My buddies and I went down to the Columbia for a day trip on Friday the 1st opening day. We fished above the bridge first thing in the morning on the Washington side. The action started slow but about 7 am we had a take down, after a 10 minute fight we managed to pull up an unclipped 28 lber. Also had a 20 lber at the boat about 20 min later but it spit the hooks just before we could net it. Then action died all around didn't see a net for the next 5 hours.
Like always used Brine and bite died a color and used a Krippled anchovy helmet that I fill with bloody tuna anise and then stuff a green label whole herring in. This setup was the only setup that got bites on the boat.