Anyone Still Fishing

[MMDon]

Nice King Don, how much do you think it weighed? Was Alan(2knots) there with you this year?

That one was 30+ which is my largest out of the Columbia. Alan fished Gold Beach earlier in the year and I missed him by a day or 2, I believe. 
Gold Beach produces larger fish than the Columbia traditionally but it varies from year to year. I had 4 this year in the 30 lb range and this one at little over 40. Oregon and Washington produced a record number of fish for me in both Chinook and Coho. 

Wow, you had a good year with the kings, 30 to 40 lbers are a great size, do you even fish for kokes any more?

I moved over to Boise some years back, just in time to see Anderson Ranch collapse. At that point I decided to put my efforts into chasing Salmon and Steelies throughout Oregon and Washington.

For the size of the fish you are catching, it's probably not much more expensive than going after the kokes. What does the guide charge?

Guides run $225.00 on the Columbia system and $250 to $275 a day on the Rogue system. It's 5.5 hours from Boise to be fishing in Hood River on the Columbia but 12 to 13 hours of seat time to get to the mouth of the Rogue.