Ever wanted to compete with the best in the world of offshore fishing? Well now for the first time, you have a chance to qualify for the invite only IGFA Offshore World Championship by fishing right here in the NW. The Oregon Tuna Classic, a series of four tournaments that run through the summer has been classified by…
I had the privilege of joining Robbie Tobeck this past Sunday for the 4th Annual C.A.S.T. for Kids Fish and Feast charity fundraiser at the VMAC in Renton, Washington. Jim Owens and the staff at C.A.S.T. once again put on a first class event for the kids, rounding up a bunch of the Seahawk players…
This past Saturday was a great day to be on the water, especially if your names were Rob Eckstrom and Joel Grafe. Rob and Joel teamed up to take first place in the this years NW Bass Lake Washington Chanllenge Circuit Qualifier. Rob and Joel weighed in a total bag of 20.44 pounds to edge out…
It was 1915 when "Grandpa" Wooldridge (1896-1986) built his first river boat to make that first-ever float down Oregon's Rogue River. The evolution of Wooldridge Boats from the past to the present was laced with many firsts,… …like the first-ever trip UP the Rogue River in 1947 … with a prop, of course, no jets…
Washington halibut fisherman were streaming into Neah Bay today with a sense of urgency. Fisherman get just four days to land halibut this year in Area 4 with openers on May 13th, 15th, 20th, and 22nd and the possibility of additional days on June 3rd and 5th if any of the May days get weathered…
Early in the run Bill Swann of Swanny’s Fishing was fishing cut plug herring and knocking the daylights out of Chinook below the I-5 bridge on the Columbia near Portland. Now that the lower river is closed, however, Bill has shifted into switch-a-rooni mode and his bait cooler holds something else besides herring. The…
Over the last two weeks I have been blessed with great opportunities out on the water and taken advantage of every one of them. I have fished in SE Alaska for salmon, fished aboard the Rampage for halibut and ling, flyfished the Yakima, and bass fished with Marc Marcantonio. Two weeks ago, I made the rounds in Se…
A freak spring windstorm knocking down trees and knocking out power to thousands of homes, white caps in every mud puddle you can find and record cold temperatures… It must be… Time to go HALIBUT FISHING!!! Halibut Quest 2009 was a roaring success so we decided to throw the ol swag bags together, book up…
Nicole poses with her 14 inch Bay Lake trout from opening weekend Every year just prior to opening weekend mom would stuff the last of twelve months worth of bread bags into one of the kitchen drawers. The bags would be used to store our cache of opening weekend rainbow trout. The only problem with…
This has to be the most exciting time of year for me. Not because the Seahawks have two first round picks, or the fact that the Mariners have a team worth watching this year and no it doesn't have anything to do with the Cougars spring game this week either. What gets me excited these…