I traded reel repair for a guided steelhead trip for two on Washington States Cowlitz River with Dave Mallahan out of Toledo WA. The fishing was slow with few fish in the river, cold high water and mid 30's with rain wanting to be snow Dave and his deckhand Scotty worked hard to get us some fish but they were not cooperating. Around noon Mary hooked and landed her first steelhead, and only the second fish we saw for 10 boats in the section of river we fished. If anyone wants to fish for salmon or steelhead in SW WA or the Columbia River Dave will do a good job getting fish for you springer season is coming up.
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Nice first metal head! Fun times side drifting the cow!
Andy
Congratulations to Mary. How do you feel being out-fished by the wife? :D Not only have you been out-fished but now you have to service her reel. The indignity of it all. :D ;D Dominick
Quote from: Dominick on February 28, 2017, 05:43:01 PM
Congratulations to Mary. How do you feel being out-fished by the wife? :D Not only have you been out-fished but now you have to service her reel. The indignity of it all. :D ;D Dominick
I did have to do an on the water repair of one of David's reels.
Andy, the Cow is a nice river but I hear it can be like B-10 when the fish are in. Too bad WDFW "lost" all the smolts.
congratulations!
That's a nice fish...congrats! 8)
Hey, Alan --
Looks like Photo of the Month, to me.
Great smile, and a good fish!
Best,
Fred
Nice fish....
Congratulations Mary! ;D
Mary; congratulations on your catch! Keta, It's nice when our wives enjoy fishing as much as we do. ;) ;D
Joe
Way to go. That is cold weather cold water fishing. I fished for many years up there. You ever fish the Wilson?
Congratulations to Mary on the nice fish. good job also on showing Lee how its done :)
Yep! definitely worth photo of the month.
Sal
Quote from: David Hall on February 28, 2017, 10:05:25 PM
Way to go. That is cold weather cold water fishing. I fished for many years up there. You ever fish the Wilson?
Yes, caught a 20# fish on the Wilson.
Lee:
I have only made one trip with a guide on the Cow. I had a customer with me so it was very comfortable for him. When the fish are really in, handling the boat is a circus. First few drifts I just watched the guide maneuver between drift boats, bank fishermen, jet boats... all stacked up on Blue creek. The guy earned his fee that day just keeping the boat safely between everyone. We all caught fish. Small summer hatchery fish. Light tackle! Still fun! Glad you made it up my way!
Andy
Quote from: Reel 224 on February 28, 2017, 08:10:35 PM
Mary; congratulations on your catch! Keta
yep nice catch Lee, shes a keeper, the fish looks good too
;D
Quote from: Keta on February 28, 2017, 10:27:00 PM
Quote from: David Hall on February 28, 2017, 10:05:25 PM
Way to go. That is cold weather cold water fishing. I fished for many years up there. You ever fish the Wilson?
Yes, caught a 20# fish on the Wilson.
I have family owns property with a boat house on the milk hole.
That is where I got the big one.
Quote from: Keta on March 01, 2017, 04:20:33 AM
That is where I got the big one.
Small world isn't it. All the years they have lived there and I have never fished it.