I grew up in Skagit Valley and am proud to call it my home. I have lived here for nearly my entire life. I am a Navy submarine veteran, stationed in Pearl Harbor. I graduated locally at Western Washington University with a bachelor’s degree in physics. Boatbuilding has been my main professional career right here within in Skagit County.

The Skagit River, local lakes, and the Puget Sound have been my playground since I was a small kid. I love fishing, hunting, crabbing, and clamming—and these are all shared with my wife and two kids.

My experience with salmon and waterfowl focuses on the Skagit River and its delta.

We hook ourselves plenty of sockeye, humpies, and coho. I plunk shrimp for sockeye, plunk shrimp or pitch spinners for humpies and prefer spinners and spoons when it comes to coho, but I’ll throw the occasional wiggler their way too.

Waterfowling in the delta finds us with a mixed bag of mallards, pintail, wigeon and green-winged teal, depending on time of year and bird migration. We also on occasion pick up wood ducks, spoonbills, and gadwall.

I can’t guarantee limits (sometimes it’s the tides and weather, other times it’s the critters, they can be fickle), but I can guarantee you a lot of fun and great day out in a laid-back environment. When you come fish or hunt with me, the trip is yours and I want to see you leave happy.

I am awaiting my Coast Guard credentials and plan to start guiding in September 2026.

—Andrew