By Buzz Ramsey Photo above, Buzz with Mag Lip caught spring chinook taken from the lower Columbia River It’s no secret, I’ve had more than a little success trailing deep diving plugs, like a 4.0…
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About Columbia & Willamette Spring Chinook
By Buzz Ramsey Photo above: Friend Bryce Sandford shows off a spring chinook taken in the Columbia River downstream of Longview. Mid-March is the unofficial kick off of the spring chinook season for many. After…
Late Season Steelhead
By Buzz Ramsey March marks the countdown to the end of the winter run of steelhead. And while the enthusiasm for winter fish may be fading for some, perhaps due to the buildup of “honey…
Guide Tips for Steelhead Success
By Buzz Ramsey When it comes to catching steelhead, the more time you spend on the water refining your techniques and learning about the fish, their habits, where they are likely to hangout, the more…
Two-Timing for Steelhead
By Buzz Ramsey It was in 2013 while drift boating Oregon’s Wilson River that once co-worker Jarod Higginbotham (I left Yakima Bait at the end of 2020) hooked two steelheads on a double rig fished…
High Water Steelhead
By Buzz Ramsey Now is the time steelhead anglers stampede to their favorite stream the instant rivers drop and clear after a heavy rainfall and resulting rise in water levels. The reason, anglers correctly understand…
Pink Worms for Steelhead
By Buzz Ramsey Suddenly, the bobber floating along next to mine disappeared. Friend Randy Woolsey was taking what seemed like forever to close the bail on his spinning reel and yank. When he did (finally)…
Read Water for Steelhead Success
By Buzz Ramsey As described in my last article, the most productive time to catch steelhead is when rivers first drop into fishable height and color after a big rain event. You see, it’s when…
Finding Winter Steelhead
By Buzz Ramsey Photo above: Steelheads prefer to lie in water averaging five-to-eight feet in depth and moving at the speed of a human’s slow to brisk walk. These fish mostly rest in the tail-out…
Black Friday Trout
By Buzz Ramsey Image above: Friend Andy Benfiet shows off a brood stock trout he caught while trolling a Mag Lip plug tipped with a short section pinched from a scent filled Berkley maggot. For…
Gear Up for Winter Steelhead
By Buzz Ramsey Photo above: Getting ready to release a native winter steelhead from Oregon’s Trask River. While there are a few exceptions, winter steelhead don’t really start returning to coastal, lower Columbia or Puget…