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May 20th, 2008

I was able to take my daughter Alissa out fishing this past Sunday to Drano Lake....And again she outfishes Dad!!! I enjoy taking her fishing very much and she looks forward to these trips with Dad!! Were able to bring 4 fish to the boat but had to release one because it was a native.
For those of you that were able to make it to Drano Lake this past spring, we all know that the huge forcasted return didn't materialize as we expected......Fishing was tough, and many of us were wondering if the Springers would ever show up, we had a couple of days of exellent fishing, but as soon as the Tribal nets went in above Bonneville Dam, it completely shut down the fishery at Drano Lake and even after the nets were removed the fishing at Drano never really recovered.....
The counts over Bonneville Dam were unusal this year....usually we see a steady incline in numbers and peaks for a week or so and then a steady decline in numbers. This spring, the numbers were all over the place....you would see it building then drop back down to low numbers...it was like this most of the season..with the highest count being around 9600 then dropping back down to 1800 in a matter of days.....
I'm sure that many of us "regulars" live for only for these Springers at Drano Lake and after to talking to several others, they themselves plan there vacations around this fishery and look forward to it each and every year. For myself, this is my favorite fishery year after year, I meet many great people and enjoy their company. I will keep fishing it spring after spring as long as we are able too.
Now, I am Booking for the Keeper/Oversize Sturgeon with Shad fishing below Bonneville Dam and the Summer Steelhead at Drano Lake.......However on June 14th, I will be heading to Alsaka to help out guiding on one of the river camps on the Nushagak River and return around the 15th of July....

Shoot me an email if your interested in booking a trip....for sturgeon or steelhead..
Hope to hear from you soon,

Dave
Call: 503-997-2279

Posted by dave @ 10:33 AM PST

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