The big ones are coming

Trick · 05-31-2002, 10:01 PM

Spent the first half of the day fishing for summers on the Columbia. At high slack this morning I nailed my biggest springer ever. I'm guessing it at 30+ pounds. The 20-22lb fish we caught this year looked like smolts next to this hog. It was finclipped and released with a smile (yeah right

). A guy near me caught another one that was close, if not over 30lbs and it was clipped. It was also released unharmed. I had another break my 25lb Maxima after a good battle. Tooth rub on the line and a powerful run did the leader in. It looked bigger than the first one I caught.

A few other 15lb-20lb fish were landed but the didn't have the girth of these hogs. These May/June springers are HUGE.

Did manage a couple steelhead (1 clipped/1 wild) and a 20lb wild springer. Lost my favorite u20 flatfish on a steelhead. If anyone catches a fish in the next few days with a war-torn u20 hanging out of it's mouth will you please return it. Reward being offered.

Chris Nordling · 05-31-2002, 10:10 PM

Way to Go ! I'll be looking for your flatfish on the Clack :tongue:

Chris

fishchaser · 06-01-2002, 06:28 PM

Sounds like our adventure on the mighty Columbia, last Wednesday. We nailed 13 Springers the size of a torpedos, all fishing for steelhead.

We never did touch a Steelie that day, but they (Gizmo, and STZII) had a great time. [img]graemlins/icon_argue.gif[/img] I never got a bite, [img]graemlins/berry.gif[/img] but I did take a couple hand offs. I'm not proud.

Can't keep them anyway.

Let everyone know when the Salmon are less and the Steelhead are in more abundance.