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capt. adam Geddes
509-440-2267
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Adam’s Northwest Fishing Adventures offers quality river fishing trips on the lower, mid, and upper Columbia river and its tributaries, and the snake river up to hells canyon. We fish aboard a state of the art 26 foot River Wild open boat and a 24′ North River Scout, both with massive amounts of elbow room that can very comfortably accommodate 6 fishermen.
Adam Geddes, your PNW fishing guide, is a friendly, enthusiastic guide whose extensive fishing knowledge and love for the sport have consistently resulted in successful days of fishing for his customers. Adam enjoys helping others catch fish as well as sharing the secrets of the trade that have given him a competitive edge over the competition. He prides his guide service on accommodating customers of any age or physical disabilities to ensure they have a fun, fantastic, full 8 hour day on the water. We guarantee that your fishing party will be given personal attention and best effort to ensure a successful and enjoyable guided fishing experience.
This January we focused mostly on walleye and sturgeon fishing in the John day pool in the mid Columbia. As our water temperatures drop and dam flows heighten the sturgeon fishing can slow down a bit, which is quite inconvenient as this is when our keeper sturgeon fishing opens in this section of river. But before long our water temps should rise some making our keeper and catch and release fishing produce much better. however our walleye fishing continued to show promise of another great season ahead. dragging worm harnesses and jigging proved to be very productive ways to target walleye. we will be booking walleye and sturgeon fishing trips starting now until the end of July.
Best trips to book in January:
This February our main focus is on walleye. most of our fishing will be done in the John day pool between Umatilla OR, and Boardman OR. The fish are still on the bite and waiting for you to get out there and get after them. The later end of this month we will begin trying to chase down our record sized walleye above McNary dam where some of the largest walleye in the world are caught each and every year. Our Trophy walleye trips are usually carried out with a jigging rod in hand all day long, its a tough way to fish but a productive way to catch large walleye.
Best trips to book in February:
Walleye fishing is starting to take off like a rocket! So far this month we have been pounding the waters between irrigon Oregon and Crow Butte state park, jigging the deck in deep holes and dragging worm harnesses over humps and along main channel shelves has been extremely productive for 16-22′ eater sized walleye. casting various walleye jigs into structure and shelves as well as pulling plugs in 15-20′ of water has been productive for our larger pre spawn walleye. Water temperature is getting up to 40 degrees so, the bigger walleye will be beginning to spawn here very shortly if the good weather persists and keeps rising the water temperature. Lets get you a date reserved with your friends and family! fishing has been VERY good!
We are hoping that with the rise of water temperature our sturgeon fishery will start to take off at the later end of this month or the beginning of April. Without any doubt, this fishery will be hot and heavy by the time the end of April and may roll around. Don’t wait to get your sturgeon date booked for this spring/summer as our dates are already getting filled at an alarming rate!
Best trips to book in march:
This month was yet another month with lots of walleye to be caught, although some very unusual weather mid month and the walleye spawn provided us with some challenges, but they were also overcame and we were able to have pretty successful fishing.
Our Sturgeon fishing caught FIRE this month with some really high numbers of catches!! The very large fish aren’t consistently biting just yet, BUT we have been seeing lots of fish between 5 feet and 7 feet long which is the perfect size for one adult to be able to reel in solo. In the next month we expect the sturgeon fishing to be exceptional as it only gets better with warmer water temp and weather. These are some of the funnest fishing charters that we are able to run in the Tri Cities area because of the high catch rate and extreme power of these fish! Don’t miss your chance this spring/summer to watch your friends or family members squirm trying to reel in one of these giants!
Best trips to book in April:
This month will mostly be focused on catch and release sturgeon fishing in search of the fresh water GIANTS on the columbia river. Last month our sturgeon took a major swing for the better as our water temp raised up to 50 degrees our fishing got very HOT. At the moment we are catching large oversized fish daily, sometimes several and sometimes one or two along with LOTS of fish 4′ and under. As the month progresses hopefully our shad will return to the columbia river, and if that is the case it will make for some EPIC days of catching giant sturgeon. If you’re looking for a very exciting fishing trip with tons of action this is the one for you.
We are also booking walleye fishing trips on the Columbia River. Walleye fishing will continue to be great and we will fish for them for the rest of the summer. So if you’re looking to put some of these awesome eating fish in the freezer or looking to have a fish fry with friends and family this is a great fishing option for you.
