14 Days of Enjoyable – Salmon & Steelhead Journal

In a matter of days we can be confronted with a fish or flight state of affairs on the decrease Columbia River. Should you resolve to partake on this fishery, there’s a sense of urgency this yr — if for no different motive that the season is restricted to 14 days. And do you have to resolve to take a corridor cross and discover an alternate physique of water to fish in mid-August, there can be no laborious emotions. In reality, I’d enterprise a guess that one much less angler can be welcome information by the 1000’s of others who plan to benefit from the chance.

Personally, I’m excited to fish the decrease Columbia, which in modern-day vernacular is known as Buoy 10, which is nothing greater than a nickname to the world we fish. (And that’s from the mouth upriver to Tongue Point). Pardon me for sounding outdated, however ‘back in the day’ we truly spent numerous time fishing close to the pink buoy with the painted white numbers one and 0. Buoy 10 was the proverbial ‘welcome mat’ the place we greeted salmon within the a whole bunch of 1000’s on an incoming tide making quick work of our limits. Oftentimes it was the place we began our day, and ended our day with a cooler filled with salmon as our reward. Quite a bit has modified after I first fished right here on a puker boat out of Hammond. (And sure, I vomited with reckless abandon on my inaugural journey and joyful to report it hasn’t occurred since). What was as soon as predominantly a coho fishery has developed right into a chinook fishery.