Football season has begun (yahoo!), school is starting up again, the weather is just fine and the fish are biting! Bass and walleye action remain strong over east. The topwater fishing for bass has been great of late, with really nice, quality, 2-6 lb., largemouth bass.
August in Washington State rules — if you’re an outdoor enthusiast that is. Pick your poison between fresh and/or salt water, rivers to lakes, sounds to seas, all are productive and opportunities abound. I have been fishing the lakes and …
I am now shifting gears back to focusing on the Skykomish River summer-run steelhead. If you’re looking for a peaceful float down the river, with the opportunity to catch a summer-run chromer, look no further than your own backyard. The fish have moved up the system and it’s time to break out the drift boat.
Bonner was on the Potholes Reservoir last weekend, catching trophy bass and walleye.
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.
Washington and Oregon rivers are full of big, bright, chrome fish these days — springer salmon, late-run hatchery steelhead, and native steelhead!
Bonner expects the steelhead fishing to continue on a strong note now through mid-April, get on the water with him and his Fetha Styx rods!
Expect some good winter-run steelhead for the next few months, despite all the river closures in Washington. In fact, it’s Bonner’s favorite time in the steelhead cycle!
Bonner checks in as we turn the page into February. The steelhead have still been hot and the huge natives will be arriving in greater numbers every day!
Bonner’s still landing hatchery steelhead, but it’s time to gear up for the trophy natives starting to come in!