Recent content by capblack

This is my favorite time of year to hit Detroit. The kokes are up high and the trout in the lake are holdovers, not stockers. I went a month or so back, there was 6 inches of ice on the parking lot but the access road and low water ramp were bare.

i'm guessing that doesn't meet the "readily accessible" requirement, nor is it very smart.

the businesses in detroit are already going to suffer due to low water, now they are going to suffer even more.

any flavor of white shoepeg corn will work fine, your bigger problem will be getting down below the trout without hooking one. 1 to 1.3 mph should work fine, and i would put at least 1 oz of lead on a slider. i would try to get 5 or so ft of line between your weight and dodger as well, otherwise...

it's been a few years so i won't comment on current water hazards, but greens bridge to jefferson is or was an easy float. shuttle Bob Lusk does shuttles on the North, but i don't have any contact info.

you can either put up with them, or fish where there are none.

this early in the run i would try lower. jefferson and i5 both on the mainstem would be good spots to try

south santiam generally has more fish, and more fisherman, therefore, i fish the north.

yep, they stock the bejeezus out of that place. its a good spot if you want some sure action.

the confluence of the north and south santiam is just above jefferson, so above that is north or south, and below that is the mainstem

Those look pretty fishy, but I would still fish them behind a dodger, you could get away with a longer leader than a regular hootchie though, those will have plenty of action on their own.

I'm not alone!! :yikes:

i dont know much about the columbia, but i do know a bit about older boats, and i would recommend dropping it in a lake somewhere for its maiden voyage if you havent already. the big c is nowhere you want to be working out the bugs. congrats on the boat, and good luck wherever you go.

people have been catching a few. probably won't be real good for a couple months yet, but i am getting ready to start going in the next couple weeks i think.

I did wait for an answer and from the sounds of it "most snap out of it and swim off after minute or two" they were being air mailed from above. Sorry I don't sugar coat things I thought we were allowed to speak our mind.