Columbia River Winter Hogs!

Fishfaced · 12-06-2003, 08:31 PM

Tight little rumor about some winter Chinook off Woodland Bar. Saw a 52#. Talk about a beauty!

FishinMission · 12-07-2003, 05:40 AM

Well...it's still a rumor...but now 6,000 people will know about it...Not a secret anymore!!

Hope nobody wanted to keep it a secret!!

Mark

devonian · 12-07-2003, 06:05 AM

don't be so uptight Mark

...i like hearing stories of people catching fish. besides the columbia is only open til dec. 25. i doubt 6,000 people will target this small run in 17 days

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maybe you should fish the tualatin if you want to avoid the crowds :grin: .

FishinMission · 12-07-2003, 06:45 AM

[ 12-07-2003, 07:50 AM: Message edited by: FishinMission ]

FishinMission · 12-07-2003, 06:53 AM

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maybe you should fish the tualatin if you want to avoid the crowds

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">After reviewing your posts, Devonian,...That's one of the best tips I've seen you post here.

Keep up the good work.

Mark

garyk · 12-07-2003, 09:57 AM

This morning's it's 39f, with showers blowing down the river. Anyone out there today has earned their fish.

No wait at the boat ramp either :grin: .

Anyone know anything of the biology of these winter chinook, like what system they're headed to?

Silver Hilton · 12-07-2003, 11:52 PM

I went and had a look at the Bonneville counts, and it looks like a few continue to trickle over the dam. At this point, you start to wonder, are they late fall fish, or early spring fish?