The first of (hopefully) many!
There’s always a race to be the one to catch the first Chinook salmon of the year on the Columbia River…and, well, guys…hate to break it to ya, but you’re too late. This 16-pound hatchery king was taken Feb. 1 while trolling downstream with a green label cut-plug herring with Larry Kesch Jr. of Hook’Em Up Guide Service.
The boys are holding up the newspaper to verify the date for the iFish First Springer Contest in which some cool prizes from Lamiglas and TH Custom Rods are up for grabs.
Biologists are forecasting a major run of springers this year on the Columbia and her tribs. Read all about it HERE
