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Warren/Doryman, I hope to see you in Seattle this weekend too. Here's a smaller than average jetsled (16 ft? with 60 Honda jetpump) often seen on our rivers, but a very useful one all the same. My buddy just bought a similar North River but it was 18 ft. with 115 Yamaha pump and trailer on...

Son George on his Grandparents' dock on Lake Marcel, WA.

Glad to hear Wefings is a good dealership. I've been talking to Marc lately and want to ask some brats about Wefings at the SBSCBGT. Florida is a very long drive from home. C.W.

Forget what I said about using this on "the rough Snake"... don't know what I was thinking, not enough horsepower to combat that very strong current unless all you did was go downstream or fish the calms. C.W.

Doryman, I wonder what the price is for that 18 ft. stealth. The 40/30 designation on jet pump outboards means it is a 40 horsepower engine wtih pump that provides the same amount of push as a 30 horsepower engine with a prop. That is minimal for an 18 ft. boat, but then again, this one has a...

Be careful when wading to shore. Some muck can be so deep you can sink up to your knees or more. Boots can get lost, clothing and gear coated in stinky goo. If you get stuck and the tide comes in..... scary. C.W.

I've grew up with a fiberglass boat but have enjoyed using aluminum boats these past ten years on the Columbia river. For their length, aluminum boats are generally much lighter than fiberglass, therefore they require less horsepower to push them than a similar hull shape of glass. They also...

Hey, it's not so much about penetrating the aluminum hull as it is swinging ahead enough for the generous lead required of a nimble jetsled.... and that would be plenty in a very zig, zag random fashion. Remember, I was trained as an Infantryman to move under direct fire. I fished the mouth of...

shoot and Hellfire.... I was hopin' to meet you. You've made the right choice and we'll keep you updated online from the Hawthorn. Take Care. Maybe I can send you a smelt care package. C.W.

Smelt are also known as Eulachon (sp?). They're abou t 6-8" long, finely scaled. They live in the ocean and come into some of the rivers to spawn and then die, like steelhead or salmon (anadromous). Lewis and Clark traded for some with the Cowlitz Indians back when they came through here in...

I remember in Minnesota there were also smelt. They were larger and tasted better than the ones here in the PNW. My friend from Wisconsin concurs. I just use them for bait.... and they are very very good bait too. Like any fish, they last much longer if vacuum sealed with the Foodsaver. C.W.

wish I was there. I love Sucia. Please post some pics. C.W.

just south of Longview//Kelso is the Tennant way exit. Take it, cross the Cowlitz river and the first exit to the right takes you to Gearhart Park. go to the park on the left side. the smelt on the market are from last year. C.W.

Yeah, that's right, I don't think Snoqualmie knows how to brew root beer.... so prove me wrong.... (crude attempt at a freebie). Hey, if it hadn't have been for my dog.... I might not have recognized what that growling patch of blackness was in the shadows was in time... C.W.

they say that the tributaries need to be 42 degrees to encourage smelt to migrate into them for spawning. Below is some info I got from a Columbia River Advisory friend. C.W. Smelt Update Thursday – January 17, 2008 Conditions: Commercial landings in the Columbia River picked up this week...

Roger/SeaDNA, I don't have any Navarro Chardonay (we discovered that place on our honeymoon in 1989 when reporting for duty at Ft. Ord, CA) but I'll see what I can scrounge up from Sonoma and you're on! Well, Thomas Kemper does make the finest root beer I've ever tried! I am going to bring a...

I just went to a Columbia River Advisory Group meeting last night. This is supposed to be a fantastic year for Columbia River spring chinook.... but the bad news is that there are very few Willamette River spring chinook supposed to come back and to protect those, they are likely to close the...

awww more research to do. To be honest, we really like the harpooning. It involves more people and is exciting with the big fish. When we had a double on and the buoy and line had been stuck through one fish, it was nice (in WA) to just shoot the other in the head and be done. might need two...

We drove our Pathfinder up there one year, brought and declared the Browning Auto-5 12 gauge we had as protection from bears as we were camping in remote areas. Not a problem at the border, until, when digging out the buckshot and slugs to show them, the agent found a stray .38 special...

I'd be interested too. I love Cathlamet and would like an excuse to try for some salmon or sturgeon there, especially with local input. The second half of August wouldn't work as that is peak salmon time at home. C.W.