anchor up

Well I guess you have to put your misses as well as your hits. This week and weekend I spent my spare time at home on the Columbia. It is nice to be able to drive down the street and be in the water. I got to tell you the fall river run has been my slowest fishing of all time. Yes I have caught a few big fish on the fall run.
On Thursday after work I went to bouy 49 and anchored up on the shelf on the Oregon side. We sat for hours and seen one fish. Some people came and went, then a guy pulls up next to me and puts his line out. Five minutes go by and he gets a steelhead. I reeled up to check my stuff and he says you got to much line on your weight. So I reduced the line to 32 inches. He said "that when fishing in 15 to 25 feet of water you never want to use more then 36 inches of dropper line". I am never one to turn down free advise but still no fish.
On Saturday afternoon that spot was full so I hit tried a spot lower but no luck there, so I move to the line at the mouth of the Sandy. We sat there most of the time and saw a few fish caught around 6pm. The way I got it figured is that a bit goes around one hour past high tide, might just be nothing, oh well.
Sunday was a joke by the fish gods so I will omit that one...