About Your Guide & The Boat

Brother Bear Fishing Adventures guides salmon and steelhead fishing trips on the Humptulips, Wynoochee and Satsop rivers in the Grays Harbor area of Washington.

Your fishing guide

I grew up on the Olympic Peninsula, where my dad worked as a fishing guide on these same rivers. I honestly can't tell you when I first went fishing - it feels like I was always out there - but I remember catching my first salmon at age six. By seven I was already landing salmon and steelhead on my own. That was 44 years ago, and fishing is still my passion today.

I started guiding to share that same feeling with other people, and to make it something everyone can afford, not just a luxury for a few. A good guided trip shouldn't cost you an arm and a leg. One of my favorite parts of this job is getting kids and disabled anglers out on the water - there's nothing like watching someone feel that first tug on the line.

Your guide standing in the river holding a salmon in each hand, forest along the bank behind him — Two salmon, one good morning on the river.

The boat

A 16-foot heated drift boat, so a cold morning on the water still means a warm ride. All fishing gear is provided - just bring your lunch and clothing and footwear suited to the weather.

Two anglers standing in shallow water beside the drift boat, each holding salmon, with a forested riverbank behind — A morning's fish alongside the boat on the Humptulips.

When more than one party books the same day, a partner guide runs a second drift boat so everyone still gets on the water.

A guide and a young angler kneeling in the river holding salmon beside a second drift boat — The partner boat, out on a busy day.

Licensing & rules

Gear is provided, but clients need their own Washington fishing license and Catch Record Card for salmon and steelhead. Both are available online from WDFW or from any license dealer.

Your guide is licensed through the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife as a commercial fishing guide, with a registered vessel.

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 2026 Food Fish Guide tags, vessel registration stickers, and commercial guide license cards (birthdates blurred) — Current WDFW guide license and vessel registration.

Photos

An angler kneeling in the drift boat holding a bright salmon, gravel bar behind

Two fresh-caught salmon laid on river gravel among fallen leaves

An angler in waders standing in the river holding a salmon in each hand, bare alder trees behind

An angler standing on a gravel bar holding a large steelhead, pickup trucks parked in the distance

Several salmon laid in the drift boat's cooler on the grass at the takeout

Two young anglers standing on a dock together holding a coho salmon

A young angler in a hooded sweatshirt holding a trout in the drift boat at first light

A young angler holding a large salmon beside the drift boat at the launch

Questions about a trip?

Call 360-589-8748