Columbia this week - Advise?

[5 Salt]

Headed out for my first Spingers fishing this weekend and I sure could use some advise. All of my experience has been fall chinooks.

Never fished the Columbia - heard good things about St. Helens area but open to any good spots as well as best spot to put boat in.

Anchor or Troll?

Thanks

[SalmonSeason]

If you're coming from Mac and want to fish out around St. Helens here's a few spots to try (boat ramps) St. Helens City ramp downtown-columbia and channel
Rainier-Columbia river
Fred's Marina off of Hwy 30 for willamette/channel fishing

[SalmonSeason]

if you get out there and the tide is incoming troll herring
anchor on the outgoing

[Reel Premier]

Wait another month, and instead go fish for steelhead. It's still a little early for the springers.

[5 Salt]

Originally posted by SalmonSeason:
if you get out there and the tide is incoming troll herring
anchor on the outgoing

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">SalmonSeason,

Thanks for the advise.

Herring at anchors as well or other?

[glowball]

Use kwikfish on anchor. Best bet is to do a search on springers.

good luck

[wannacatchem]

Specifically, do a search on "springer techniques" Many post thread, with pics, on the very subject

[SalmonSeason]

Troll herring and anchor w/ Kwikfish/Flatfish