Well I am one of the unfortunate souls that doesn't have a boat. I love fishing too much to not do it though! All the articles I find are always a reference to boat fishing. This can be aggravating from a bank fisherman's point of view. Anyone got any tips for a bank angler? I usually plunk for Salmon and Steelhead on the Kalama and Cowlitz. I have tried drift, and float fishing but never had much luck. Plunking has always seemed to work for me, but not always. For example today I was plunking and had no luck! The boats out in the Columbia seemed to do very well though. I would say they were 1000 yard from the bank I was plunking. Why would this happen I am at the mouth where the fish are passing by. I am also fishing the channel they are running in. I guess I'm just not using the right colors or size spin n glo's. I use a size 3 should I go bigger? I have heard greens are the colors to use but have had no luck with them! Any tips?