Recent content by BamaDan

Haha that's good! Better go ahead on down to the bank and withdraw all your money while you're at it. Take it in the shower with you when you go and tear it up if you want the full experience.

Well you got me there. I had no idea they would open the trap up for post-spawn fish. Everything just can't be as cut and dry as we want it to be can it?

First off, good for you taking your boy fishing, and congrats on getting him into some steel. His first one is something that neither he nor you will ever forget. Someone who's more educated about specific Clackamas system management policy might be able to clear this up, but I believe they...

I work in fisheries policy and might have the unpopular opinion here, but there should be more mandatory hatchery retention, especially a hatchery downrunner. We are all aware that hatchery fish are generally weaker than native broodstock. A hatchery downrunner is one that didn't hit a fish trap...

I picked up a handful myself. I'm about to start hitting the lower Clack hard in the mornings before work. I hope to see you out there again Chez.

ODFW is closing Eagle Creek to Coho on Sunday because they aren't meeting broodstock needs. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2015/November/110615.asp

I can't speak to the hatchery, but I've fished the mouth of EC a couple mornings before work this week and was surprised by how little action I saw. I figured there would be one last big push after the rain, but they could have jetted up as soon as the water rose. That being said, I would assume...

Did you eat it? They're a little dark this time of year, but I bet it'll smoke up just fine.

I was in this same position around two years ago when I started hardware fishing. I can tell you from experience being armed with all this information and not having enough practical knowledge of what it means can get expensive! If this sounds redundant, I apologize. I'm hoping to convey a few...

The sight of that brings back some memories. As a teenager I spent every summer floating down the Choctawhatchee River in SE Alabama tossing beetle spins for spotted bass, largemouth, and all kids of panfish. It was such a healthy river that got next to no pressure because most folks didn't want...

Hookem, if you stick with it you'll find spinners and spoons to be one of the most fun and effective ways of steelhead fishing, especially for summer fish when covering water is vital to success. You're going to lose a lot of tackle initially, but you'll eventually learn to just feel the bottom...

Actually you did bank a fish that day. Nailed it on a spoon in the fast water after missing it initially drifting. I remember it well. The streak lives on.

Not giving up on it but summer success=covering water and not much beats hardware when it comes to fishing a lot of holes (as you're far more aware than most). Plus now that I'm learning how to properly fish them there's the whole confidence thing. So far so good.

After months of lost fish, working entirely too much at two jobs, and who knows how many days getting skunked, I finally got back on the board with this pretty little summer hen from the Sandy. I fished several hours, covered a ton of water and found her towards the end of my day on a spinner...

That's faster than you'd typically want to fish one, but experience and this video prove there are always exceptions. Sometimes you drag it over their nose and get a strike. Frogs are fantastic baits. You'll get your best results early morning or just before dark as with any topwater for bass...