Advice on fishing with my brother

My brother is coming down from Canada this week.  It is kinda off season but I’d like to take him kayak fishing. Looking for advice for fishing within a day from Portland. He always takes me to great places in Canada, I’d like to return favor. You can pm me if you’d don’t want to publicize your secret locations. He doesn’t care what kind of fish, just likes catching them.

how about hook him up with sturgeon at Swan Island, if that's open?  Weather kind of sucks this week but maybe there will be a break.

Hagg Lake is being stocked this week with 12,000 fish, if you're into catching something.

Go kokanee catching at Merwin (midweek has slightly fewer people)?

I thought sturgeon fishing from Swan Island too so went a couple weeks ago. Nothing. Not even on the fishfinder. 4 other kayak fishers also got nothing. Just learning about Swan Island basin, do the sturgeon only congregate there in fall (fishing was good there Sept-Dec.)? Then distribute back into the river the rest of the year?

Hagg lake is a possibility.

hell with fishing! take him to a stripper bar, more fun!

I have a brother in Canada. I don't think I'd fish with him.

Brothers are over-rated.

Rudy, does he have any kayak fishing background ?  That might color your options. Honestly I wouldn't put anyone in a kayak this time of year without immersion gear.

Except maybe MY brother. I'd be willing to risk it.

You know your way around surf perch fishing. Do they even have beaches in Canadia ? That might be a treat for him. If you are going mid-week and have immersion gear, crabbing Tillymuck or even Netarts has a lot to recommend.

Me and my dad hit tillamook last week. While its still not as good as it was a few years ago, we did decent. We caught 15 RF and a keeper ling from the Jetty at daybreak, then went and launched the yaks. I managed 20 black rf, 1 blue rf, 4 copper rf, 5 kelp greenling, and one underling. Dad caught comparable numbers, as well as, a decent cabbie that went back.  We then hit high tide on the jetty to finish the day. it was slow, but dad managed another keeper ling (24'). So, it was a decent day.  if not that, id recommend fishing up in the sound. we like to launch at the steilacoom ferry dock, and fish just north/east of there.  A simple drop shot with a night crawler, will catch you flat fish until your arms fall off, as well as other species like dogfish, white spotted greenling, etc. IF you've never bottom fished the sound, its a kick in the pants on light gear.

I agree about immersion gear, he has been using my wetsuit, and he has some experience on a kayak.