A Chat with Chillbilly
WeSportFish caught up with one of the Columbia River’s premier guides, Graham Cloutier, and asked for some insight into fishing the Columbia in the fall.
Experience World Class Sport Fishing On The Columbia River!
Each season offers unique opportunities to target a variety of sportfish. Spring warmth and early hatches bring excellent all-species fishing. Amazing summer caddis hatches make the water erupt with greedy trout in feeding frenzies. In fall the hillsides explode with colour as big Gerrard and bull trout feed heavily before winter. With winter chills the walleye head south and fishing for the big trout heats up. Twelve months a year -this is when WeSportFish.
WeSportFish caught up with one of the Columbia River’s premier guides, Graham Cloutier, and asked for some insight into fishing the Columbia in the fall.
In September local anglers related some amazing fishing stories -and who doesn’t love a good fish story? I look forward to October hatches, and some good top water action.
Celebrate BC Rivers Day by joining Neighbours United at Gyro Park on September 24 to celebrate the mighty Columbia River and help clean up the river shores.
Salmon may indeed be on their way back. This past month (Aug. 2023), local anglers reported catching juvenile chinook salmon and sockeye on the Columbia near Trail and Castlegar.