Lake Billy Chinook 3-31-05

As it sometimes goes, when you really want to impress someone it often falls flat. This was the case this last Thurs. morning when I finally had Scott Lewis the PGE fish biologist out with me for the morning. We picked up one small dink bull off the point past the island run. With only one other fish hooked and lost, the fishing that morning was really tough.

It was really interesting to get to know Scott and discuss the state of the fishery at Billy Chinook. As I mentioned before, the kokanee numbers have dropped drastically the past few years and the bulls will be affected as well as their forage base dwindles.

The last half of the day was redeemed when my buddy Bill Amerongen joined me for the afternoon run. We started picking up fish around 2:00 and ended up with 5 bulls going from 4-8 lb.

The next week will be fun fishing with a buddy from Cal. for browns. Look for a write up next weekend when I get back.

Tight Lines, Rick