springers

[bullcanyon]

We're hitting I5 friday.  Not sure if we'll go back there saturday for the real zoo or hit a lower hole.  We put a 24lb chromer in last thursday.  Trolling downhill with no bling.

[HawkenBob]

Lower river heated up yesterday pretty good for allot. Some great reports. I think there here, time to git er done!

The weather Sat is supposed to be great too. 

[HawkenBob]

My phone is busy today from good reports coming from alot of areas around P town so far this AM. Buddy works in Ft Lewis and counted 100 plus boats headed S this early am.

[bankwalker]

i stopped at one rest stop tuesday night on my way to the cow and there was 17 boats all headed to the big C. only 1 boat was going for sturgeon. so that 16 headed for springers.

on my way home i seen an easy 80 boats headed south aswell. quite a few being pulled by rv's

[HawkenBob]

Only 1 more hr...

[wackmaster]

I am leaving ae one in the morn hope to have pics when I get back

[wackmaster]

I am back with bad news I have jet pump issuies.I think a bearing went bad got to fish for 1 hour and then came home

[buckhorn2]

Fished cathlamet for the last three days and hooked 14. Landed half of them can;t see how they get off those quickfish seems like they hook up on everything in the boat. It was windy and rained hard the first two days but saturday was really nice. had some friends who fished downriver from us several miles who did really well so maybe next week will be good.

[cohoho]

Fished cathlamet for the last three days and hooked 14. Landed half of them can;t see how they get off those quickfish seems like they hook up on everything in the boat. It was windy and rained hard the first two days but saturday was really nice. had some friends who fished downriver from us several miles who did really well so maybe next week will be good.

Can I ask you a question is the kwik fish stock, meaning two sets of trebles on split rings.  We used to take the trebles off add bead swivels and swash hook for kings and I did the same last season for Springers and didn't lose but one or two.  I think they twist and turn so much they actually pop the hooks out when they are stock set-up.  My thoughts anyhow.  Sounded like a good couple days for sure...  Way to go....

[buckhorn2]

Did you put two siwashhooks hooks on or just one. We were wrapping the quickfish with sardine and the chrome with the chartruse head and tail did the best the water was;nt as clear as usual all the rivers we crossed on the way down were high and really muddy. Looks like decision time clamming or fishing.

[HawkenBob]

Thats outstanding fishing. Im fishing Camas and its sucked...Dam counts still suck too. Gonna go lower I guess this week.

[klickman]

Fished cathlamet for the last three days and hooked 14. Landed half of them can;t see how they get off those quickfish seems like they hook up on everything in the boat. It was windy and rained hard the first two days but saturday was really nice. had some friends who fished downriver from us several miles who did really well so maybe next week will be good.

Can I ask you a question is the kwik fish stock, meaning two sets of trebles on split rings.  We used to take the trebles off add bead swivels and swash hook for kings and I did the same last season for Springers and didn't lose but one or two.  I think they twist and turn so much they actually pop the hooks out when they are stock set-up.  My thoughts anyhow.  Sounded like a good couple days for sure...  Way to go....

 
Yep, get rid of the trebles.  You will hook more fish but you will loose a ton more.  The fish will use the hooks against each other.  You may not hook as many fish on the sigle hooks but you will land more fish on singles than you would on trebbles

Klickman

[buckhorn2]

Thanks for the tip and the pictures I will try it and it looks like it would be easier to wrap the sardines. Thats the same quickfish we used only ours had the color on both ends.                   

[cohoho]

Exactly Klickman, exactly what I do to all mine, the second picture.....  A good sardine wrap would kind of look like the old baits that our fathers had in in their tackle boxes, forget what they are called anyhow cut your wrap with a v at the end so it goes around the hook properly, you want it tight as possible with magic thread.  Gloves, gloves, gloves at all times.  I know others that don't buy into that but I do and it works greatly for Kings.  I wash all lures with dawn getting anything of old smell off them, then store in a dry box, only touching when you got latex gloves on.  Same for my beads, etc... I'd sit beside boats without gloves and catch all day long when they would look at use with confused peers...  Got to figure those fish can smell their way from where they were spawned, they have incredible smell, so anything I can do to eliminate human, foreign smell I will...  But your the one catching them so maybe you ought to give me some secrets.......   Thinking of heading out this coming weekend...   

[klickman]

Exactly Klickman, exactly what I do to all mine, the second picture.....  A good sardine wrap would kind of look like the old baits that our fathers had in in their tackle boxes, forget what they are called anyhow cut your wrap with a v at the end so it goes around the hook properly, you want it tight as possible with magic thread.  Gloves, gloves, gloves at all times.  I know others that don't buy into that but I do and it works greatly for Kings.  I wash all lures with dawn getting anything of old smell off them, then store in a dry box, only touching when you got latex gloves on.  Same for my beads, etc... I'd sit beside boats without gloves and catch all day long when they would look at use with confused peers...  Got to figure those fish can smell their way from where they were spawned, they have incredible smell, so anything I can do to eliminate human, foreign smell I will...  But your the one catching them so maybe you ought to give me some secrets.......   Thinking of heading out this coming weekend...   

I hear ya on the gloves and scrubbing the plugs