Started out fishing at 6:00 am but found out one of my holes was occupied by another gent who had already got one Chinook and was around 16 lbs. He left an hour later with then 2 Kings in his pack, and I fished the hole hard from 6:00-11:00 am. Not a single bite or fish surface all morning, but right before I was going to call it quits, at 10:45 am I got this female hatchery Chinook slam my line ! So guess what was for dinner ?? ! =) Boy these things fight hard, and is amazing how fast they can torpedo upstream even thru the rapids among that in doing so. This guy here did NOT want to come even near the shore when trying to reel him in, and he reminded me of it for about 10 minutes ! A few more casts afterwards tho, and I called it quits and went home also. A slow morning otherwise...

Caught him using a #4 Super Vibrax Copper spinner using a #2 Gamakatsu hook. No weight, no swivel, just straight-lined. Always had loved the feel & finesse of the gear being raw like that even tho kinda out of the ordinary to some. Oh... And of course we can't forget the smelly jelly shrimp scent ;)

Good luck guys !


~ Jeff