By: Chris Shaffer When we booked our fishing trip with Alaska guide Andy Couch a few months ago he suggested we plan for a full day chasing Chinook on the Deshka River. The hope was to gain enough footage to film Pautzke Outdoors on this popular greater Anchorage area fishery without Couch having to give […]
By Andy Couch In Alaska it’s no secret that salmon roe is a top bait, especially when fishing for early running king and coho salmon. There are times, however, when a roe-fishing angler may need to, “kick it up a notch,” in order to draw strikes in occluded waters or jazz heavily pressured salmon into one […]
By: Dave Manners Springer fishing in Tillamook Bay and our tidewaters was slow out of the gate this spring. There were fish being caught, but not in large numbers. We had good and bad days. However, the last few weeks action improved and become more consistent. In fact, it’s been improving daily and I’m expecting […]
By: Brad Wagner In North Central Washington the Icicle River’s springer fishing is a big deal. It marks the first of our salmon fisheries that opens. It’s one of our fisheries that have been consistent for a long time and it’s a cool fishery. It’s a small river where you can catch big salmon and […]
By: Homer Brown While many use eggs and plugs for springers I use shrimp partially because it’s different bait that most other anglers aren’t using. When everyone is throwing eggs, sardines or herring and then you throw a shrimp you’ll end up pounding them on shrimp because it’s something they aren’t seeing as often. On […]
By: Bob Kratzer We’re having a good, fairly consistent springer season on the Cowlitz River. It’s not as good as last year, but I’m still averaging four to seven bites a day. May and early June traditionally marks the peak of our run. It’s going to be strong for the next few weeks. Decent fishing […]
By: Steven Theel As the season gets underway in Southern Oregon springer fever is invading the Upper Rogue River. However, this year anglers are facing conditions we haven’t seen since 2012. Southern Oregon finally received a heap of much needed rain and snow this winter, which has pulled us out of the drought we’ve been […]
By: Kyle Buschelman It’s no secret that good bait catches more fish. When it comes to springer fishing, having well cured bait marks the difference between a poor and successful day and being a full time fishing guide poor outings aren’t an option. My job is to put fish in the boat daily. I accomplish […]
By: Kyle Buschelman The Willamette River is expecting 70,000 spring Chinook to return for the 2016 season. This is a decent expected return and gives anglers hope for a solid fishery. From April to June it will be Springer Madness on the Willamette. Spring Chinook is the most prized salmon in the Pacific Northwest. In […]
By: Mike Ainsworth At the start of springer season, lower than normal water and clearer water than we’ve seen in the past few years on the Columbia River had me focused on running mostly Natural Fire Brine herring. The water is still clear. However, we’ve been catching them on blue herring and other colors daily. […]
