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1 Arm Bandit
Fishing Guide Service
"RJ"
Herzman is
the 1 Arm Bandit. He has been fishing the rivers
in the Portland, Oregon and SW Washington area for
most of his life.
Hello America. Thanks for
dropping by my website. I hope you enjoy your visit!
My
name is "RJ" Herzman and I'm your fishing guide at 1
Arm Bandit Fishing Guide Service. I specialize in fishing
near the Portland, Oregon area and I also fish in
all the popular northwest areas in Oregon and
Washington near the Columbia River. My goal is to
make your fishing adventure the best possible
experience that it can be. My job as a professional
fishing guide is not done until my clients are
satisfied. I have spent most of my life fishing the
most popular areas in the northwest.
OUR
FAVORITE FISHING SPOTS
Fall
Chinook below
Bonneville.
Spring Chinook in
the Portland, Oregon
and Vancouver,
Washington area.
Halibut in the
Pacific Ocean.
Albacore Tuna out of
Ilwaco, Washington
King
Salmon and Coho
Salmon at Buoy 10
near the mouth of
the Columbia River &
Astoria Oregon.
Other popular fish
in areas near the
above locations as
conditions dictate.
I specialize in
salmon fishing, steelhead fishing, sturgeon,
steelhead, halibut tuna and crabbing trips. Many of
my trips are out of Chinook Washington Portland
Oregon Astoria Oregon Vancouver Washington will walk
a Washington and near Bonneville dam. I always try
to use the most popular methods for that particular
fishery where I am fishing. If I had to name the
single most common method used, it would be
trolling. There are a lot of fishing guides in this
area. I keep in touch with them on a daily basis to
find out where they have been fishing and how
successful they have been. Fishing conditions change
on a daily basis so an area that was successful on
Monday may just go dead on Wednesday. By contacting
other guides in the area I always stay on top of the
hot areas for fishing. Many other local area fishing
guides fish the same places and am and day out. They
have good days and bad days that a continued to go
back to the same areas. If a particular fishing area
is not productive I won't waste my time and yours
fishing there and trying to make something happen
just ain't gonna happen. My promised to you is that
I'll not only take a fishing, I'll do my homework
first Sunday you have the best possible chance of
catching fish.
Oregon and Washington are popular places to fish.
Annual steelhead and salmon runs are often better
year than any place else in the world. The
Willamette River runs right through the city of
Portland, Oregon and features excellent sturgeon
salmon and steelhead fishing. If you stay at a hotel
in Portland, Oregon you can literally be fishing
maps from your hotel room. The most productive part
of the Columbia River for fishing is the area from
the mouth of the Columbia River near Astoria Oregon
and known as bully 10 all the way up to the
Bonneville dam. I fish the Columbia River and many
of the tributaries that run into the Columbia River
and even fish in the Pacific Ocean.
The key word
here is options. Many fishing guides
are only experts in fishing for one
are two types of fish. I've spent
several years in Alaska learning how
to catch halibut and tuna.
That means
that fishing guides who were limited
to fishing for only a few species
may often limit your chances of
catching fish because, for example
if salmon fishing is bad, they will
still book a trip with you because
that's the only option they have.
When you call the
1 Arm Bandit Fishing Guide Service, we have lots
of options. If fishing conditions are not good for
one species I can almost always recommend other
fishing choices. Not many of the local area guides
can take you to the fishing or halibut fishing and
if you've never experienced quality northwest
halibut and tuna fishing, you have no idea what you
are missing!
Call today!
I specialize in
salmon fishing, steelhead fishing, sturgeon,
steelhead, halibut tuna and crabbing trips. Many of
my trips are out of Chinook Washington Portland
Oregon Astoria Oregon Vancouver Washington will walk
a Washington and near Bonneville dam. I always try
to use the most popular methods for that particular
fishery where I am fishing. If I had to name the
single most common method used, it would be
trolling. There are a lot of fishing guides in this
area. I keep in touch with them on a daily basis to
find out where they have been fishing and how
successful they have been. Fishing conditions change
on a daily basis so an area that was successful on
Monday may just go dead on Wednesday. By contacting
other guides in the area I always stay on top of the
hot areas for fishing. Many other local area fishing
guides fish the same places and am and day out. They
have good days and bad days that a continued to go
back to the same areas. If a particular fishing area
is not productive I won't waste my time and yours
fishing there and trying to make something happen
just ain't gonna happen. My promised to you is that
I'll not only take a fishing, I'll do my homework
first Sunday you have the best possible chance of
catching fish.