hey rt, do you fish up in idaho much? i lived in orofino for 9 years and got to do alot of fishing up in that area and i agree with ya that it is a awesome area, but anyways to answer quickfish's answer ie: do the fish still look good when they get that far up river, well i caught a steelie one time that had the sea lice still on it and it was still perty bright..i havent seen that to be the norm tho, here in a few weeks im gonna head over to orofino and fish some of the springers, i will have a pontoon then and i plan to drop anchor and "pull plugs" so to speak, throw out a mg wart and let it do its work, anyone dont this with a pontoon and had results? speaking of anchors, rt, what would be the ideal anchor weight etc.. thanks for any info...**berkley boy**