Good news! We made the trip to Riggins, Id this year for the 2013 salmon season. We pulled into town Monday May 27th and immanently started to fish. I stayed till Thursday May 30th and Claude stayed till Saturday June 1st. We started out fishing the "old reliable spot" the motel hole. I hooked one and landed it about a hour after we pulled in, Claude hooked one had it on for about 30 seconds and lost it. Tuesday morning we rolled out around 4:30 AM and headed to the river. We hit the same place early but it didn't produce anything so we moved on. Claude headed to a spot down river called "the post office" and hooked into a nice 15 lb wild salmon. After awhile I too moved down river and we started hooking and landing several salmon. We met some new people this year and seen some familiar faces. Among the new: Phil, Bob Daniels, Joe (the best fisherman on the river according to some) Fred Trenkle and Dennis. Sad to say I didn't see one of the familiar faces there this year Bill Rousy. He died last year from something that escapes me right now but he will be missed! My father-in-law spent sometime in the boat in whats known as the park hole. Didn't produce a lot of fish this time but when your in the boat he usually will have your limit in about 30 minutes.
We had a lot of fun this year and I'm looking forward to next year.
Fishing the Post Office.
Landed Monday afternoon
Monday afternoon
I believe this is Claude's 1st of the trip.
2nd of the trip.
Cleaning up the river!
Till Next Time - Tight Lines
