It was only natural for our partner Tom Nelson to fish for blackmouth the day before we left for Costa Rica and the day after we got back. Go figure…we're heading to Anacortes today to fish in the derby. I mean, the guys talking about dam counts at Bonneville Dam while we're humming around the…
Yeah, I said it… I told Tobeck last week that "I almost wish we were staying home to hit the springers rather than going to Costa Rica." In retrospect, that might have been a short-sighted statement… We've all seen pictures and heard the stories of the incredible fishing, scenery and weather in Central America, but…
The gang from the Outdoor Line packs up and heads south to Costa Rica on Sunday to scout out the location of our 2011 Outdoor Line Billfish Tournament. Robbie Tobeck had an excellent trip to Los Suenos just after he retired from the NFL and I've had numerous friends and customers tell me it's "The"…
Two hours into my latest habit of not catching fish, I stared across the slough at a wake caused by a fish trying to fly and failing miserably. The result was impressive though, and the concussion captured my attention. It again leaped from the brown water, arched its back, flicked its tail then slapped back…
By Del Stephens "Tuna Dog". I'm back out in Hatteras fishing with the boys from Tuna Duck Sportfishing and it's a good thing we planned to stay in Hatteras for a week because the weather has been cold and extremely windy at times. Our blue fin tuna trip started out saturday morning to a wild…
Decisions, decisions… Outdoor Line co-host Robbie Tobeck and I had been just dying to hit the Columbia, but by all reports fishing was just BRUTAL! Flush with our success last week on the saltwater, we had decided to just stay home, work the blackmouth over and let the big river wait a week. Enter my friend…
Last week was a tough one in my driftboat. We had 9 steelhead hooked up in two days on one of the Southwest Washington rivrers (not counting the other "chances") and landed exactly "0" of them…nada, zilch, zippo! I lost two myself, one of which straightened out a hook on light tackle and the second…
Whether fishing the river or saltwater in California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, or Alaska you'll at some point in your salmon fishing career need to learn how to rig a cut plug herring. There are quite a few different ways to skin this cat and here are just a few of the most common methods…
I just came across this ancient newspaper clipping contained within an old book given to me by a friend. There were sure a lot of giant king salmon caught back then without the aid of graphite, Dartanium drag systems, and positive-ion control downrigger technology. Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong era! August…
By Jeff Lund. I’ve always thought bass were ugly fish; fat bellied swimmers that ate too many calories for their stubby frames. Beautiful fish were silver, or a different shade of green with energetic oranges and reds. Even spawning salmon or trout were pretty, except when mold was involved. Anyway, the salmon runs in California…