By Bill Monroe Willamette River too high? Too muddy? Too swift? Not for Tony Meyers of Portland, an avid bass angler. He likes driving the only rig in the lot at Willamette Park. Makes it…
Photo Caption: Hatchery salmon and steelhead have been scientifically acquitted of their evil reputations and are critical in retaining the angling public’s interest and involvement. I’m often chided, sometimes harshly, for being more political than…
Photo credit: Glenda Monroe An unusual record April snowfall may have interrupted spring Chinook season’s introduction, but not for those who coincidentally escaped to the 50th state. My original idea for this column, written from out of town (in case you didn’t notice) was to talk a bit about the amalgam of when, where and…
Garth Wyatt, a fish biologist, knows when and how to get his kids excited about fishing. Photo credit Alison Wyatt Three young dads, three identical questions, three somewhat different answers. “Where can I take the kids fishing?” Dad one, Garth Wyatt of Oregon City, already had the answer dialed, as well he should. Wyatt is…
Sea lions are still hanging out in the Columbia River from St. Helens downstream to Astoria, but are due soon in the Willamette River, as are spring Chinook salmon. The late Jeff Mueller had several…
The river never sleeps, but anglers can spend long hours and days wondering when to wake up and go fishing after a rainstorm. Note: Please pester me with your questions. All will be personally answered;…
By Bill Monroe Photo: Ron Powell of Oregon City celebrated his good fortune to catch a hatchery spring chinook salmon in the Columbia River. Anglers will get two more days’ fishing in the lower river…
By Bill Monroe Everyone caught spring fever last month after Reese Foxworthy of Estacada caught and released the year’s first spring chinook salmon last month while drifting for steelhead on the Clackamas River. Spring fishing…
By Bill Monroe In a career of writing about the outdoors, one question crossed my eardrums more than any other, including complaints about “wish it were the old days.” Pay close attention now, because your hosts on this Web site are about to lead you to that yellow brick road. Then you can pass it…
I endured all four high school years immersed in solid course curriculums. Math, algebra-geometry-trigonometry; physics, chemistry, three years of Latin; Literature, history, etc. Graduated a lethargically solid 268th in a class of 693. The son and grandson of dentists, I did letter in golf (no mean feat in San Diego), but still didn’t feel the…
By Bill Monroe After too many years in purgatory, the 2021-22 winter steelhead run appears to be emerging from the dog house. Pre-flood reports from up and down the coast as well as the Clackamas…
By Bill Monroe In a career of writing about the outdoors, one question crossed my eardrums more than any other, including complaints about “wish it were the old days.” Pay close attention now, because your hosts on this Web site are about to lead you to that yellow brick road. Then you can pass it…