FishinSinsation

Hell yeah! Hell yeah! Hell yeah!

That almost sounds like a religion! Most people who love to fish, love the outdoors, and love the fellowship of fishing and are probably saying Hell no, Hell no, and Hell no, and probably saying a few more "Hell Mary's" also!

After reading your profile and your "birth date" (01-19-1982), its sounds like you're a pretty young and new puppy (you lucky dog!). Some us "older dogs" have already been there, and have already done that way of fishing that you may like). But many people, as hard as it is to believe, may have not yet been there and done that.

Maybe some of those people will enjoy that type of a fishery, especially when the Cowlitz is experiencing its "lowest" flows on record. But sane fishermen, (especially old guide dogs like me) have to wonder why? Its kind of like going to a "fight" and being "caught up" in the "crowd" isn't it? Or maybe it's like staying up for new-years when you don't even drink or party…right? Why do you feel the need to do it?

I got to ask you, is it being able to be "one" that comes into the boat ramp at the end of the day or trip with "a fish or two" when no one else has any, or what the heck is it that makes you think that it is so great? It's probably true, if you truly enjoy shoulder to shoulder boat or bank fishing, that Blue Creek is the "place to be". But as I have forewarned so many of you, it is quickly becoming a place of the past.

That place will be coming to an end sooner then many of you think.

Even if one (like me) likes to "keep" what they have caught (I eat fish!), there is still a hell of a lot more to "fishing" than the "experience" that you WIL BE AWAKEN TO when you fish at Blue Creek this time of the year.

OK, I have said my piece, and I will let those that choose to hammer me for what I, and many others already know!

Cowlitzfisherman