Sandy River springers

[Outdoorsman5]

Hey just wondering if anyone has heard of any springers in the sandy. Im getting the itch BAD!!!:lol:

 

[DrTheopolis]

I'm not a Sandy guy, but I think you might need to wait a couple of months.

With a grand total of 51 over Bonneville so far, I'm thinking that there probably aren't too many fish above the mouth of the Willy.

 

[DirectDrive]

I'm not a Sandy guy, but I think you might need to wait a couple of months.

With a grand total of 51 over Bonneville so far, I'm thinking that there probably aren't too many fish above the mouth of the Willy.

Nope.
We got a 20-something chrome beast on Feb 23 a few years back.
This one came out of "steelhead water" on a size 25 Green Pirate Hot Shot.
You could find one, but chances go up by the 3rd week in April.

Back bounce eggs....Gauge Hole mebbe.

 

[Outdoorsman5]

pm me where the gauge hole is. Alright thanks guys.

 

[DrTheopolis]

We got a 20-something chrome beast on Feb 23 a few years back.

"Out of season" fish are always the most fun, aren't they?

Seems like they're always the big ones, too.

Last year (I think it was last year), we botched a net-job (I hate it when that happens) on a massive summer in late March. Got it to the boat, and the monster chrome was missing a fin. Thing had to be at least 15 lbs. And it lived to fight another day.

I've hooked a springer in late March on a coastal trib, too.

Because I'm pretty sure fish don't own calendars.

 

[JonT]

Buddy in Pacific City is into them, so they gotta be staging in the mouth of Sandy at least.

 

[DirectDrive]

"Out of season" fish are always the most fun, aren't they?

Oooh...
Don't like the sound of that.

It was just an early-returning fish and legal to keep.
There, that sounds much better.

Some of the ol' guys fish Springers from January to July.
The Mossbacks....they have moss on everything.
It must be camo or something.

 

[DirectDrive]

Buddy in Pacific City is into them, so they gotta be staging in the mouth of Sandy at least.

Is he a Doryman ?

 

[DrTheopolis]

Buddy in Pacific City is into them, so they gotta be staging in the mouth of Sandy at least.

Not sure why one correlates to the other. Chinook are primarily driven by water temperature, and I'm quite certain the Sandy runs colder than either the Nestucca or the Pacific this time of year.

And 65 fish over Bonneville so far would lead me to believe there's few, if any Chinook stacking at the Sandy confluence.

The overwhelming majority of Chinook coming up the Columbia take a right when they get to Portland. When the Columbia tribs above the Willy start warming up, the nooks start piling up in a hurry.