Recent content by bernduffy

It seemed to me to be less steep than ramps

Hey people who can actually carry, drag or wheel their craft, Hagg Lake has finished a nifty launch by the picnic area across the dam bridge. It's to the left of the restrooms. It involves about a fifty yard haul. Beat the crowds at the ramps. Wish they'd put one of those in the no-wake...

Hagg will NOT be open year round this year. Closes Nov 23. They'd like to keep it open, but the game regulators are concerned about elk herd winter habitat. That's straight from a ODFW ranger. In the meantime, get on it: great trout fishing to be had. Also: Same ranger had a report of a 7 lb...

Thanks for the not so trivial trivia, SailCat. What's nice about Hagg is that with over 80 grand a year being stocked, the holdovers (and newly acclimated trout) continue to provide decent trolling targets through the season. It's giving them what they want on any given day that's challenging...

Thanks GettinJiggy. I can't make it for the opener, but do send out similar good wishes for great luck to all who give it a shot this weekend. Look up "Hagg stocking" on youtube and you'll see the wild, extremely fast darting behavior the stocker trout engage in right out of the truck. It...

Welcome to OFF, miknurb. Thanks for the info. Since ODFW has posted a Feb (or early March) pre-opening stocking the last few years, I was curious as to why none appeared this year. So I called and was told that last year a bunch of anglers showed up believing the stock date was the opening...

Speaking of Bill Clinton, while the rest of us have been screwin' around, I think Direct Drive probably hit the bullseye.

Replying for Eamon- I think he's passed out - the jet sled was on the over cab rack, not in the bed of the truck. Thusly the proposed brake-slammer-jammer launch method. What you heard about actually makes sense. What Eamon "saw" was not possible and probably induced by food poisoning or...

I know what you mean: that li'l red raft looks awesome!

No, don't give in. The strategy is to get everyone excited and out there too early so when they give up after a couple of weeks and the real season begins, they're at home watchin' the game while you and me (and a coupla other smarties) are taggin' & baggin'. (Shhh)

Here's the carp the friend caught, right near the Meldrum Bar...of soap.

Um...yeah, ok...nevermind that, then. Back to your engine snorkel device. What if the submerged tail pipe had a reverse hydro-fluxinator coupled with a quantum infuser? That would work wouldn't it? "... you should never wash your lithium down with 12 year old scotch... " Listen guys, I'm...

Eamon, Is it possible you observed the gentleman transporting his spare vessel, the primary boat/trailer having been left at another location, most probably underwater at a local ramp? Redundancy, once the refuge of the aerospace industry is now finding application in most modern recreational...

Sure, depending on what you mean by little. It's the wind and pleasure craft wakes that could be a challenge. Hang out in the no-wake zone off of ramp C. I've seen float tubes out there on calm days. If you want a good test area, launch out of ramp C, take a right (south) into the Sain Creek...

There are way too many stories of pontoons being pierced, ripped and other wise mangled on rivers...even down to class 2. I don't know your toon, but if bladders are vinyl (most Chinese mfg are) instead of poly I'd be very cautious. The fact that it recommends "calm & slow moving waters" speaks...