Nic Alexander, is the president of Reel Recreation, the organization that conducts the Banks Lake Triple Fish Challenge. He and I have wanted to go bass fishing together for a long time. He said that Monday June 1st would be a special opportunity. That would be the day that the San Poil Arm of the Columbia River opened to fishing. We would be some of the first anglers to fish for smallmouth that day. So, I met him at the Keller Marina, and we crossed the Columbia and ran up the arm to the Power Lines. This has been a very productive spot for him over the years. However, the high winds the previous day had muddied the water, and although we did catch some smallmouth, it wasn’t what he expected. We fished a bunch of his favorite holes with limited success and planned to come back when conditions were better. The highlight of the day was when we captured a Canada goose that we noticed was in distress. Nic was able to get in our landing net. Turns out that it had both feet tangled in fishing line, and even had stick caught up in it. It was so exhausted it gave us no trouble while he held it, and I clipped off the line. I’m sure the bird will recover and survive.