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03-07-2004, 06:07 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Out in the back forty
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And that's one... (first Springer)
Now that the first one is out of the way, we can get down to the serious frenzy. :smile:
Stomach was stuffed with 25-30 smelt, all smallish.
Kwikfish in the Longview area. Saw 3 fish counting this one for eight boats, which is pretty good for this early.
The secret to catching this fish was impaling my fancy Cabelas Gortex rainpants on a plug hanging where you see the mass of plugs in the lower right. I was sitting down, ignoring my rod, trying to flatten the barb of one of those %^&*$#@@ owner hooks to back it out when I heard the drag squak. I look up, and the rod, my brand new, virgin springer rod, with the sexy gold guides, is bent over, practically to the water, in that bow we love but have almost forgotten since last year.
The drift out to get him was a complete cluster situation. The crew, shown in the picture, has gotten lax and soft in the off season, and we had some issues getting off the rope. Three sources of fire between the cabin and the rope cleat may have had something to do with that. But a few choice anglo-saxonisms, and we managed.
The fish has met his sauce, and man, there is nothing as good as the first springer of the season.
[ 03-08-2004, 08:03 AM: Message edited by: Silver Hilton ]
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03-07-2004, 06:11 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Damascus
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Nice fish SH, I need sunglasses for the fish and those pants!! :grin: Get ready boyz and girlz cause here they come, whopeee!!
SB
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03-07-2004, 06:11 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Congrats on your first of the year!!  May there be many more to come!!
Dipnet :grin:
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03-07-2004, 06:13 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Out in the back forty
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Now, I take no credit for those pants and that hat. That's my friend, Tom, and he certinaly has his own sense of style.
The picture does no justice to that fish - it was chrome... As if there is a dark springer in March. And boy, did it taste good...
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03-07-2004, 06:18 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Scappoose,Or.
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Nice fish
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03-07-2004, 06:24 PM
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Tuna
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Way to go and nice pic  ..looks like a couple fickle pickles hanging in the fore front :grin:
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03-07-2004, 06:26 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Out in the back forty
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Yeah, I have a few of them. Also a few silver and chartreuse jobbies, like about 40 of them. Lest anyone think I jest when I say, I don't care about the color of a kickfish, as long as one of the colors is chartreuse
[ 03-07-2004, 07:27 PM: Message edited by: Silver Hilton ]
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03-07-2004, 06:28 PM
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Tuna
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
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03-07-2004, 06:30 PM
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Cutthroat
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Idaho
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
[img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] Way to go!!!!!!!!!
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03-07-2004, 06:38 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Beaverton, Oregon
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Simply awesome, and a great post too. Thanks so much for sharing that beauty. I am on my way out the door to try for some of that action.
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03-07-2004, 07:01 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Vancouver, WA
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Zaq- I'm not sure there's a favorable tide right now... and there seems to be some other problem, just can't quite put my finger on it... [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img]
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03-07-2004, 07:03 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Grand Haven on the inland seas (Michigan)
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
So they're chowing on smelt, but "nobody" trolls them? 
Nice fish. I guess since there's already a hole in the new pants, you can try it again to put another on next time.
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03-07-2004, 07:07 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Woodland ,WA
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Nice fish  [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] , Thanks for the report
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03-07-2004, 07:07 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Out in the back forty
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
JImmy, last year I put a hole in the coat, this year, a hole in the pants. Next year, a hole in the ??? The mind reels at the thought.
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03-07-2004, 07:28 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Longview
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Good job SH [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] Now just so I have this down I have to hook my pants first and then I get a take down?
I think a Kwikfish with the same color pattern as those pants would be killer!!!
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03-07-2004, 07:33 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Time, you have to hook yourself in the pants, near a vital member, in a state of protein food induced euphoria (those atkins folks should be regulated) in order to induce the full luck state...
Sorry, but that's what it takes to be in the pro leagues. 
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03-07-2004, 07:42 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Hopefully I can get one of those this week. Nice fish
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03-08-2004, 08:11 AM
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Cutthroat
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
I cant wait to catch my limit day after day after day.
[ 03-08-2004, 09:12 AM: Message edited by: I.B. Fish'n ]
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03-08-2004, 08:26 AM
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
You go Hilton. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]
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03-08-2004, 08:30 AM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: On the river...
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Way to go!
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03-08-2004, 08:51 AM
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Chromer
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Way to go S.H. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] I tried all my usual tricks yesterday (coffee cup perched precariously on the gunnel by rod handle, sitting in bow preparing anchor rope with center window closed, I even nodded off for a while.) but no take downs.  Leave it to you to come up with "hook in the pants" technology. I can't wait to try it [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img]
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03-08-2004, 09:01 AM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Camas, WA
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
SH...you just got lucky, 'cause you know it wouldn't have got by me if I would have been 'home'. [img]graemlins/dork.gif[/img]
Congrats on breaking in the new rod and your pants. :grin: Sweet fish and there are still 498,657 more on the way!!! :grin:
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03-08-2004, 09:09 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Out in the back forty
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Lured,
Bring it on, baby. :grin: I called that fish home all the way from Alaska with the Silver Secret Sauce. He was going by your spot so fast his wake swamped one of the smaller boats.
Seriously, one of the fish that was caught would have been caught by your left hand rod, had you been where you were supposed to be. The other was up at the point above the beaver trees. Sealions were working around a bit, and caught at least one that we saw.
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03-08-2004, 10:09 AM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Camas, WA
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Quote:
Originally posted by Silver Hilton:
I called that fish home all the way from Alaska with the Silver Secret Sauce.
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<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">SH...what is that!?! A special mix of Ensure and ground Centrum Silver vitamins? [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img]
Hey, its a great time to be "Silver"! :tongue: 
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03-08-2004, 12:30 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
nice Fish [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]
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03-08-2004, 12:39 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Quote:
Originally posted by Lured In:
BTW...do you take checks? :grin:
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<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">Sure, as long as you've got ID with Elmer's picture on it.
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03-08-2004, 12:45 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Troutdale
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Who dress is you You remind me of my grandpa
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03-08-2004, 01:20 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
attaway
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03-08-2004, 11:19 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Quote:
Originally posted by Lured In:
SH...what is that!?! A special mix of Ensure and ground Centrum Silver vitamins? [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img]
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<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">The old codger I got the recipe from swore me to secrecy. Some of the ingredients are a bit hard to get, and must be flown in at great expense from foreign countries. Others are only available in obscure markets in the depths of China town, always sold by persons who look and smell a bit unsavory...
But I'll be selling marinated fillets for three bucks each later this season! Four bucks for you. [img]graemlins/berry.gif[/img]
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03-08-2004, 11:21 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
Way to go SH. I've been thinking of e-mailing you to see if you had been into a fish yet or not. Congrats. 
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03-08-2004, 11:51 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Camas, WA
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Re: And that's one... (first Springer)
SH...
See you on the water. BTW...do you take checks? :grin:
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