Merganzer ducks catch TOO many fish. Haven't seen many dogs catch em; a few. laugh Hey, one of the interesting things about the springer season in big water like the Columbia, Willamette, and Wind/Drano is that many times you'll see a couple doughballs with yellow rods in a cartopper boat catch their springer limit while a guide's clients look on in fishless dismay. Just keep your 'worm' in the water.