And for anybody that hires Tonya Harding's steel bat crew to eliminate some of the competition, your punishment will be to have to fish the other half day with Giz and listen to his lips buzz in a constant annoying drone that will have you screaming and jumping overboard in the cold water! With me, all you would have to listen to my lips do is bite on Krispy Kremes and yell fish on several times.

Yo Triple "T", if the water remains high and colored the K-15 size Kwikfish belly wrapped with redish egg juice cured sardine filets on the chrome and chartreuse color combo will be a good choice. If the water clears up by 4/13 I think you'll do better with the K-13/14 sizes. And you'd do well with 'red pack' whole rolling herring, or plug cut the green or blue pack sizes; to anchor fish or slow troll - depending on the amount of the outgoing tide's current that day in particular areas. A little 'Butt Wax' (regular Prep H ointment) and a mid-leader noisy spinner blade or 00 dodger in half nickle/half brass can help if the water is quite colored. Egg juice cured whole prawns, or pink brine cured prawns, rigged on a double hook herring rig work great too (use the search feature to find my custom twirling prawn rig up, to make em work killer effective). Fish the diving Kwikies on a longer lead dropper of about 35" with about a 50" leader (for K-13/14 diving ratio), to keep them near bottom but not too close. This year's water conditions will be almost opposite of last year's drought affected low and less frigid water. Even though last year was the first in 28 years of mainstem Columbia springer sport fishing, there were so many fish it didn't take long to dial in to what was taking fish. This year the best bite may take place closer to shore in shallower water; and/or respond to last year's methods. I haven't been out for them yet, but maybe some that have can help you out more than me. (You Wassies can't say I didn't try to help even the odds for ya a little bit, now). Good luck out there.