Today I took my father out to the old fishing hole on this lake. I have been fishing this lake since I was about 7, so for about 30 years now. I made the trek up from Vancouver at 4 a.m. and then picked up my father. We were on the water around 7:15. There was one LUND aluminum boat with two guys and three people on shore with a small inflatable boat. We headed out to the fishing hole. I remember my first time fishing this lake with my father and his friend George.

My father got two of them within the first 30 minutes. Both were about 10-12 inches. Then I lost one right at the boat, it was about 12 inches and jumped and spit the hook. I felt like it was going to be one of those days.

Then I had another bite, and the fight was on. She took some line for a bit and finally was able to land her. A nice thick 19" rainbow. Within 5 minutes I had another one on, and this one was about the same size. Give or take a few quarters of an inch. After unwrapping it around the anchor line and getting the net on it. I thought wow, 2 nice size rainbows in one day.

Next hit was a take down. I saw my rod tip bounce and about 15 yards from the boat the fish jumped out of the water. No hook set was necessary on this one. A few minutes later I boated a nice 14" brown trout. We finished around 9:30 and I was able to limit out on 5 fish and my father had 2. Not a bad day fishing the old hole.

I am tempted to take the 2 hour trek next week for more. But if the Columbia is still open for fall kings, I might have to take a stab at some hogs!

Rip some lips!