Dressed ( gilled and gutted), he still weighed in at 30lb over three hours after landing. He registered just shy of 34, bled out but still in the round at Cathlamet. That's where the measurements were taken by the fish checker. I believe this was only the seventh fish for twenty two boats checked that afternoon.


I was at springer camp. We share and compare information.
The previous afternoon a boat had done well with whole herring. I thought that with the colder water, slower presentation; it made sense to show a whole herring in these conditions. Pehaps that tip led to my success.