Fished for Springers this morning, started at 6:30am. Trolled herring for about three hours and then added a second rig above (spinner)and we started catching smolts It seemed that the tide started running out at around 10:30....I decided to put a prawn/spinner rig on top for a while....at around 1:30pm my rod flattens out and it's Fish on great battle...lots of underwater acrobatics, i finally got it near enough to take a stab at it with the net...strike one! Next dip the 17lb clipped girly fish wasn't so lucky...





Louis F.

What a beauty!!!

Now that's a nice fish...congrats.

How do you rig a second setup? Can you do the same with a kwikfish.

BBQ at your house????

Stop it I can't take this springer harrassment anymore from those who have more fishing time than me, as I sit here staring at my grey cube walls! Its killing me! Next monday I'll be out in the St. Helens area dragging my crippled herring Buoy 10 chinookie death rig.

Time to pick up some prawns for curing and hack of my wife with all the pink die in the kitchen sink!

Nice fish!

BD

That is one nice lookin girl. Hope there is one left for me.

Thanks guys

steelhead nympher, I don't use a dropper so my main rig (herring) is inline with my weight, I put a corkie on the reel side of my spreader (i use a sliding sinker rig) I put the corkie up the line about 3 to 4 feet and put a toothpic in the top...very important.... (it helps the top rig release better if a fish hits it ) Then i add my second rig via large snap swivel.....and can be anything FST, Kwikfish, another herring, spinner or prawn. My prawn rig was with blood red beads and i think a #4 or 5...nickel french blade.

Good luck all !

Nice fish!

Great fish, Nice job

springers .. Sorry about our little tussels in the other board, No hard feeling Louis, I have been known to get a little to excited on the internet and say things that aren't nice .
Nice fishy BTW

willametteriveroutlaw, Don't even think twice about it....no hard feelings here either...i made my point/opinion...and so did everybody else Water under the bridge It was just getting fun when they closed the thread...Rats ! It's gonna be a great year...i just know it I'm gonna be in Mexico for a week next Sunday....hopefully the CR numbers will be good when i get back.

Good luck,

Louis F.