Gratuitous Fish and River Photos

[Knight828]

This year I decided that I needed to fish a lot more than I have in the last few years. So far that goal has been a success, especially when my dad has tagged along.

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Love it!

 

[El Jason]

 

[Salmonchaser]

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Gramps always told me; “if it ain’t chartreuse it ain’t no use, pink is good too” Look like Little Cleo spoons?

 

[El Jason]

Gramps always told me; “if it ain’t chartreuse it ain’t no use, pink is good too” Look like Little Cleo spoons?

River fisher or R&B spoons.

 

[El Jason]

Did a little restocking and reorganizing this morning. With the colder temps it Was pretty much a jig show this weekend.

 

[El Jason]

 

[Nuts]

So I got invited to salmon fishing NY. Had a hard time envisioning I would enjoy it. But I was tempted into it with antique Hardy rods. It was great. Not sure which rod I have here. But some of them were 1800's. The guy holding my fish rebuilds them. they are fun. Terrible eating so we release everything. I owe him Alaska now.

 

[Salmonchaser]

Im still amazed releasing salmon from the Northwest into the Great Lakes worked. Some day I need to go fish them.

 

[El Jason]

Hooked seven today, but only managed to get three of them to the shore. Lost a real dandy who did multiple tail walks across the water. Ended the day by taking a cold dunk in the river LOL

 

[mtmuley]

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Hooked seven today, but only managed to get three of them to the shore. Lost a real dandy who did multiple tail walks across the water. Ended the day by taking a cold dunk in the river LOL

You need a boat. I'll buy the beer. mtmuley

 

[mtmuley]

Im still amazed releasing salmon from the Northwest into the Great Lakes worked. Some day I need to go fish them.

Have you fished Peck for salmon? mtmuley

 

[El Jason]

You need a boat. I'll buy the beer. mtmuley

The jet boat is out of my budget, but a raft is definitely in my near future.

 

[Salmonchaser]

Have you fished Peck for salmon? mtmuley

I have not, another for the list.

 

[Big Fin]

In Oregon this week. Came in a day early and @Cornell2012 arranged for us to float a river with one of his fishing guide buddies and try to net my first steelhead.

30F when we launched. Add those temps to a low water weekday float and we did not see another boat.

I got my first steelhead. It got thumped on the head and brought home.


Matthew thumped his first fish of the day.

In Oregon you have to quit once you kill your second fish, so all others were released. And a lot were released.

I netted 12 steelhead and Matthew netted 10. I didn’t know you could catch that many in a day.

Hard to get good pics when Oregon law requires immediate release of any fish you aren’t going to keep. A few pics as they were removed from the net and returned to the water.







One of my best fishing days in a long time.

 

[El Jason]

I netted 12 steelhead and Matthew netted 10.

That’s a heck of a day.

 

[Salmonchaser]

That was a spectacular day. I’ve been fishing for steelhead for something close to 60 years from Alaska to the Kalamath and only been in double digits a few times. Well done!

 

[El Jason]

That was a spectacular day. I’ve been fishing for steelhead for something close to 60 years from Alaska to the Kalamath and only been in double digits a few times. Well done!

Yeah I’m pretty happy with 3-4 fish day.

 

[Elktrack]

Yeah I’m pretty happy with 3-4 fish day.

Dude, don’t rub it in
I’m happy to catch one most days.

 

[El Jason]

Dude, don’t rub it in
I’m happy to catch one most days.

Been there too. Coming home with a skunk when you are winter steelhead fishing happens.

 

[Salmonchaser]

The fish of a 1000 casts. I prefer drift fishing, followed by rolling a Little Cleo spoon or a spinner. Summer runs on the Deschuttes or early fall fish on the Grande Rhonde an 8wt. Throwing any fly designed by Mark Hieronymous.