Late last winter Leon Stattford, of Riverlife guide service, invited me to come down to the Snake River to fish for walleye, and I finally made it last week. My friends James Lebow and Ryan Harris met Leon at the Texas Rapids Recreation Area and then ran up to a spot below Little Goose Dam. Here we trolled a variety of crank baits for walleye. We didn’t have to wait long to put the first walleye in the boat. Snake River walleye are of exceptional quality, and we landed fish that ranged in size from 15 to over 20 inches. The Snake is loaded with smallmouth bass, and we go a bunch of them while trolling crank baits. One of the options we talked about on this trip was exploring the Palouse River, and Leon was eager to show us this scenic area. He told us that the larger walleye had moved out of the Palouse to the Snake, but he assured us that we would catch a few, and we did. We also caught a lot smallmouth bass, perch and even bluegill. The Palouse River gorge is one of the most scenic places I have fished in the state. Be sure to Follow me on Facebook to know when the video of our trip is posted to my YouTube channel.