Best trips to book in May:
The first half of our month was spent in EPIC oversized sturgeon fishing grounds! If you’ve been in the search for a freshwater giant to best any personal best or big fish records, early June is the time to catch the big ones! Our walleye fishing was another that was very productive in the first half of June.
The second half of June our Hanford reach sockeye season kicked off, this marks the best time of year for us fishermen! This season is such a blast and in our hanford fishery this year very few of our trips ended before the entire boat limit of fish was reached!!! and those that did we were very close to achieving limits for all.
Best trips to book in June:
Columbia river Sockeye salmon/king salmon
July was an absolute blast this year! Our sockeye run was INSANE and fishing was very, very good. Extremely high water this spring/early summer made for the sockeye taking a bit longer to make their way up the columbia river this year so we had to start our July still fishing in the hanford reach until around the 8th or 9th. After that we made our way to the fishery below wanapum dam for a few days where the sockeye and summer king fishing was nothing short of spectacular.
Somehow we timed our annual fishing in Brewster PERFECTLY this year and showed up on the exact day that fishing started to get great, and we stayed there until the end of the month, fishing two and sometimes three groups per day with limits for every soul that stepped aboard this year!!! This is by far the most action packed, and best salmon fishing that the Pacific Northwest has to offer! if you’re interested in booking a trip for this season, make sure that you get your date early because this fishery books up extremely fast and we will likely not have any available days open when the season rolls around.
Best trips to book in July:
As of august 2022 I will be unavailable for guided trips in the Pacific Northwest. Please contact the togiak river lodge if you’d like to fish with me in togiak Alaska.
This year the fishing at Togiak river lodge was awesome! we had our ups and downs for sure but it was still a legendary season full of silvers (and an insane amount of pink salmon) with some opportunity to catch chum salmon and some very nice sockeye! This is one experience, that I will always highly recommend to any angler of any skill level if you’d like to experience the hands down best salmon fishing in the entire world. The staff here are 100% class, all of the fishing guides here are highly trained fish ASSASINS, and the food…….. The food is also something that we all very heavily look forward to!
10 out of 10 in my opinion for an alaskan vacation! Go check them out!!!
The first half of Sept this year was spent wrapping up the silver season in Togiak Alaska. But, when i returned home BIG things happened, we finally upgraded our fishing vessel from our trusty ol’ dusty 23′ north river to a huge 26′ river wild! This is one heck of a fishing machine with every bell and whistle to ensure that you’re going to have as many creature comforts, and the absolute best and most comfortable all around fishing experience that anyone can offer!
With that said, it was time to begin fishing out our hanford reach fall chinook season! This season is always one that we look forward to. After months of being out of town, away from loved ones catching other species of salmon it was finally time for the big fish season in our back yard! This season started out with a bang, early season was extremely successful for us aboard our new vessel. Most of our season was spent back trolling bait and plugs. Typically we would spend the majority of our season trolling super baits and spinners around Ringold and vernita bridge, but this year the bait bite was by far superior in the lower end of the hanford reach.
Best fishing trips to book in September:
October was more of the same for kings, early October we had a little bit of a lul on the king bite. water flows were unpredictable which made for a little bit of a tough bite for a few days. But thankfully we were able to get them dialed back in and we were able to successfully finish out our season with plenty of action from the big kings until the end of the month!
Best fishing trips to book in October:
So far November has been off to a great start! we have been spending a little bit of time in the columbia river gorge catching beautiful coho.
But the best fishing by a long shot has been the catch and release sturgeon fishing! this is the BEST time of year for catching big numbers of columbia river white sturgeon. And this year there has been an exceptional amount of very large fish around, one day this month we caught the largest sturgeon that we have seen in the last few YEARS! These fishing trips make for the best fishing memories for our customers and even if they aren’t sure about booking a catch and release trip, they never leave disappointed. These are the most magnificent fresh water fish in the world, and in November they just get very very bitey!!!!
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Meet Your Guide, Adam!
Adam Geddes, fishing guide and owner of Adam’s Northwest Fishing Adventures, has been fishing since he was a young kid. What started as a hobby with his father has now become his passion. Adam’s Northwest Fishing Adventures launched in the fall of 2015 as a small local business but has quickly become a well-known fishing charter in the Tri-Cities area. His favorite fish to catch is Sockeye, with Steelhead a close second, but enjoys any type of fishing that involves water and his fishing rod. With years of research and testing the waters, he is confident in his knowledge and favorite fishing spots. A full day of fishing is what gets his blood moving.
USCG Licensed and insured.
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