The Latest and Greatest Fishing Report with Bonner Daniels

I will start off with the mother nature report: calm one minute, raining the next with hurricane like winds right after that, and finally the sunshine decides to make an appearance…but with all that weather came the fish. I just finished up my winter-run steelhead season and started up my walleye and bass gig. What a truly wonderful winter steelhead season we had — I sure hope the summer-run follows in step.

To the fishing report: walleye fishing is very good right NOW and should remain that way through the month of May. The largemouth and smallmouth bass, weather permitting, have also been biting very well. A typical day in May with me consists of limiting on walleye for the grill, and then finishing off the day catching trophy-size bass. I am in Eastern Washington for these fisheries on the Potholes Reservoir and Moses Lake. If you would like a nice change of pace and a relaxing day on the water, catching fish…this May warm water fishery is for YOU

On the river side of things, June 1st is right around the corner and I will be spending my time chasing summer-run king salmon and steelhead on the Skykomish and Cowlitz Rivers. The catch-and-keep king salmon season runs from June 1-July 31 — and I am running out of open dates on my calendar. If you would like a chance at these chrome beauties call me before it’s too late.

Here are the pics from this last week’s guided adventures: