finally a springer

[mainer78]

Heading down to the Columbia sunday.. Still trying to decide weather to hit up around the I5 bridge or down near skamokawa?   Hopefully this rain will get em moving

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

Saw 1 boat around I-5 today... Ghosttown

[plunker01]

Well I went back out last night tthe river had dropped again and the only action I had was about a 5 pound sucker fish. Even the guys who had been there all day said they never seen a take down all day. And no smossy we werent using cork and yarn. Ive been just running a spin glo with a prawn or sandshrimp and then slidding down a cut plug herring its worked really well for me the last couple years I usually average 12-16 fish a year wiith that setup.

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

Some of you guys may know the guy i fish with, if you are on gamefishin or ifish he goes by Born To Be Wild, he has been banned on most of the sites he frequents because he is passionate about the fish and fishing and he rarely will see the other side of the argument and ends up getting himself banned. But he has been one of the most helpful people when it come to fishing on the river. He has been giving me reports of no fish. Or 1 fish, it has been very slow. He lives on the river so i wait until he calls me and all he is saying is slow. And he fishes the Cow a lot.

[Smossy]

Well I went back out last night tthe river had dropped again and the only action I had was about a 5 pound sucker fish. Even the guys who had been there all day said they never seen a take down all day. And no smossy we werent using cork and yarn. Ive been just running a spin glo with a prawn or sandshrimp and then slidding down a cut plug herring its worked really well for me the last couple years I usually average 12-16 fish a year wiith that setup.

Ahh ok. I havent mastered all those fancy setups yet. Ive barely got bobber and egg teq- down.

[sirmissalot]

The interesting thing about the Internet fishermen is that usually the majority of people who post reports are the ones who caught fish. I know plenty of guys who wouldn't go on a forum and let everyone know they got skunked or had a slow day. When there are loads of people fishing, of course you're goin to get reports of people catching fish, but if you look at actual catch rates... It's usually a different story.

Smossy, my usual crew has me full for most of the halibut season, and with a good spring bear tag in my pocket I'm going to sit some of the openers out. 

[WSU]

The interesting thing about the Internet fishermen is that usually the majority of people who post reports are the ones who caught fish. I know plenty of guys who wouldn't go on a forum and let everyone know they got skunked or had a slow day. When there are loads of people fishing, of course you're goin to get reports of people catching fish, but if you look at actual catch rates... It's usually a different story.

Smossy, my usual crew has me full for most of the halibut season, and with a good spring bear tag in my pocket I'm going to sit some of the openers out.

I'm the opposite.  I am much more likely to go on the interwebz and tell people fishing sucks than I am to post a hot report. 

[sirmissalot]

As am I, its much more helpful than the guys just getting on there to brag.

[Smossy]

The interesting thing about the Internet fishermen is that usually the majority of people who post reports are the ones who caught fish. I know plenty of guys who wouldn't go on a forum and let everyone know they got skunked or had a slow day. When there are loads of people fishing, of course you're goin to get reports of people catching fish, but if you look at actual catch rates... It's usually a different story.

Smossy, my usual crew has me full for most of the halibut season, and with a good spring bear tag in my pocket I'm going to sit some of the openers out. 

Roger that.

[jackelope]

As am I, its much more helpful than the guys just getting on there to brag.

And it won't create a swarm of fishermen in your honey holes.

[plunker01]

By all means I wasnt really posting that pic to bragg I was just excited to get that first one of the year under my belt. The fishing on the cowlitz has been very slow and I put in a lot of hours the last couple weeks and the most I seen was 3 steelies in one day so it is definately far from being hot right now

[Kc_Kracker]

Some of you guys may know the guy i fish with, if you are on gamefishin or ifish he goes by Born To Be Wild, he has been banned on most of the sites he frequents because he is passionate about the fish and fishing and he rarely will see the other side of the argument and ends up getting himself banned. But he has been one of the most helpful people when it come to fishing on the river. He has been giving me reports of no fish. Or 1 fish, it has been very slow. He lives on the river so i wait until he calls me and all he is saying is slow. And he fishes the Cow a lot.

BTBW  ya for years hes been a wealth of knowledge, but yes your right he tends to get into alot of spats, especially with anyone that fishes the cow, wasnt it CFM he fought with daily? I didnt even know he was banned til about a week ago 

its not just this thread, I have seen this fight about the catch rate going on all over 

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

Yeah KC he has been a fishing buddy for a lot of years. He helped me get my boy his first steelhead when my boy was 6. BRBW is very good with kids. I get pics from Dan all the time. Every day he catches fish. So i usually know where the fish are around the SW WA area.

[WSU]

By all means I wasnt really posting that pic to bragg I was just excited to get that first one of the year under my belt. The fishing on the cowlitz has been very slow and I put in a lot of hours the last couple weeks and the most I seen was 3 steelies in one day so it is definately far from being hot right now

The cow isn't somewhere that I feel the need to keep secret.  It is well known and busy whenever there are fish around in numbers.

[eggster]

Nice springers right there. I'd take one of those over 5 steelhead any day. Good going.