10-11-13

Back on the water today in search of the big one! In the boat today were Nate and his son Cole, who was celebrating his 8TH birthday and all he wanted was a big salmon! On the first pass we gave Cole the lucky lure and got him dialed in on how to back troll. As luck would have it I was bit 3 times and finally got a hook into one and handed Cole the rod. It took him awhile but he battled the fish to the boat and into the box, he was one happy kid! Nate was the next to hookup and land another salmon, it was a jack and Cole made sure to let us know his fish was bigger! We stayed after it and had several more bites but couldn't get a hook into them. I decided we needed to change it up a bit so we went to the bank to tie up some fresh lures. As I was getting the lures out Cole saw one in the box that he thought would do the trick so I tied it up for him. When we were all rigged up we switched to bigger weights and headed to the deep water. We started in a 35 foot deep hole where the fish usually lay and just sat there letting the lures work. Within a few minutes we hadn't been bit so we slipped back a little bit and little Cole yelled "fish on"! I looked over and sure as shit he was hooked up! The rod was bent and the real screaming as the big fish headed for the middle of the river. Nate and I coached Cole through the battle and he fought and landed the fish all by himself. When the fish hit the net Cole was nothing but smiles! You couldn't have knocked the smile off of his face with a sledge hammer and all he could say was "look at the big bastard'! It was funny but after a couple times his dad had to remind him that he probably shouldn't be using that kind of language or his mother may not be too happy with him. It was a geat day on the water and Cole got his birthday salmon! Happy Birthday Cole!!!!

Casey