others. The Willamette fishes extremely well from late fall to early spring so this would generally be the November to April time frame. Keep in mind however that the season for retaining…
How to Brine Herring for Salmon Fishing
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Check out our Astoria Fishing Charters and Washington Halibut Charters This page has a great brine recipe that we use, however if you don't want to do all of the mixing, Pautzke has a great pre-made brine that you can order below. Brining herring is an invaluable technique when you're salmon fishing, it toughens the bait, tends to make it shinier and allows you to add scent to the herring prior to using it. Here is our tried and true herring brine: 1. Gallon Ziploc bag 2. Mrs. Stewarts Laundry Bluing(brightens the bait) 3. 1 cup Rock Salt 4. Distilled water 5.…
Spring Chinook Salmon Fishing Tips and Techniques
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Check out our Astoria Fishing Charters and Washington Halibut Charters [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="328"] Early Season Spring Chinook[/caption] Does the Willamette River's Multnomah Channel play a part in the lanes springers will be using to travel? Yes a very large percentage of the Willamette River Spring Chinook will take the Multnomah Channel route to get up into the main-stem Willamette. The Channel comes in about 15 miles downstream of the Willamette Mouth so it is the first strong smell of the Willamette they get and it is apparently mighty alluring! What are the preferred Willamette boat ramps to access the…
What is the best time of day to fish for sturgeon?
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Check out our Astoria Fishing Charters and Washington Halibut Charters If you're in the Columbia River estuary, i.e. the lower 25 miles of the Columbia River near Astoria, then there is no best time, the sturgeon are always on the bite (during June and July) but the incoming tide may definitely have an advantage over the outgoing tide. When fishing outside of the estuary you will find that sturgeon show a strong preference toward feeding heavily in the morning and then tapering off significantly after late morning to early afternoon. Most days the bite will drop off sometime between 10:30 and 1:00.…
