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General Board / Shipping out heading back to Oregon soon

« on: March 19, 2015, 07:33:43 PM »

Looks like I will be driving home on the 27th this next week. I hope to get this Sunday and next Tuesday evening to fish. The project I have been on scene the beginning of 2013 is coming to and end.

I hope to get together with as many of my fishing friends as I can before leaving the area.I would love to have the opportunity to land a 7 gill and even a few bass or hali's.

Cheers,
Steven

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Fishing Accessories / Glow in the dark tape

« on: February 22, 2015, 03:53:11 PM »

Found some glow in the dark tape at a surplus store in Oceanside. The guy wanted 25 cents an inch

Looks pretty cool on the rod tips

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Reel Repair & Maintenance / Drag washers?

« on: February 19, 2015, 04:14:16 PM »

Is there a shop in So Cal that stocks carbon fiber drag washes that may fit Shimano Titian Speed Master

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Tackle Talk / LED Stike indicators

« on: February 18, 2015, 07:08:04 PM »

Found these on Amazon a few days ago. received 20 pieces for $9.08 about 45 cents each. They are cheaply made but should do the job nicely.

They ship a random assortment of red, blue and green. I ended up with 18 red and 2 blue. one has a dead battery and another is too dim to fish, but hay at this price I'll be giving several away for free. I'm not sure if I have the patience for the bell and I'm sure if you don't tape them on to your rod they would launch nicely out in to the water when you cast.

Jaws found some much nicer ones out there for a good price too but I'm happy to have something I can use over and over that didn't break the bank.




Cheers,
Sticks

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Freshwater Shore Fishing Reports / sturgeon fishing on the Columbia river Oregon

« on: January 04, 2015, 10:54:16 AM »

My friend Jake and I headed out yesterday to see if we could pull a legal sturgeon from the frigged waters of the Columbia river.

Conditions were cold and wet with a rain snow mix and 15 to 20 mile an hour winds. After an hour drive up the Columbia river gorge to Hood River. We gathered our back packs and rods from the back of the truck and started or trek down a step embankment down to the rivers edge.

We fished from 7 am until 2 pm with only a few shakers (under sized fish) for our efforts. legal sturgeon for this section of the river is 38 to 54 inches. Jake had the secret bait and sauce and was able to pull 6 shakers from the cold waters. I hooked two, one was a nice fish but I farmed them both on barbless hooks.

It was a good time and hope to get back out before they shut down the retention on fish with in the next 5 or 6 weeks.

Jake with one of his fish


Cheers,
Sticks

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Salmon fishing in Oregon

« on: October 15, 2014, 10:01:42 AM »

I have been home now for a few months and thought I should take the time to share a few fishing stories and photos.

This Chinook from a few weeks back was caught on the Columbia river a few miles upriver from Portland. The technique used to catch these summer/fall Chinook is to anchor up in hog lines and back bounce wobblers out about a 150 feet behind the boat.


A week or so later I meet up with TrabucoDan at wife's family beach house on Tillamook bay. the water was in pretty good shape so we crossed the bar and fished the ocean most of the first day. the next two days the bar was restriced to 24 foot boats and larger so we fished the bay instead. Unfortunately I lost a couple of salmon before getting them to the boat. But all was good it was nice to get together with one of my friends from Southern California.


This past weekend we headed down there again. The plan was to take my drift boat and fish the lower Trask river and the upper bay where all of the Chinook are piling up waiting for the rain so they can start there journey up river. Unfortunately I had engine trouble so we took my friend Jake's boat instead. Only bad part is his boat sits to far down in the water to fish our prime spots.

Saturday and Sunday we fished the jaws (between the North and South jetty just in from the ocean) along with the coast guard hole and the ghost hole.

Saturday we started in the jaws we had 8 to 10 foot rollers coming in from the ocean.  We all put out our cut plug herring and flashers and trolled with the out going tide. After a couple of hours out there it turned out to be just a little too much for my wife so we decided to head to calmer water in the bay.

A couple of miles up the bay we put our gear out again in the Coast Guard hole and with in a few minutes my wifes rod went down. after a short fight her Coho salmon was in the net.


10 minutes later I farmed another coho as we tried to net it. It was on fire doing aerial acrobatics flipping and flopping all over the place. We trolled that hole awhile longer with no bites. We brought in our gear and headed up to the Ghost hole. Ariving at the Ghost hole we noticed it was a complete zoo, had to be 70 boats in there trolling back and forth. an hour went by and we didn't see a single fish hooked. We were about to give up when Jake's rod tip slammed down in to the water,,fish on!



With 10 hours spent on the water we decided to call it a day.


On Sunday only Jake and I headed out for a half day. The jaws were unfishable but we tried any ways with 14 foot rollers and a strong out going tide we decided the fish weren't worth our lives so again we headed to sheltered water. We fished until noon only seeing a single fish caught.

It was a good weekend overall can't wait to get back down there and do it again.

Cheers,
Sticks