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Well today was the first time we had a chance to get out and try for summer Chinook and we had a bang up day :dance:
First we had a pep talk from our Carrot leader Osama Bin Bobby that went something like this...
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You think these Chinooks are mighty? You would be wrong infidel. These Chinooks act mighty but they are full of nothing but hot air. They tell nothing but lies and mislead you. We must crush the summer Chinooks. They will tremble before us the mighty Team Carrots (including Bodey and Cracker Joe). They actually fear carrots but running will not help them. We must find the infidel Chinooks, bonk them on the head and place them in the ice….
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Well as it turned out Osama Bin Bobby was correct, the Chinook could not hide but all the ones we landed had one too many fins, except for one, he had half a fin… DOH!
Got to the ramp at 0’ Dark Thirty. As we got up to the Shad Rack we saw a couple of boats fighting some fish so we decided to pull into an established line and anchor up. As most of you know that have fished this stretch of the river this is more easily said than done. After a couple of attempts we finally found a place for our anchor to stick and got to fishing. We needed about 250’ of my 300’ of rope to stick in 14’ of water… maybe some more chain will help on my next trip up there.
After our Osama pep talk we got our spinners in the water and about 15 min later fish on! Cracker Joe got his first, and my boats first summer salmon ever. It looks like Joes luck is turning around because it took him about 150 hours of fishing to get his first Springer.
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It was a great battle and finally the infidel Chinook came to the net… one problem too many fins and back he went. It was a beauty of a fish that probably would have pushed just over 30 lbs.
We get back on anchor and XTC gets his pole back in the water before the rest of us and BAM fish on… this took a whole 10 seconds and 10 seconds later he came off. DARN.
We motor back up to anchor up again because 10 seconds of free drifting this stretch of the river moves you about 100 yards downstream. Finally ready to get back in the water and XTC yells “Infidel On” again. He got this one while back bouncing his spinner… this took a whole 3 seconds and you guessed it 3 seconds later the fish comes off. DOUBLE DARN. At least this time we did not have the time to drop off.
Meanwhile on the droughter side of the boat where Bodey and I where fishing nothing was going on. Bodey and I were lamenting about our sad situation when BAM Bodey’s rod burries. Joe saw it, then Osama Bin Bobby saw it, then Chris saw it, then I saw it… oh yea then Bodey finally figured out it was his rod we were all looking at and shouting about. This infidel fought very hard but was no match for our techniques. Problem was it was misclipped… TRIPLE DARN… at least we took a picture of this one.
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Back on anchor and after a while Bodey gets another pound down. Infidel on! Wait… Infidel off! He reels in and there is a nice little pigtail on the end of his leader. Darn slipknots, I guess they aren’t for fishing.
We had a lot more laughs and a couple of drivebys but that was it. Bodey it was great meeting you and if you ever need a ride jus tlet me know! Fished 14 feet of water on the Shad Rack. Winner spinners were red/brass and red/white 50/50.
First we had a pep talk from our Carrot leader Osama Bin Bobby that went something like this...
You think these Chinooks are mighty? You would be wrong infidel. These Chinooks act mighty but they are full of nothing but hot air. They tell nothing but lies and mislead you. We must crush the summer Chinooks. They will tremble before us the mighty Team Carrots (including Bodey and Cracker Joe). They actually fear carrots but running will not help them. We must find the infidel Chinooks, bonk them on the head and place them in the ice….
Well as it turned out Osama Bin Bobby was correct, the Chinook could not hide but all the ones we landed had one too many fins, except for one, he had half a fin… DOH!
Got to the ramp at 0’ Dark Thirty. As we got up to the Shad Rack we saw a couple of boats fighting some fish so we decided to pull into an established line and anchor up. As most of you know that have fished this stretch of the river this is more easily said than done. After a couple of attempts we finally found a place for our anchor to stick and got to fishing. We needed about 250’ of my 300’ of rope to stick in 14’ of water… maybe some more chain will help on my next trip up there.
After our Osama pep talk we got our spinners in the water and about 15 min later fish on! Cracker Joe got his first, and my boats first summer salmon ever. It looks like Joes luck is turning around because it took him about 150 hours of fishing to get his first Springer.
It was a great battle and finally the infidel Chinook came to the net… one problem too many fins and back he went. It was a beauty of a fish that probably would have pushed just over 30 lbs.
We get back on anchor and XTC gets his pole back in the water before the rest of us and BAM fish on… this took a whole 10 seconds and 10 seconds later he came off. DARN.
We motor back up to anchor up again because 10 seconds of free drifting this stretch of the river moves you about 100 yards downstream. Finally ready to get back in the water and XTC yells “Infidel On” again. He got this one while back bouncing his spinner… this took a whole 3 seconds and you guessed it 3 seconds later the fish comes off. DOUBLE DARN.
At least this time we did not have the time to drop off.Meanwhile on the droughter side of the boat where Bodey and I where fishing nothing was going on. Bodey and I were lamenting about our sad situation when BAM Bodey’s rod burries. Joe saw it, then Osama Bin Bobby saw it, then Chris saw it, then I saw it… oh yea then Bodey finally figured out it was his rod we were all looking at and shouting about. This infidel fought very hard but was no match for our techniques. Problem was it was misclipped… TRIPLE DARN…
at least we took a picture of this one.
Back on anchor and after a while Bodey gets another pound down. Infidel on! Wait… Infidel off! He reels in and there is a nice little pigtail on the end of his leader. Darn slipknots, I guess they aren’t for fishing.
We had a lot more laughs and a couple of drivebys but that was it. Bodey it was great meeting you and if you ever need a ride jus tlet me know! Fished 14 feet of water on the Shad Rack. Winner spinners were red/brass and red/white 50/50.
