Anyone Still Fishing

[MMDon]

Wow, you had a good year with the kings, 30 to 40 lbers are a great size, do you even fish for kokes any more?

I moved over to Boise some years back, just in time to see Anderson Ranch collapse. At that point I decided to put my efforts into chasing Salmon and Steelies throughout Oregon and Washington.

For the size of the fish you are catching, it's probably not much more expensive than going after the kokes. What does the guide charge?

Guides run $225.00 on the Columbia system and $250 to $275 a day on the Rogue system. It's 5.5 hours from Boise to be fishing in Hood River on the Columbia but 12 to 13 hours of seat time to get to the mouth of the Rogue.

I'm guessing that price is per day? Do you do better on the Hood river or the Rogue?

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I moved over to Boise some years back, just in time to see Anderson Ranch collapse. At that point I decided to put my efforts into chasing Salmon and Steelies throughout Oregon and Washington.

For the size of the fish you are catching, it's probably not much more expensive than going after the kokes. What does the guide charge?

Guides run $225.00 on the Columbia system and $250 to $275 a day on the Rogue system. It's 5.5 hours from Boise to be fishing in Hood River on the Columbia but 12 to 13 hours of seat time to get to the mouth of the Rogue.

I'm guessing that price is per day? Do you do better on the Hood river or the Rogue?

Per day. The Rogue is either on fire or no one is catching. The Columbia above the Bonneville is much more consistent and almost a guarantee for Coho.

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The issue with river salmon is they move through the system fairly fast so the fish you have today are different than the ones you will catch tomorrow.