I heard it was all private property now, but a couple friends walked all the way down to a hole I used to fish. Back then it was known by a few names like the 'Girl Scout Hole', 'Waterfall Hole', 'Sand Hole', etc. It was about 2 miles down river from the parking lot at Dodge Park, and then down a pretty steep embankment (more like a goat trail). If you stand at the top of the hill, in the right light you can see the salmon stacked up in the hole below the falls. The steelhead would gather more towards the tail-out, scarfing up any salmon eggs that washed out of the hole. Used to tie on a Luhr Jensen Hot Shot and let it swim across the tail-out for steelhead. For the salmon, we would throw eggs or shrimp into the hole right before the waterfall and let it drift through. My buddies hooked a few fish, but unfortunately didn't land them. One thought he was snagged, tried to break it off, only to feel his 'snag' swim out of the hole and downstream. The other hooked a steelhead in the drift above the falls but lost it. Yep, the ones that got away. I'll have to ask them about walking down to that hole, because last I heard, there were signs all over saying do not enter, no trespassing, etc. But with weather coming in on Monday, fresh fish should be shooting up the river soon. It was cool to see them rolling at Dodge Park and down by the Pipeline hole. Oxbow has a few chinook, but most are getting darker and trying to nest. There are coho all over, more in some areas. You just have to move until you find fish.
