Westport Jetty Fishing

Westport Jetty Fishing

Westport Westhaven State Park Jetty is a popular destination for both anglers and surfers looking for an adventure. On any sunny windy summer day, Westhaven Park beach is packed with surfers because it’s one of only a hand full of places on the Washington coast where the condition is right for surfing. And what makes … Read more

Best Budget Baitcasting Reels

Best Budget Baitcasting Reels Featured Reels

With so many new manufacturers entering the baitcasting reel market in the past 10 years consumers now have many options when searching for the best budget baitcasting reels. In the past, avid fishers would have to spend around $150 for a good baitcasting reel. But as manufacturers competition increase consumer can now get a nice … Read more

Best Budget Centerpin Reel

Best Budge Centerpin Reel

Getting into centerpin fishing can be expensive. When people see a reel costing upward of $600, it might deter them from getting into centerpin fishing. For those people willing to take the time with a do-it-yourself project they can have the best budget centerpin reel for under $60. The Best Budget Centerpin Reel from China … Read more

Skookumchuck River Steelhead Fishing

Skookumchuck River Steelhead fishing

Four years braving the freezing cold winters and finally, I catch steelhead in the old-school style, using a 6ft trout rod and 8lb test line, Skookumchuck River steelhead fishing. Skookumchuck River starts at the Skookumchuck Reservoir high up in Thurston County, in Tenino Washington and weaves its way across Washingtons evergreen mossy landscapes joining the … Read more

Installing BBQ Grilling on a Kayak

Grilling on a kayak

Some of the anti-kayak-grilling groups will advise against grilling on a kayak, spreading their anti-kayak-grilling propaganda by focusing on the inherent danger of grilling on a kayak!  But here at FishingWa, to those naysayers we say Hogwash!  Here’s an interesting fact we just made up, the tradition of kayak grilling dates back centuries to a … Read more