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This 50-pound fall chinook salmon was caught in September using downriggers and plug-cut herring on the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River. (Rich Landers / The Spokesman-Review)
By Rich Landers richl@spokesman.com(509) 459-5508
This 50-pound fall chinook salmon was caught in September using downriggers and plug-cut herring on the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River. (Rich Landers / The Spokesman-Review)
This 50-pound fall chinook salmon was caught in September using downriggers and plug-cut herring on the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River. (Rich Landers / The Spokesman-Review)

SALMON FISHING — I’ve headed to the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River to see first hand what this record run of chinook salmon is all about.

Photo above shows a 50-pounder I landed there a few years ago.

Think big!

Stay tuned.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Outdoors Blog." Read all stories from this blog