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Title: Lower Columbia River Spring Salmon Guide Service Recomendation
Post by: cbond3318 on February 24, 2014, 08:32:32 AM: Looking to take my Dad and Brothers on a Springer run, wondering if you guys have any recommendations on a guide service for the lower Columbia R?
Title: Re: Lower Columbia River Spring Salmon Guide Service Recomendation
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on February 24, 2014, 08:43:17 AM: On April 5th last year we anchored up with our guide. He was wrapping kwickies with something special.
With 100 to 125 boats around we had over 100 jacks and got our 5 adults by Noon. We saw 2 other fish caught from all the other boats. We thought the jacks were a nusience but no one else got even one! And when the adults came by they couldent resit either. So, if your not catchin jacks, your offering sucks. Lol

Luck? Not even.

Call Ron Holt!
Title: Re: Lower Columbia River Spring Salmon Guide Service Recomendation
Post by: Mfowl on February 24, 2014, 09:12:22 AM: What part of the river? Below Bonneville closes on April 7 and I would expect the top guides to be booked now or very soon! However there are a lot of good guides to choose from on the lower river. FishHawk, Swanny, Eric Linde, All Rivers, Chinook Guide service, Lee Barkie to name a few. I see all these guys getting there clients fish year in and year out. You should start making calls to find out what dates are available. Sometimes if they don't have any dates open they will refer you to another who does. Good luck! Hope you get some spots! I can't wait to get after the springers myself!
Title: Re: Lower Columbia River Spring Salmon Guide Service Recomendation
Post by: cbond3318 on February 24, 2014, 09:39:43 AM: Thanks for the feedback guys. I will start calling kind of a last minute deal to get us all together. No preference on section of river, anything that is open to boating em'. We are from eastern wa and are typically on the banks of ringold zinging lead in the spring.
Title: Re: Lower Columbia River Spring Salmon Guide Service Recomendation
Post by: Mfowl on February 24, 2014, 09:43:17 AM: Oh yeah, can't leave out Jack and Brandon Glass, another couple good guides to add to the list!
Title: Re: Lower Columbia River Spring Salmon Guide Service Recomendation
Post by: washingtonmuley on February 24, 2014, 09:48:54 AM: Jody Mather of Master Guides
Title: Re: Lower Columbia River Spring Salmon Guide Service Recomendation
Post by: bullcanyon on February 24, 2014, 09:55:58 AM: You want fish? I'd call Ron Holt. Him or his dad will put fish in the boat. Lots of great guides out there but I've watched them pound fish with more regularity than many others.
Title: Re: Lower Columbia River Spring Salmon Guide Service Recomendation
Post by: cbond3318 on February 24, 2014, 10:00:46 AM: Quote from: bullcanyon on February 24, 2014, 09:55:58 AM
You want fish? I'd call Ron Holt. Him or his dad will put fish in the boat. Lots of great guides out there but I've watched them pound fish with more regularity than many others.

I think I found them, is it "Clancy's Guide Service"?
Title: Re: Lower Columbia River Spring Salmon Guide Service Recomendation
Post by: cbond3318 on February 24, 2014, 10:01:54 AM: Quote from: cbond3318 on February 24, 2014, 10:00:46 AM
Quote from: bullcanyon on February 24, 2014, 09:55:58 AM
You want fish? I'd call Ron Holt. Him or his dad will put fish in the boat. Lots of great guides out there but I've watched them pound fish with more regularity than many others.

I think I found them, is it "Clancy's Guide Service"?

Actually Clancy's Guided Sportfishing?
Title: Re: Lower Columbia River Spring Salmon Guide Service Recomendation
Post by: akirkland on February 24, 2014, 02:24:17 PM: You found him.
Title: Re: Lower Columbia River Spring Salmon Guide Service Recomendation
Post by: Shane54 on February 24, 2014, 08:06:15 PM: As said clany and Ron holt are great guys, along with jack and Brandon glass, also I would say bill swanny. All of these are top notch Columbia guides!
Title: Re: Lower Columbia River Spring Salmon Guide Service Recomendation
Post by: Antlershed on February 24, 2014, 08:53:28 PM: If you want to fish the real lower river, I would say Ron or Clancy Holt. Jack and Brandon Glass would be great choices for the PDX area. You couldn't pay me to fish with Swanny :twocents:
Title: Re: Lower Columbia River Spring Salmon Guide Service Recomendation
Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on February 28, 2014, 06:54:41 PM: Cameron Black, Bill Woods
Title: Re: Lower Columbia River Spring Salmon Guide Service Recomendation
Post by: Bone_Collector on March 01, 2014, 07:31:35 PM: The Holts or the Glass boys or Phil Stevens if he is doing the Columbia for springers!
Plus I have agree with Antlershed!

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