A few weeks ago, my friends James and Ryan and I fished for walleye with guide Leon Stafford below Little Goose Dam on the Snake River. We had a great time and caught some very nice walleye and even got to spend time in the scenic Palouse River. We liked this some much that we traveled there again last Thursday. We launched at the Texas Rapids Recreation Area, and although there was a pretty good breeze blowing we drove up to the fishing area right below the dam. We put out a variety of crank baits and began trolling. The wind began blowing even harder, and although we thought this was getting a little bit crazy we saw a couple of other boats on the water. Still, it was difficult to manage the boat, so we ran back down to the launch. We thought we might find better conditions off the Palouse River mouth and stopped at the marina that is just across the river from there. We found the wind just as bad here. While there we noticed some anglers holding up some catfish. They had a wheelbarrow full of big ones. Guess we should have fished there the night before for them instead.