Below i-5

[Blacklab]

Definition of frustration. Seeing this many fish for 5-6 hours and none want to bite.

[metlhead]

They do want to bite. Just gotta fiddle with gear til they do. Try for an aggression bite

[Blacklab]

Yeah, I couldn’t figure it out. From spinners to spinfish, stuffed spin fish to maglips on a 360. Just wasn’t our day. 😉🥃🇺🇸

[CP]

Which river?

[ducks4days]

They do want to bite. Just gotta fiddle with gear til they do. Try for an aggression bite

  Smack them in the face with a maribou jig and see who really isnt biting

[Blacklab]

Which river?

Columbia River

[elkrack]

We had a very similar day on Sunday. We came on fish stacked throughout the water column and it was a struggle to get our 4 fish. Barbless hooks made it even more frustrating. We were 1 out for 10 on hook ups then nailed 3 in a row.

[PointBlank]

Been smacking them pretty good the last two weeks in the famous “dead zone”. 24” bumper to chrome protroll or shortbus and spinners on 24” leader… little bit of your favorite sauce helps.

[PointBlank]

We had a very similar day on Sunday. We came on fish stacked throughout the water column and it was a struggle to get our 4 fish. Barbless hooks made it even more frustrating. We were 1 out for 10 on hook ups then nailed 3 in a row.

That’s what I’m dealing with… lots of short strikes and fish coming off before meeting the net. Sometimes it seems to work keeping the boat in gear to keep tention on the fish and other times it works to kick in neutral and float back… all depends on what kind of current your dealing with…

[Stein]

Barbless hooks are awesome.  We lost 12 fish near the boat last Sunday, that doesn't count the bites that didn't stick or the ones lost right away.

Having one hook back pretty far seems to help a bit, but some days are just not good and then the next day you don't lose a single one.

[Blacklab]

That’s awesome pointblank

[hunter399]

I was fishing a river from shore on some big rocks.
I could see tons of fish down there,with my own eye.
I throw the whole tackle box at them.
Nothing.
Sometimes you just don't have what there looking for.It sucks to know they are there.

[PointBlank]

Hopefully we get an extension! Fingers crossed otherwise I’m going to go chase bears for a bit!

[Blacklab]

A extension would be sweet won’t hold my breath Picnic baskets for bait   

[elkrack]

You guys got your extension!

[Blacklab]

7 days 

[PointBlank]

Fished yesterday. Had out chances one in the boat in boat side release and one long line release… bite was tough that’s for sure! Not was it was a week ago

[Blacklab]

Out there again today. To rods marked fish no takers. Current was moving. Not sure if they let water out or not but it was movin.

[PointBlank]

Fished the last two days and there is fish for the picking… 2/8 first day and 5/12 today. Close to bottom and Mexican hat bloody tuna has been paying off. Good luck and tight lines!

[Blacklab]

Good job👍

Hopefully I’ll be able to get out next week🙏🙏🙏

[Blacklab]

 Don’t mean to sound like I’m bragging. Dana I made it out today. Caught a whopper 16 inch jack. Then I looked at my card and it was my first one of the year. lol I’ve caught kokannee bigger than this thing. Fun day on the water 👍

[Blacklab]

Dana and I made it out yesterday 6hrs. Marked many. Had one jack and lost it at the boat. Almost had a whole river to our selves. Minus the ships.