The atmospheric river washing over the Pacific Northwest is freshening rivers and bringing late-run coho [and some early winter steelhead] into Southwest Washington rivers. Yesterday, we saw the water levels go up on the Lewis River and are anticipating the same to happen on the Cowlitz, Kalama, and other rivers…
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Fishing With Integrity
A few weeks ago, during the height of the first coho run on the Lewis River, I saw a young man releasing a coho salmon back into the wild. He wasn’t doing it because people were watching him, he did it because it was the right thing to do. That’s…
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Rainy Monday Coho Action
Rain washed over Southwest Washington this Sunday, freshening up the rivers and bringing in new bright fish. The coho bite on the Lewis River was slow but steady, with one family helping their daughter catch her first coho. What a great way to find your inner bear! The key to…
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Coho Action on the Lewis River
Cooler temperatures are bringing coho into many Southwest Washington rivers, including the Lewis River near Woodland, Washington. Anglers using cookies, beads, and yarn flies can do well when the fish move across the flats. These runs attract a lot of fishermen, and sometimes it’s shoulder-to-shoulder. Many call this “combat fishing.”…
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Columbia River Chinook in Full Swing!
Bear Farm Outdoors pro staff John Sauer and Dan Bancroft hit the Columbia River August 31 for a day of wobbler fishing for chinook salmon. The run is in full swing right now with 17,000 to 20,000 chinook going over the Bonneville dam every day. Wobbler fishing is a technique…
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Puyallup River Kings
Will Deacon of Roy, Washington, reports catching his first king of the season along with coho and pink salmon on Washington’s Puyallup River. Will was drifting Nikkobaits scent balls,
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Cowlitz River Steelhead
Bear Farm Outdoors staff writer John Sauer with a pair of winter steelhead caught drift fishing on the Cowlitz River in Washington State. Keep those fish and game pics coming!
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Columbia River King
Check out Dan Bancroft with a nice, bright Columbia River King caught while wobbler fishing.