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<\/p>\nThe weather forecast was looking sketchy, but it turned out to be a pretty decent day of kayak fishing for salmon on the Columbia River. It rained on and off all morning, but the wind stayed calm and turned out to be good fishing conditions. As expected, the fishing was slow, but not quite hopeless. I had a few bumps and a couple solid hits that didn’t stick. I had another fish hooked up but lost it after a minute or two. I did manage to get one nice Chinook salmon in the boat and put another fish in the freezer. <\/p>\n
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As you can see in the photo, this fish is pretty dark. Getting dark fish out of the main river at this spot means the salmon fishing season here is just about over. Rain is in the forecast for the next few days, maybe that will get the fish moving into the Columbia River tributaries. Either way, all signs are that the salmon fishing season is not going to last much longer. We hope to get out there for the next couple days and see what we can do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"