Escapee

I am by no means experienced in this fishery, have done it just once, in someone else's boat. I'm planning on going out of Chinook, and fishing right outside of Chinook, and upstream, by the bridge. I'll be looking for those six pack open sleds, with the phone numbers on the sides. I expect to see just as many fish there as anywhere, based on the number of guides I have seen there in the past.

Based on last year, this should leave me with fairly short runs back to port if it gets bumpy. I have a 19 foot windshield sled, and am not worried from a safety standpoint, but if it gets bumpy, it could be a slow, uncomfortable ride back to home.

With a 16 foot boat, I dunno. The day we were out there, which was a very nice day, in the afternoon, you would have been uncomfortable and, if you were smart, nervous. We had about a 10 to 15 mph wind, and it kicked up a good 3 to 4 foot chop after the tide turned to outgoing. We were in a 21 foot sled, and it was bumpy, but fine. Use your judgement.

We fished the incoming tide, for silvers, with delta divers and whole fresh herring, from 8 to 16 pulls. 20+ hits for four rods, about 10 fish to the boat, three limits after finnage was accounted for. But that was last year. This year, it's chinook that we're after...