First Washington state Winter run came in December of "88" off the Puyallup river plunking from my buddies "84" jack up 6" lift chev 3/4 ton.I used the front bumper as a rod holder,put a bell on it then proceeded to sit in the truck and smoke my brains out until my rod went off.I think it may have taken all of 3 minutes to land,it was a 10lb chrome bright nate that I bonked.Not sure if it was legal @ the time so we left 10 minutes later.I was the only one plunking in that stretch of river everyone else was drift fishing and hated me for Fuk$%^&* up there water and walking away with a nice one.I was 19 years old.
First Oregon state winter run was in "85" on the Nehalem river by cook creek.It's about all I can remember about that.
Cool thread.Good luck,
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