Went Shad fishing today – yes Shad I was actually fishing for bait…

Water was 60 +/- 1 with a brown stain and about five feet of visibility, fish were un-cooperative below the mouth of the Umatilla River so we moved up into the heavy current of the spillway just below the dam. Fishing with tiny spoons on downriggers while anchored in 6 +mph water. Absolutely HAMMERED the fish. Caught maybe 70 give or take and lost another fifty with at least that many other releases. I know it sounds lame but it was damn fun and when they put side into their to the current they put up quite a tussle…

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