September, October and November are the golden days of fall in the Mid-Columbia and eastern Oregon/Washington. The "gold" is not only the golden days with comfortably cool weather and long days of sunshine, but also the "gold" of the wild bounty that awaits the angler or hunter. The hunting seasons have started and the fish runs have begun. Steel head and salmon are passing Bonneville, The Dalles Dam and the John Day Dam by the thousands and congregating off the mouths of the Klickitat and the Deschutes as they rest to complete their spawning journey. Those great game fish also run up those two rivers as they search their way up the mighty Columbia for their own special waters and spawning grounds.
There are multitudes of favored sport fishing areas where one can view the armadas of sport and guide boats collected while traveling the highways along the shores of the Columbia. Collections of boats can be seen off the mouth of the Klickitat, in the waters just below and above The Dalles Dam, further upriver a horde of boats gathers off the mouth of the Deschutes, then below the John Day Dam as well as above the Dam and again off the mouth of the John Day River.
All of these boats are manned by hopeful fishermen plying the waters with their favored lures; spinners, crank baits, jigs and cured baits hoping to latch onto a 50 pound salmon or a 25 pound steel head.
In the hills and plains of the Mid-Columbia some lucky hunters are looking for bighorn sheep or pronghorn antelope. Grouse hunters are slinking through the woods and bird hunters are chasing upland birds over excited bird dogs. Shotgunners are seeking to collect a limit of those gray jet propelled doves and archers are afoot looking for deer and elk.
It is the Golden Days of Fall in the Mid-Columbia. It won't last long; join the gold rush! Book a trip with Rivers Bend Outfitters today.
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