Columbia River

Surprise bull trout today, always nice to fight one of those guys.

River came down and the bite heated up. 5 on, 2 to the net- strong fish and barbless hooks 😆

In-laws are visiting, found a nice eater for family dinner.

Maribou jig for the win today. I yelled ‘you got a huge ass’ at the elk but she was not impressed with my flirting.

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.