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Title: Springers one more time - anyone else heading?
Post by: cohoho on May 08, 2014, 07:52:45 PM: Anyone else heading Saturday for Springer's? Were heading to Kalama one more time for some yummy treats.
Title: Re: Springers one more time - anyone else heading?
Post by: Mfowl on May 08, 2014, 08:07:21 PM: Halibut and another round of shrimping for me. I heard the river was high and dirty right now anyway. I can wait until June for another round of Big C salmon. Good luck!
Title: Re: Springers one more time - anyone else heading?
Post by: Antlershed on May 09, 2014, 12:57:48 PM: I will be down below ya a little ways Mike. Hopefully the fish cooperate.
Title: Re: Springers one more time - anyone else heading?
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on May 10, 2014, 05:45:16 PM: Water was a tad high and dirty but I got mine yesterday. Hali today and shrimp. It's what's for moms day dinner tomorrow!
Title: Re: Springers one more time - anyone else heading?
Post by: SeaRun1 on May 11, 2014, 09:25:43 AM: I was expecting to see a lot more people on the river yesterday. Where was everyone? South of Longview we were able to get our fish on the middle of the day exchange but they were smaller fish. Biggest I saw yesterday was a 12 pounder. I hear we may get next weekend as well.

SR1
Title: Re: Springers one more time - anyone else heading?
Post by: Slimdog350 on May 11, 2014, 10:11:28 AM: Quote from: cohoho on May 08, 2014, 07:52:45 PM
Anyone else heading Saturday for Springer's? Were heading to Kalama one more time for some yummy treats.
Are you able to keep springers in the kalama? I thought they closed it to salmon retention this year.
Title: Re: Springers one more time - anyone else heading?
Post by: Mfowl on May 11, 2014, 11:53:26 AM: Quote from: Slimdog350 on May 11, 2014, 10:11:28 AM
Quote from: cohoho on May 08, 2014, 07:52:45 PM
Anyone else heading Saturday for Springer's? Were heading to Kalama one more time for some yummy treats.
Are you able to keep springers in the kalama? I thought they closed it to salmon retention this year.

The Kalama River is closed to salmon but the Columbia at the mouth and general vicinity is ok for retention when open.
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Post by: rover758 on May 11, 2014, 12:46:38 PM: Had to flip a coin. The Hali flip won. Boated 2 nice ones (40ish) and one chicken (25ish). It was a good day.
Title: Re: Springers one more time - anyone else heading?
Post by: Antlershed on May 12, 2014, 09:43:11 AM: Fished out of Willow Grove Saturday. Dead is an understatement. 8 Springers and 2 steelhead had been checked for 53 boats when we pulled out just before 2pm.
Title: Re: Springers one more time - anyone else heading?
Post by: bullcanyon on May 13, 2014, 08:33:00 PM: We fished Kalama saturday. Got one 18lb hatchery fish and missed 6 other take downs. Went sturgeon fishing for a couple hours and lost 2 keeper size fish to a sea lion so we quit fishing them and went back to the salmon dope on a rope thing. Caught a dozen or so before the sea lion found us.