Work & Fishing Do Mix

In 2011, I said the term "A bad day fishing is still better than any good day working" far more often than I'd like.  It's just not something someone would say when the fishing is good.  Interestingly, never did I think I'd ever be able to say that I had a good day working while fishing.  

My Favorite Simon Wobbler

I'll spare the details, but work has been very busy lately.  All week, the need to put some office time in over the weekend was clear.  September is the heart of the fall run and I couldn't stand the thought of sitting at a desk on a hot weekend day when I should be fishing... I got creative and took the office to the river Saturday.  Up river from the Buoy 10 area in the fall, the common approach to salmon fishing is to find a good spot and anchor up (sit on the hook).

My office for the morning, working hard on the hook

Within just a few seconds of snapping the above picture, my rod folded over with the tip just a few inches off the water.... it wasn't even 7am yet.  After a 22 minute fight, I landed a nice 20 to 25lb Columbia River Chinook Salmon (my scale was wigging out). 

After only a couple hours "working on the river", I pulled my anchor and was headed back to the dock.  It's a great feeling pulling into the dock with fish while other boats are still launching for the day.