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Sometimes things work out for the better....I have been on an "every other Friday" off schedule for what looks like the rest of the year. A buddy has a 26' Pro Line docked at Newport. Mailed out a sign up sheet earlier this year, so I took a few seats out on Fridays.
Well, the boat owner emails me last week and asks if I can switch from this coming Friday to Saturday. I'm glad to get the seat anyhow but the good news is the trip went from halibut only on Friday to Halibut and Coho on Sunday  
My buddies want me to run the underwater camera a bit. I dinked around with it some at Drano this year but for the most part I like catching fish more than I like trying to film them. I hope to come home with a decent halibut and a couple of coho. We'll probably run out to the chicken ranch and make it a quick boat limit on the butts before going for some silvers. Going to take the 10'6" Cennan I got in February. Haven't fished it yet as I only put a reel on it last week. I know they'll fish though as I caught a few on those rods in Bob's boat.
Will put up a report and pics....
btw, if anyone has any suggestions for Columbia river steelhead I could sure use some help. Going to load the boat up and fish down near Longview on Friday, hope to get by buddies at least a fish or two. Did a little scouting yesterday and saw some fish caught, but I drew a blank.
regards, aw
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Sounds like fun I am jealous!
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Well heck the ocean isn't cooperating. Report from the captain was lights out Halibut fishing Thursday with over a dozen caught and a boat limit retained. There were coho everywhere, even following the halibut to the boat.
Today, even the big charters couldn't get out of Yaquina. The captain called the trip tomorrow- I offered him the two seats I've got in my boat out here on the Columbia instead.
I fished the Columbia this morning with a couple of buddies, we got one jack chinook that had a coded wire tag in it, lost another jack, and I caught a smallmouth. Pretty much every boat I talked with had a jack in the box. It's starting to look like the summer run may be jacked as well, although if the fish are clipped (as all retained jacks are until June 22) then I reckon they are still springers. Don't think the summer run fish are being clipped yet.
For a short trip, it was a welcome bit of action. I still want to pick up some steelhead and will continue working on that until I get it figured out. Summer chinook opens Monday though so I'm hoping for a good trip. I'm betting that banking it with spinners at Bonneville will probably be as productive (maybe more) than anything else.
regards, aw
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"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." — George W. Bush, September 2000, explaining his energy policies at an event in Michigan.
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