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The Columbia River salmon runs never cease to amaze me.
The individual size of the chinook and coho, their sheer numbers and willingness to bite keep me coming back year after year!

Our first full day resulted in boat limits of chinook and coho and my buddy Phil Michelsen helps me hoist our catch


Day two had me leading off with a beautiful upriver bright!


Time is short down here and the 'net is slooow so I will post an update later

...and just where was I?
Oh yeah, day two!

KING 5 News Anchor Greg Copeland joined us and was rewarded with a nice chinook and coho limit!


The largest fish of the trip (so far) is Phil Michelsen's beautiful 36 pound hog!


One more day on the water then time to trailer Great White home!
Hopefully, I will have a few more photo ops!

I've always wanted to fish Buoy 10. But never done it before. Is 19ft C-Dory seaworthy enough to fish in Buoy 10?

Do you need down-riggers or just simple setup like agitator flasher, 8oz lead and use spinners or herring.

What's the current/flow like during outgoing tide and incoming tide?

It seems like lot of fun, but also pretty chaotic.

Are there plenty of boat launches and parking?

Thanks.

What kind of numbers are you seeing getting caught? I was there Saturday and it was slow compared to buoy 10 standards.

A 19 ft boat is big enough, you'll see all kinds of boats down there. Fish flash and spinners/herring setups and my experience is at least 16 oz cannonball or delta diver, sometimes 20 oz. You must keep you lines close to your boat, there could be a thousand boats trolling around you (no joke). Illwaco, chinook, Astoria, and deep river all have launches. Probably more. Get there early it's busier than anywhere I've ever seen.

So where is this mystery B10 video you guys promoted today from JohnM??... it is impossible to find on this site.

Heading down tomorrow! Hopefully we can find a few like those!

Fishee wrote:I've always wanted to fish Buoy 10. But never done it before. Is 19ft C-Dory seaworthy enough to fish in Buoy 10?

Do you need down-riggers or just simple setup like agitator flasher, 8oz lead and use spinners or herring.

What's the current/flow like during outgoing tide and incoming tide?

It seems like lot of fun, but also pretty chaotic.

Are there plenty of boat launches and parking?

Thanks.

Hey Fishee, you asked a mouthful but here you go!

http://www.theoutdoorline.com/blog/2014/08/26/buoy-ten-big-forecast-big-effort-and-big-fish/
I've seen a lot smaller boats than a 19' at Buoy 10. You should be fine, just watch the weather!

Lead and divers get the job done at B10 and here's the instructional video John Martinis and I did down there: http://video.theoutdoorline.com/view_video.php?viewkey=11002af340cbaedd6fc3

Current velocities are only a bit more than you'll find in Puget Sound and there are ramps in Chinook, Washington, Astoria and Warrenton, Oregon

Good luck!