Here are the pics from the trip Dangerous Dave and I made to the Cowlitz on Wednesday.

Them are some nice bright fish!!

nice fish... if I whine enough can I get an invite along sometime.

Oh... I may be fishing over on your side of the pond next weekend. This one is honey do's so I can take off the following weekend.

.... and what's the info on that Hihium trip I caught wind of????

Thanks UM!

Look's like FUN was had! Nice job.

What are you doing keeping fish that dark? Talk about boots.....

Hey... What heck model boat is that? I dont seem to see it as a current model from smokercraft.

Seattlerocket,
It's a 2002 Smokercraft Tracer. Basically it's a Lodge seriers with a windshield and side console put in with a 25 Yami 4 stroke with power trim/tilt. Got it at Auburn Sports and Marine 2 years ago. Last I checked they still carried them at Stevens Marine down by Portland, but that is the only place I have seen them lately.

Zen,
I make an annual pilgrimage to Hi-Hium with Dangerous Dave and few others. First week of September every year. Stay at Eagle Bay 1 cabin with the Circle W Ranch. This year was probably the best yet. Weather was awesome, infact it was almost too warm during the day, and the fishing was fantastic! Nymphing, tossing dries or wind drifting....the bite was on!! do you venture up that way also??

Tight Lines all!!

UM,

I've flung my share of flies. Fished Hihium out of the FS campground in 2000. Drove up to check out a nearby lake reputed to have large fish in 2000. Almost found that lake but got sidetracked by a flat tire.

Very nice fish. Are you guys making a return trip down in the next week or so?

Zen,
the nets go into the Lower Columbia on Monday and figure the weekend to be even a bigger zoo, so will probably wait til we get word that the nets ahve been out for a few days. By then it will probably be pretty much just a Silver fishery, but should be decent fishing thru the end of October.

We followed you down there. Had good fishing there wednesday night, but thursday was pretty dead there. Much better in the main river.

Nice catch there UM. Looks like I'm missing out on a good run this year. On a positive note, "only" 10 more months and I'll be back!

That a nice mess of fish UM!

Nice fish guys....

Well, I haven't decided where I am going to go first. October 1st kicks off BM season for me!
I'll probably hang around and fish Green Pt.
I did very well last year off Green- especially October!

Will definitely hit Manchester for the opener this year!

auburn sports has those tracers in stock and they are really cheap i think they are 2003 models so they are trying to get rid of them!!!

Look at these dam counts for Columbia River Nookie the last 3 days....WOW!

BON, 09/12/2003, Fa, 45,579
BON, 09/13/2003, Fa, 41,564
BON, 09/14/2003, Fa, 39,642

Figures that the nets are back in the river

WOW nice fish pics its great to see these and others after a long day at work. It make those boat payments a little easier when you cant get out.

Thanks
COHO