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It was a great day to fish the lower Columbia River. The tides brought more fish in for us waiting fishermen. I landed my bigest salmon ever and what a hoot it was to land this big old buck. A couple of big freighter had just past down in the Hammon area so I headed out to the safety of the green line just outside the channel. Those big freighters tend to stay inside the channel. Once I felt safe I dropped my nose clipped herring down to 33 feet on the line counter. A few moments later and the reel started screaming as this fish peeled off line. I knew this had to be a big fish and since the Columbia is all barb less hook I began to sweat. After a rew more runs and a lot of luck we were able to put this fish into the net and into the boat. My wife had already boated a nice chinook in the 25lbs class. The fish measure out to be 42 inches. No scales around but I'd guess that fish was between 35 to 40lbs.
Trying to get the pictures to upload what a pain.
Trying to get the pictures to upload what a pain.
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