Well, at least the first salmon blood

, I don't think Shad quite count
My brother-in-law came with me to the Siletz this morning and we fished from around 7:30 to 1:30. At around 11:45 I saw the tap, tap, tap and then BAM, he took off like a freight train. I caught him on a bait-wrapped green dot K-15. I then hooked up with his little brother about 1/2 hour later. Tried my best to hand off to my bro-in-law but he wouldn't take it. So, I brought him in and he also got the old

The fish that is, not my bro-in-law!
At least I let him take the fish home, and I kept big brother fish. Mine weighed in around 22lbs and I would guess the smaller one at around 12lbs. I am still so pumped I'm not sure how I will get to sleep tonight.
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