fishing

ucatchtrout · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject: fishing

Anyone else here like to fish?

I caught three chinook salmon today at Buoy 10. Of course you only get to keep one....but I lucked out, because one of the guys on the boat didn't like fish so I used his tag. Had a great time. Probably smoke one tomorrow. Already cut up the other one, shrink wrapped it and put it in the freezer.

ucatchtrout · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:19 am Post subject:

Going to fish the Klickitat on saturday. Supposed to be really nice up there. Anyone ever been up that way?

Ryno · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:00 am Post subject:

I used to do some hunting, and camping up in Klickitat, have never fished it. It is nice up there, very dry though. Enjoy the Salmon, sounds tasty.
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discovery69 · Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject:

I used to fish almost twice a week with my dad growing up.

Slowly getting back to fishing with my sons. Been mostly trout fishing by Haag Lake and the Wilson River.

Is there any good places to fish for salmon on the westside of Portland?

ucatchtrout · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:57 am Post subject:

Not really, unless you head over towards the coast and fish the Trask or the Wilson near Tillamook. Closest spot for you might actually be mouth of the Clackamas. Nice park, great stretch of river to fish. Its a nice enough place to hang out that even if you strike out you don't feel cheated. I know a guy who has taken three from that spot in the last week using wedding rings and spinners. Best early morning, or evening. Best at high tide. Upstream, just past the 99w bridge is also a good spot right now. In a week or so there will be more fish upstream....behind the bowling alley. There are a lot of fish in the rivers right now but they haven't been biting like they were in the spring. They bite best on days when the barometric pressure is above 30.

Yesterday I got a 25 lb chinook out of the columbia at Longview.

discovery69 · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:20 pm Post subject:

Cool, thanks, that is great info.

My son was telling me he has several friends catching salmon out of the Sandy river, but couldn't tell me where on the Sandy.

I may have to wait until winter time, as I was planning on using Christmas as a good time to buy my boys some steelhead / salmon equipment.

ucatchtrout · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:00 pm Post subject:

The Sandy is a great river to fish.

Best local bank action now....is on the Clackamas.

Christmas time is steelhead time on the sandy. Last week of the year and first week of the new year are best time to go. I know a guide who can take you to places where you can get a bite on the first cast and limit out every day. He grew up on the Sandy, knows where the fish are and exactly what to use.

ucatchtrout · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 3:00 pm Post subject: