I fished with my dad once in Campbell River, B.C. (home waters for Roderick Haig-Brown). We caught some salmon, I did a story about ugly Americans who fished their provincial season limits, then canned the…
Author: Bill Monroe
Catch hometown coho, from bank or boat
A reader asked about local coho fishing, since the COHO RUN IS HERE FOLKS! As in RIGHT HERE in our backyards. And…wait for it…They’re still piling in past buoy 10, heading our way and beyond…
Chinook and coho are coming by Bill Monroe
Drum roll please. (10 seconds of continuous snare drums, followed by a resounding BOOM! on the big bass drum) …It’s showtime…BRING IT! State and federal biologists opened the Pacific Ocean to the retention of clipped…
Catch and release: Fun for us, but?
Not everything is wild and crazy on the internet. And, for anglers, some of it is downright thought-provoking – or should be. Consider this condensed version of a sincere statement posted recently on social media:…
Golf club, fly rod, shotgun…All lead to success
By Bill Monroe Shame on the Brits – or some of them anyway. I don’t remember anyone ever booing and jeering a PGA golf professional leading a tournament on the last day as he was announced…
Will social media be the sunset of reason? Climate denial vs. Chinook?
By Bill Monroe An old newsroom saw suggested a reporter’s/journalist’s value was measured by their value to readers and whether they angered enough of them by telling the truth. A 50-50 split among reactions marked…
The Razor’s Edge ala Oregon
Shave some while you can! Posted on June 29, 2023 by Bill Monroe By Bill Monroe Like many/most of you, I’ve always thought Washington’s razor clams were larger because they carefully restrict their seasons and, further, that the razors…
Return to Tillamook, et al!
By Bill Monroe Clouds will lift soon from the most-complicated summer and fall salmon-fishing seasons in recentmemory (including this one, spanning more than five decades). …And there’s some better news as the Oregon Department of…
Chickens? Chinook? Eggs?
By Bill Monroe So did the chicken come first? Or the egg? Well, here’s what it comes down to: Eggs have making new critters for billions of years. Chickens? Just thousands. So the egg/chicken conundrum…
Spring springs eternal on the River
By Bill Monroe The sun is rising again on the Columbia River spring Chinook season! After holding their breath for a few weeks’ worth of disappointing numbers at Bonneville Dam, managers on Wednesday afternoon reopened…
Gotta Go? Gotta Have!
By Bill Monroe Perhaps “a better mousetrap” isn’t exactly a painless visual image for a men’s urinal on a fishing boat. But it does fit the “El-Piscatory,” billed as “the ultimate pee jug” by its…
If it smells, it tells
By Bill Monroe DOG GONE IT! Just lost my WD 40… OK, ok…Back up a bit… I was in a boat the other day with Brent Lackey and his dog, Sage. Brent said he knew…