It was a beautiful day so after work i hooked up the boat and headed for the Willamette, I asked my neighbor to come with me, he had time to kill before work. We got started about 3:00. It seemed that the tide was coming in most of the time out there and then i noticed debris floating about...It started running out....It was about 5:30 and we were trolling our way back in....That's when i heard my clicker singing a song from long ago...Fish on ! I battled the fish while my friend got the net ready and straightened out the boat....After a few short drive by's i noticed a little adipose....so while the fish was still in the water we got a quick photo. It was a small Chinook...maybe 10lbs. I was using herring with a "Krippled Minnow" nose cap...you might see it just above the fish....Anyway...here is the little Salmonoid.


This is the first of hopefully many i will share with you this year.

Louis