Hey Riverman, make sure you let Web and I know how you do. We are planning on going down the week of April 12th. What day do you plan on leaving? Looks like the numbers are starting to pick up with a couple 50 days.

If you need a tune up before you go, you might consider making a day trip to the WR. Fishing was incredible last week in the canyon, but slowed a bit since the rive dropped the past few days. Give me a shout if you want to come over sunday.

AC

If you're a Columbia springer fisherman, and you're sort of a computer-geek, then here is the ultimate web site for you:

http://www.cqs.washington.edu/dart/adultpass.html

Kind of fun graphing out the past springer runs, and the current springer run to see where we are (theoretically) in the run.

Hey, I can't fish right now, so I gotta dream!

Nympher,

Hey feel free to phone me on the water at any time...Web has my cell #. We will be out starting Saturday and will probably stay at least until Tuesday, maybe longer.

RM

Fished yesterday's PM outgoing, 2 fish, this morning's outgoing, one fish. They're out there.

I fished the Columbia on Saturday's and Sunday's outgiong tides. We hit a total of 4 fish, and landed 2, and one landed us on Saturday. Sunday we hit one, and landed none.

This was just downstream of the 205 bridge.

The big story was of a hook up my bother had. His rod just bowed out of sight at one point, in contrast to the bouncing when a 'nookie hits.

He grabs the rod, and I try to clear my line from the water. When I pull back my 30# Trilene snaps with a pop! I run up front to release the anchor, and I hear POP!, then "Forget it" It got away!

We deconstructed the situation, as we looked at my brother's reel that was holding 150 yards of 30#, and we saw the arbor of his Penn 209. No line was left.

The neighbors on the line offered it must have been a log, but the log went cross current to the middle of the channel.

We can only figure that some giant sturgeon must have nabbed our Kwikfish, and bolted when the hooks bit in.

In 30 seconds we lost 2 kwikfish K-15s, 8 ounces of lead, and 150 yards of line.

Satuday was an interesting day on the river.

You probably had a sea lion on the end of the line

No sea lions, or harbor seals were seen within a 1/4 mile of where we were.

Been there, discussed that. Sturgeon it remains in the eyes of all witnesses.

Rob