anyone know if I can fish the river mouth from a drift boat with out a motor also wondering if anyone can send me some links to fishing how to's for this area.

thanks for any help

I found myself in the same perdiciment last year. I would not take your boat out to the mouth of the wind cause it gets pretty windy and you ARE out on the columbia. You may want to troll at drano but once again on a windy day you may not be able to fish. Best bet is to buy a cheap electric trolling motor or fish from the bank!!
Good Luck

just bank it

I once tried rowing a driftboat pulling two big plugs and the drag of the plugs wore me out!!!!

If you have a means of propulsion then there is a trolling slot just outside the river mouth that is as good as anywhere in the area. Just go underneath the highway bridge, turn right, then stay about 30 yards off-shore. This area is quite protected and only gets better as the fish move closer to the mouth.

Drano is a crazy place, I think. You need a good motor to make rapid turns when a wind gust puts you at odds with someone else.

where do you guys bank fish drano at? say by the rail road bridge or is there a trail out towards the point, i seen people fishing it when i was there a few years ago..anyone tried bobber and jig there and how did you do? what have you caught springers on the bank?

this really isnt a place for driftboats, the wind will throw you around, any place that you could fish from a db the bankies got it covered...throw warts or spinners from the bank....

thanks for the advice looks like i'll stay on the bank

Everytime I have been there they have caught more fish off the banks than in boats anyway i may leave my sled at home next time!

btw, when does it heat up? anyone use bobber and jig sheesh..

I think the boats do alot better than the bankers and it is dammed tiring flinging those plugs all day. I would go in a boat if at all possible.

Last year the bobbers got good later on (1 May or so) when the fish moved in closer to the river mouth. A nice cozy bobber cove can be found just west of the mouth.