Recent content by slabjig

The really good news is continuing the 7 day a week spring all depth for the central coast. This has made a huge difference in the madness at the South Beach boat ramp in Newport. I'm pretty sure the summer all depth is 3 days a week so that charters going for halibut can have full bookings...

So here's the thing about that, and it's a point that ODFW carefully glossed over when making their pitch to the legislature for this fee. If a pioneer licensee with the free license purchased a hunting "privilege", that act substantiated that they had a hunting license and were thus eligible...

For the 8th year (ever since ODFW reneged on the Free Lifetime Pioneer License in 2015), I have purchased no "privileges" from ODFW in 2022, only the Pioneer license itself. This is a promise I made at the 2015 legislative session when ODFW presented this "New Fee", and unlike ODFW and the State...

Actually essential oils aren't the solution....it's as simple as salt. Sea water is 3.5% salt, and interestingly enough, that's the concentration of salt in bioplastic which will inhibit mold growth. Going to give this another try using salt water in the recipe instead of distilled water...

For just about any live bait other than fish or polychaete worms, you're going to need a shellfish license which is an additional expense unless you have one for other reasons. I would recommend just using bits of frozen prawn (works well and stays on the hook better than sand shrimp), bits of...

So a followup on these lures....nasty mildew grew on them after 9 days at cool room temperatures. A little research suggests that a few drops of an essential oil can stop this from happening, however most essential oils are highly aromatic and would probably turn off fish. I'm going to try tea...

Kind of, although I think the key difference is that, gummy worms don't contain glycerin which is a big contributor to the plasticizing process. These things have the consistency of medium saltwater plastisol baits. I'm sure that they will slowly deteriorate when in contact with water (I'm...

I've wondered about Gulp lures for some time...they're clearly not PVC, and they claim to be biodegradable. So I did some research on YouTube and came up with this method. I'm very impressed with the final product, they feel like plastisol lures, are flexible and stretchy, 80 ml of water, 16...

My wife and I did another small boat jetty trip to Newport yesterday. Another beautiful day with a flat ocean which allowed us to fish the tip of the south jetty. I was able to get a limit of 3 blacks and 1 rock greenling, while my wife caught 2 black rockfish. We ended the day early because...

The current 4 fish limit just makes the gregor the more economical boat, I can catch 4 fish along the jetties and burn less than a gallon of expensive non-ethanol gas, or take the Willies and the 140 hp Suzuki burns 8-10 gallons of gas for the run to Johnson rock and the pinnacle offshore from...

Bit younger??? Shoot, I'm 75. I practically crawl out of the boat at the docks, but refuse to let age stop me from doing the things I love. On the Willies I installed steps and a grab pole on the trailer tongue when I got too old to just climb over the bow. (by the way, I never use the...

This is my "jetty" fishing boat, it's 14 foot and it's a short shaft transom (notice that the outboard which is long shaft is on a jack plate). Low boats like this are a definite plus if the wind is trying to blow you into the jetty, I'd never try fishing these spots with the 19 foot Willies. A...

Newport is about 15 miles closer for you than Coos bay, better road and easy launch, with a short run to the jetties. Yaquina bay is very small boat friendly if you pick your day based on NOAA predictions. Tuesday was one of those days, 3 foot swell, 16 second interval and no wind. So...

My brother and I fished the north and south jetties at Newport today from my 14 foot boat. Limit of rockfish by 9:30 am, with a number of releases of smaller fish. The oddly colored rockfish is a grass rockfish. According to a Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes, Newport is the northernmost part of...

Jon boats certainly have thinner bottoms than river sleds, you wouldn;t want to be banging them into boulders, but the Willamette isn't that kind of river...just rounded gravel bottoms, and I've had no problems with dents or punctures in my (27 year old) boat. When it's up on plane, only the...