For all those anglers that live and fish on the Columbia in eastern Oregon and Washington it was great to be allowed to angle for those great spring Chinook. All too often in the past we have been excluded from the angling picture on some of the biggest runs of spring Chinook. This year that ended and fishermen are still out there on the River chasing those elusive springers.
This is a wonderful change and those that appreciate it should let the Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife and the Washington DNA know. It has been easy to complain and rant about being forgotten when the springers came up the River, but now it is time to THANKS to those that remembered that we do not "live on the dark side of the Moon" over here "On the Dry Side." I know I haven't seen a lot of fish caught, but at least we had the opportunity to get out there and fish...when the wind allowed, that is. It is nice to be included.
And being counted is what really counts.
