Columbia River

8 on, 5 to the net today. This lucky fella is joining the family for dinner.

Did some wet wading today, waters still pretty damn cold but it was doable.

Finally got one on the new rod. Dinner tonight! Gotta get better at filleting them though!

I thought I felt a bite so I set the hook and then nothing...I reeled a bit and thought I had a stick or something, just dead weight. About 10 feet from the shore it finally started fighting. I had barely snagged it through the lip, surprised I didn't lose it like I did the second one as I was reaching with my net.

Decent fish on the first double digit degree day of the year.

Walk the shore for 2 hours, catch 2 at the walk in on the way out 😆

Forgot my jigs at home except for the one I had tied on, still found a taker.

Getting over that pile up seemed tricky so I had to stand my ground with this guy. A lot of back and forth, we were both pretty tuckered.