Wow! Forgot to post a follow-up here! We did make it down to Orofino for 4 days of fishing, it was mostly fantastic! No issues whatsoever with the security of the boat, stayed at Helgeson Hotel in town, the parking was really lacking, but we did manage to slide the boat into the small lot next to the bank behind the hotel. There was also lots of parking at the courthouse, but we needed to be out of there before it opened up in the morning.
Fishing was fun, but that week just sucked overall for weather and bites. We fished through a pretty good snow/ice/sleet/hail storm the first day, and I think that crazy weather/wind killed the bite for the next 3 days. Glad we landed 6 slime rockets, but every one were wild so we had to throw them back in. The next 3 days was spent with at least a dozen other boats catching nothing!
The bad about this trip? Yeah, we trashed a brand new stainless prop and cracked the front center window on the boat (heater must have gotten too hot in there and might have had a chip on the edge of the glass, it started under the rubber seal), but that's about it. New prop on and my buddy is replacing the glass for me (he owns a glass shop in Boise), so just chalking these items up to the cost of fishing up north!!! Next year, jet bottom end for the boat and a bit less heater usage!!!
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