Summer Fishing Playbook – East Destinations: Washington’s Drano Lake, on the northern shores of the Columbia River, is the hot-spot when it comes catching spring Chinook. (Photo by Scott Haugen)
Throughout the West during the month of May, most fisheries undergo a marked improvement. Chinook salmon arrive in coastal bays, trout streams begin to fall and become more clear and warmwater fish respond to increasing temperatures by feeding more actively. And it only gets better from here. Try these top destinations around the region this spring and summer.
If spring Chinook salmon get you fired up, south-central Washington’s Drano Lake is the place to be. Located on the northern shores of the Columbia River just across from Hood River, Oregon, Drano Lake is a small bay where Washington’s Little White Salmon River flows into a backwater of...