Putting the Boat Up for,,,,

[Hunterman]

,,,,,The season    I was going to hit Westport this week end, BUT after the weather report I got today, plus some charters calling it quits for the year, I'm staying home    winds to 40 with 18' seas.

I had a good season for the time I was able to fish with good friends. Next season will be a different story.  We will put many salmon and bottom fish in the boats 

Now lets get ready to hunt

Hunterman(Tony)

[Ridgeratt]

Dang! I'm just seeing the reports picking up for this side of the state!! Boats not even close to hitting the shed!!
 

[TheHunt]

We will have to hook up on the Cowlitz in the near future... 

[Ridgeratt]

I'm headed for the confluence mid week it looks like!!! 
Weather is predicted to break on Wednesday or Thursday I feel the need to Float!

Looks like me and the Dawg are going to spend some time! Besides she makes a great fishing buddy

[Ridgeratt]

Well I did make the run on Thursday to Lewiston. Got there around 7:30 am hit the launch just across the bridge from the mouth of the Clearwater. Had a saw horse telling me that it wasn't open, but the 300 of my closest friends also didn't get the memo!! A lot of folks were coming off saying it was slow. But I drove down so I'm floatin.
 
Gave my hunting buddy the choice of running the downriggers or driving. He took downriggers so I handed him a set of rubber gloves and he asked what are these for?

Simple so your chips don't taste funny.       
 
We stayed out of the masses and headed towards the jet boat launch. He wasn't in the water over 10 minutes and he stuck a Chinook. He's yellin , He's Ready, He's ready Get the net!!!
 
I'm not an expert but when the fish is airborne from one side of a hewescraft to the other behind the boat I just don't have the same feeling. Especially when it came off a ball 27 feet down and 30 feet behind the boat.
 
So as we all know when you horse a fresh fish it's going to happen! Kersnappy it busted off.
 
We fished the rest of the day I did have one good hit that didn't stick and then late afternoon did pick up a jack.
 
River was the color of a bad shade of coffee but I was marking tons of fish just none had their mouths open.
 
That's all I got!!

[7mm Bob]

As usual, I put my boat away for the year last weekend, but fishing report say that coho fishing is still at least good in the Mukilteo, Shipwreck, Humpy Hollow area