Springers

[cohoho]

Nice job Del...  That is a good looking fish for sure...  How was the water? 

[huntnphool]

 

[Huntbear]

Water above Kalama is in great shape color wise....   it is an off green.  Not the chocolate brown it was last weekend... but then you are above the multnomah channel.

[buckhorn2]

The water on the oregon side was mud but on the washington side a lot better there must have been around 30 boats about 15 minutes up from Kalama all fishing 10 to 15 feet. We got ours on quickfish with sardine wrap but others were getting them on those little flashers with green herring John told me the name but forgot but we saw maybe a dozen caught and we were below the main hog lines.

[Huntbear]

The water on the oregon side was mud but on the washington side a lot better there must have been around 30 boats about 15 minutes up from Kalama all fishing 10 to 15 feet. We got ours on quickfish with sardine wrap but others were getting them on those little flashers with green herring John told me the name but forgot but we saw maybe a dozen caught and we were below the main hog lines.

Those Flashers are called "Short bus" flashers.  Bob's in Longview has a great selection of them in both sizes....

[TommyH]

Nice fish!

[Hunterman]

Nice looking fish Del..No far getting a head start though..

Hunterman(Tony)

[WSU]

Short bus, fish flash, and similar flashers all work.  Looks like a nice upriver fish.  I'm jealous!

[huntnphool]

Short bus, fish flash, and similar flashers all work.  Looks like a nice upriver fish.  I'm jealous!

I have had good results with the fish flash in green

[Bone_Collector]

Good Lookin fish! Nothing like a chartreuse flasher! There are a lot of different brands out there and they are all good!

B_C

[buckhorn2]

The gillnetters have 9600 fish and we have 2400 that is the figures I was told. At cathlamet The 3 gillnetters I know who fished there one had 7 fish one had 11 and one had 32 and the price was good about 13 a pound. Hoping for an extension John-huntbear and I have a trip scheduled just hope with the river clearing up and dropping and the water temp to rise we might catch some fish.

[Huntbear]

The Columbia is staying open thru Friday the 13th, with Tuesday being closed to sportfishing for the netters.

There will be two more meetings next week to determine if the season will extend past Friday.

Catch em while ya can guys.... 

[Huntbear]

2 springers  :hello:in the boat.  Need 2 more and we can go hit the bar.

[Huntbear]

Buckhorn2 (Del) just put fish #3 in the cooler.   

[Huntbear]

Boat limited by 6 pm.