Author: Buzz Ramsey

Buzz is regarded as a trout, steelhead and salmon sport fishing authority, outdoor writer and proficient lure and fishing rod designer. He is a hall of famer for The National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame and held a IGFA line-class-record for 9 years for catching a monster 30-pound 5-ounce steelhead from Canada's Thompson River in 1984. Buzz shepherded numerous innovations in his 45-year career with Luhr Jensen, Pure Fishing and Yakima Bait, largely retiring from this successful body of work in 2020. Buzz decided to semi-retire at the end of 2020. He has continued to write his monthly column for Northwest Sportsman Magazine and his writing (including online seminars and video clips) will appear on The Guides Forecast. See Buzz daily posts on Instagram/Facebook.
Jamie Lebon, Shane Magnuson, and Hunter Higginbotham show off a successful day twitching for coho

Twitching for Coho

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By Buzz Ramsey Photo above: Here Jamie Lebon, Shane Magnuson, and Hunter Higginbotham show off a successful day twitching for coho. Jigs in pink/chartreuse and black/blue is what drew strikes for them. Given the number…

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Fishing guide Chris Turvey shows off one of the chinook salmon we caught

Above Bonneville Salmon

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By Buzz Ramsey Photo above: Fishing guide Chris Turvey shows off one of the chinook salmon we caught It was 9:30 AM on Wednesday of last week that fishing guide Chris Turvey, 509-571-6198, sent a…

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Taleena Marsh (now Taleena Ramsey) caught this coho salmon last season while trolling the lower estuary near Hammond

Targeting Coho at Buoy 10

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By Buzz Ramsey Photo above: Taleena Marsh (now Taleena Ramsey) caught this coho salmon last season while trolling the lower estuary near Hammond. Yes, I know: I wrote about Buoy 10 in my last column,…

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Gabe Miller and Tito Montermor show off a hatchery fin-clipped chinook Tito caught while trolling Buoy 10 Columbia River fishing reports

Buoy 10 Salmon Tides and Tips

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By Buzz Ramsey Photo above: Here, friends Gabe Miller and Tito Montermor show off a hatchery fin-clipped chinook Tito caught while trolling Buoy 10. For Buoy 10, the basic concept of where salmon can be…

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Cody Herman of Day One Outdoor TV fame shows off a Buoy 10 chinook.

Cody’s Take on Buoy 10

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By Buzz Ramsey Photo above: Cody Herman of Day One Outdoor TV fame shows off a Buoy 10 chinook. If you fish the mouth of the Columbia River/Buoy 10 for salmon it would be hard…

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Buzz Ramsey Buoy 10 Salmon

Planning for Buoy 10

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By Buzz Ramsey Given a preseason forecast of nearly 500,000 fall chinook and up to a million coho, I’m thinking the salmon fishing might be pretty good at the Columbia River mouth over the coming…

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The area anglers find sockeye success at Wanapum Dam is right in front of the east side boat launch located just downstream from the dam.

Columbia River Sockeye

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By Buzz Ramsey Photo: The area anglers find sockeye success at Wanapum Dam is right in front of the east side boat launch located just downstream from the dam. Being a free agent (as in:…

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TGF outdoor writer Bill Monroe shows off a fin-clipped coho salmon he caught while fishing with his son, fishing guide Bill, off the Columbia River mouth. Columbia River fishing report

Tips for Catching Ocean Salmon

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By Buzz Ramsey Photo: TGF outdoor writer Bill Monroe shows off a fin-clipped coho salmon he caught while fishing with his son, fishing guide Bill, off the Columbia River mouth. A flood tide is what…

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Buzz Ramsey Talks Prawn Spinner Rigging

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After a successful season on Drano Lake, Buzz details how he rigs prawn spinners for success What better way to show you how to tie and rig prawn spinners than a YouTube video? Here is…

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Devin Debok shows off a spring chinook he caught while fishing with guide Dave Eng

More on Willamette River Spring Chinook

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By Buzz Ramsey Photo: Devin Debok shows off a spring chinook he caught while fishing with guide Dave Eng. There is still plenty of time left to participate in the Willamette’s spring salmon fishery as…

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Willamette Spring Chinook

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By Buzz Ramsey Based on pre-season forecasts (51,200), which might be conservative based on the surprising numbers (way over forecast) of spring Chinook that passed Bonneville Dam this last week, the all licensed citizens’ fishery…

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