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JL When I got a little older my dad would take me fishing for salmon on the Chehalis River from his wooden jet boat. I remember catching a lot of salmon on plugs. I’m thinking we back-trolled them, but we might have fished while anchored too. Both my parents and several relatives were into fishing and would take us all the time, and still do. I didn’t go winter steelhead fishing when young, although my father was quite avid. His favorite river, by far, was the Wynoochee. I’ve gone winter steelhead fishing a few times and caught a couple but really, it’s mostly just too cold for me.
Jamie Lebon traces her interest in fishing back to Lake Sylvia, near Aberdeen, where she caught rainbow trout as a kiddo. A little later she began trying for salmon on the nearby Chehalis River out of her dad’s wooden jet boat. (JAMIE LEBON)
