Recent content by autofisher

There are a number of spots on the North Santiam that can get you into fish, most of the State Parks, Jefferson boat ramp, and even down to the rest area at I-5. My suggestion would be to check out some of the older posts on the forum, because if I remember correctly, there are some very...

Welcome the forum and when you get here, to Oregon as well. First, after living in Reedsport and working in Coos Bay for a while, I can tell you to be prepared in a serious decline in the amount of people you find in your typical "attractive" category. Second, I can tell you that there are some...

All salmon fishing is similar in the fact that most anglers will hit water with the hopes of landing a monster, but most will have more success getting the middle finger from our fine finned friends. All joking aside, if you're hitting up the Santiam, you can usually start seeing fish pretty...

Very nice. I would be more concerned with the pink net. Looks like it would go nicely with Jigs' Dora rod

So let me get this straight..... You will readily stick your hands in the mouth of a fish that can do that to you..... But you will scream like a little girl and try to climb a mountain side to get away from a three foot garter snake? Nice fish Jigs..... And I feel your pain as I'm sitting...

We ran green label herring or pink hoochie spinners and did very well. The fishing should still be decent with a lot of the action being further up river. Fishing is fishing though and if you're invited out, take the shot. You never know, it could turn out to be an epic day of fishing.

I saw a guy do that one time but we left before it blew. Pretty sure I heard it as we were floating down and never saw the guy at the end

Thanks guys. It really was a great time. My mom just picked up her salmon steaks and I'm guessing that she's going to make short work of them. Can't wait to get into some more fish.

Yesterday, my family sprang a last minute trip to the river. To even further my surprise, my fiance suggested that I just float and fish and meet them at the rest area. Holy crap! This is exactly why I'm going to marry her. So after running around to get a tube and borrow oars so I could float...

Anytime you need someone to run up and down your boat to do some work for you, let me know. I'd love to be out there!

It was a great time, and something that I truly needed. The two weekends out there was an experience like no other for me. Over all, it has greatly improved my attitude and rekindled a fire that had died down in recent years. I know I still won't be able to make it out to the water as much as I...

The zip locks' are the vac style freezer bag. They work pretty well for how long I'll have the meat in the freezer. It has the hand pump to suck all the air out.

Got the opportunity to go out and fish Buoy 10 the last two weekends with some extended family. The first weekend, I was just happy being there. We fought a bunch of fish but the only thing I took home was a broken and bent spinner. The next weekend was a different story. It started off soggy...

Right on guys! I think we fished by you guys (well, you and 5000 other of my closest friends). Those are some beautiful fish. I was not as fortunate as you guys. Lost pretty much every single one of mine at the boat both days. A friend of mine took home a nice nook and my fiance's sister c&r'd a...

Trillium is a great place for pontoons! OnTheFly puts together a floatilla every year up there. Any of the heavily stocked, and heavily visited lakes are gonna be packed with people taking advantage of the free fishing weekend. Pretty sure that they stock most of the lakes right before the...