Picked up D-wizzle by 4:15am with Kinghunter and Goin_postal not too far behind us. We wanted to get to the hotspot early for those reports of the b-run of Silvers. I had another buddy meet us there too, so one of us would be able to secure the hot spot on the drift. We were the first ones on the river, and held patiently in the cold at exactly an hour before sunrise. D-wizzle's first cast, "Fish on!" Those words were called out through out the morning and all into the afternoon. The only frustrating thing about this trip, there weren't any silvers!! When you have a big monster King on, it isn't a quick fight. There is no way you can control these pigs, and when you do have to leave your spot, well, 2 people will come and take it. I did take home a nice almost chrome King about 12lbs and so did Kinghunter. I did see 1 Silver landed, but of course the most annoying angler on the river got him. My advice to anyone who wants to go down there, I was running 15lb main and 12lb leader with 2/0 Gama's, take a kid!! They or you will have an easy chance to catch yourself a 30lb ++ monster King. They maybe on the darker side and boots, but, just to experience something like that on your end of your line, is surreal. Just remember to cast right after the guy below you does and you will make friends, pretty frustrating with people casting out of order and getting tangled with everyone, don't be "that guy/gal."

lliu

10/26/2009 9:49:00 AM

Great report, Jens! Wish the Cowlitz was closer to me. Still trying to find some good king salmon fisheries up north...

goin_postal

10/26/2009 11:21:00 AM

good report jens,i went to the spillway and got into silver action.it was just hard to set the hook good cause how far you had to cast for them but i landed a bright one that i gave to kinghunter.there was good 12+ fish being caught there

jens

10/26/2009 11:30:00 AM

Yeah, Kinghunter told me about that. We need to figure out how to get to that island..

procaster

10/26/2009 7:49:00 PM

When I used to fish for the silvers down there, I would use two peach corkies and limit out every time, plus the summer runs would pick them up to. That was about five years ago though.

kinghunter

10/26/2009 7:54:00 PM

Postal thanks for the fish, it was a beautiful fish. I posted it on my report. That was probably the best fishing day of my life. It would be great to fish from the other side, but just don't know how to get there. I did see a few people trying to walk across the river to get there but they got smart and turned around. I think I will have to give my body a rest for a week. Plus have to spend some honey/family time. Guys it was a pleasure fishing with you and I wish Tommy was with us. I was thinking about what Tommy is doing right now.

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