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06/18/2014
66° - 70°
Bottom Fishing From Boat
Chinook Salmon
Chartreuse
Mostly Sunny
Flatfish
All Day
61° - 65°
06/23/2014
4
1847

Pretty good on the Columbia right now. Fished three days last week with an old buddy that lives in Columbia City Oregon, his boat, launched at Goble. Fished K14's in 14-15 FOW in the Kalama area. Not fast but there are fish there. Not counting drivebys I had 7 on, landed 4, one was wild.... kept three hatchery fish, 12, 14 and 21. Barbless siwash K14's means a lot of drivebys don't stick and you will lose fish even if they stick. My buddy was 3 for 7, including one wild. Other boats about the same. Best to pick a day with a strong outgoing tide to work the gear, wobblers work too. For a Washington boat, launch at Kalama and just head downstream and look for the boats. Fish 12-20 FOW near the bank.


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salmonbarry
6/23/2014 10:13:00 PM
Thanks for the report! Will be out there next Saturday to try our luck!
BARCHASER10
6/24/2014 1:46:00 PM
Good luck. Critical issue is having enough current to work the gear. Best on an early morning high slack and than you can fish all through the out tide. We started fishing the first day at 7AM, and then an hour or so later each day at the high slack and quit at 6PM each day. Sometimes if its a soft incoming tide and they are letting water out of the dams you can get enough flow to work K14's even on the incoming. A few guys were trolling herring close to shore but I dont know how they did. I got an email from my bud and on Sunday they got a 31 pound hatchery fish. He fished Monday too but got zero. They seem to come up in groups. We think a lot of the drivebys we got were Jacks or Sockeyes with mouths too small to get around a K14. Double Trouble K14 was the one.
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