Is it too early to start sending in the reports? I know there a couple Ifishers reporting some catch already. I'm getting by boat ready as I write. What was the projected return for the Willy this year? 60K? Good luck to everyone out there this year!
Thats awesome there is so much interest in early springer fishing. I notice about the time the good Winters show up, the rivers are devoid of people. Cant argue with folks wantin to kill Salmon, but I still think you guys are crazy for givin up on Winters so soon!
I will see you sorry suckers on the water starting in April or May when the fish get here. Please make sure to use all your bait and burn yourselves out before I get there so I can have all the water to myself. :twocents:
Too early for me to start but I've been getting the boat ready for the last three weeks. Just need to get the new fish finders put in and I'm ready! I usually put a few on my tag in February.
My first springer isn't too far away, it will come when my third year asparagus sprouts are finally big enough to harvest. It just hasn't been the same with store bought asparagus to go with my first springer meals of the previous years, getting close.
Geesh! Talking about Springer fishing the first week in January is comical to say the least. A good friend of mine lives at Prescott Beach and fishes almost every day. The day he tells me someone got a Springer, and coastal river steelhead conditions suck, I will give it a try. My earliest ever was back in the 70's trolling a herring in muddy water off Brownlows Beach near Saint Helens. Got it on January 23rd, 1970. First Springer last year was March 3, 2012 on the CR near the PDX airport. A nice 22 lbr. Bernie (Catch and Eat) took the pic for me.
Geesh! Talking about Springer fishing the first week in January is comical to say the least. A good friend of mine lives at Prescott Beach and fishes almost every day. The day he tells me someone got a Springer, and coastal river steelhead conditions suck, I will give it a try. My earliest ever was back in the 70's trolling a herring in muddy water off Brownlows Beach near Saint Helens. Got it on January 23rd, 1970. First Springer last year was March 3, 2012 on the CR near the PDX airport. A nice 22 lbr. Bernie (Catch and Eat) took the pic for me.
Here's proof of my January springer last year, caught plunking on the beach. Didn't get another one till march but several steelhead in-between.
(OK, so it was a native that splashed away before I got the picture taken so you'll have to trust me , and it was most likely a winter run not springer but don't get picky now!)
Ooops, I stand corrected annadramous. That was one heck of a report from you last year, I was planning on not hitting it hard until March, then you had to post landing TWO! Do you not realize how many cold, biteless days you inspired? Oh the cruelty.
It's not too early fellas! My uncle caught this one today, it won't let him post the pic so I'm doing it for him. Where's the first springer contest? Show this man the prize! Let the games begin :meme:
It's not too early fellas! My uncle caught this one today, it won't let him post the pic so I'm doing it for him. Where's the first springer contest? Show this man the prize! Let the games begin
:meme:
Congrats on the early Springer. Now the bad news. No PDF in the pic so you are disqualified :doh:
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