| Show any amateur can catch columbia river salmon it does not require an expert to the columbia it is catch salmon on pointed out by the mcgon oregon state highway commission the pacific salmon rarely teed feed if ever after entering fresh water on their way to the spawning grounds after three years at sea but he will strike a spinner or these are trolled strolled from boats and its largely luck which deter determines ianes who hooks into the biggest fish but while he does not cat in fresh water king chinook is vicious and mean anything which he believes may thwart his determined trek to the gravel bar where he himself was spawned angers him thoroughly and he will fight it with all his fury and once hooked he is far from beaten with amazing strength and tenacity he will fight until he is half drowned before he can be brought to gaff salmon fishing is almost a year around sport in oregon streams running in different s streams tr eams at different times the silver horde asin is in the rivers from february until the winter freshets fresh ets in december somewhere there is nearly always good salmon fishing to be found in one or more oregon n rivers the cu columbia abia rivers commercial salmon industry amounts to around a year from it comes the worlds finest canned and smoked salmon by law nets are removed from tile the river from august 25 to september 10 each year and during this period the sports fishermen have their field day at the mouth of the river where great schools of the fish congregate |
