Yeah Carl,it was really surprising to me too. I thought they were ALL gone but i was wrong. That first fish gave me a heart attack it hit so fast and pumped the rod like a psychofish, very unlike the strong consistant rod pumps from chums. Thought for sure i had a steelhead.

The chum were stacked up fairly loosely but lots of them. Some real big ones were tailing at the top of the hole. The steelhead i hooked realy caught me off guard. I tossed out but it caught the current and came off the shore pretty fast out to about 10 feet in 6-8 feet of water and instantly the bobber took off and the fight was on. Strange thing was i was rigged for chum and only had a 1 foot leader. So much for them being on bottom. I think that other guys idea about using a float to keep the jig above the fish was a godsend for preventing snagfish. And i think having the jig above the fish is a little more tempting than below or even with them. Don't most fish strike from below anyhow? Just guessing but it worked awesome. But I'd hate to hook a fat cromie there. The current is right along your side of the shore so every fish has to be pulled through that fast water. Makes every fish a nailbiter. But so what. I'll be back there tomorrow. Free shots of adrenaline....sign here! PS. John read a biologists report on Chum and it said Chum only survive 6-10 days in fresh water, so if you do the math i'd say that was and still is one hell of a run.