Posts Tagged ‘Chinook’
Well it is late but I here that guys are catching kings right now in front of the Harbor. Usually when they are late like this they are running by so it may not last long. Get your green gear, find something that floats and get on it!!!
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Kerry W Allen
Yes boys and girls it’s that time of year again. The time when everyone with anything that can float gets out there and catches a few king salmon as they come by on their way to the river. Some guys will catch these in 60 or 8- feet of water and with anything from a 4 oz. banana weight and a herring to downriggers and hoochies.
I like to fish these in about 90 to 100 feet of water. There is a run that comes through at 75 feet and another around 90. My favorite is to run a green sonic edge spoon 56 inches behind a green hotspot flasher, 100 feet on the downrigger in 90 feet of water. I also go a little faster than some at 2.5 to 3 mph through the water. Recently the cookies and cream kingfisher spoon has worked very well for all these fish. I like to run this 35 inches behind a green flasher. These are especially deadly in the morning.
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Thanks you and Good Fishin’ To Ya’
Capt. Kerry
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Kerry W Allen
Fishery managers from Washington and Oregon today set fishing seasons for 2012 on the lower Columbia River that anticipate a strong run of spring chinook salmon but a further decline in the number of white sturgeon available for harvest.
View the press release here
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Kerry W Allen
This is a great story.
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to go today.
This is why I believe you have to live to the extent that you can, because you just don’t know whats going to happen.
Good Fishin' To Ya'
Kerry W Allen
I was just talking to my friend Phil about going down to look at this area to see about spring opportunities there. He never reads the Blog because he can’t remember the name (he’s from Nebraska) but I thought I would put it out there anyway.
The rule change is:
The Deep River hatchery adult chinook daily limit will be the same as the adjacent mainstem Columbia River during those days when the mainstem Columbia River is open for adult chinook retention. When the adjacent mainstem Columbia River is closed for adult chinook retention the Deep River hatchery adult salmon daily limit will revert to permanent rules.
Here is a link to the news release
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Kerry W Allen
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