Recent content by Coastal

SA-WEET! I heard that was happening, so I put a couple little patches on my raft to get all ready. And charged up the battery for the trolling motor so I can hit Tenmile, Eel, and Saunders lakes. Can't wait to get the kids back out on the water. Part of me wants rain for more steelhead, but part...

That is the only time I've actually got choked up reading something related to fishing! Ok, seriously, that really pulled on my emotions - I am thanking God everyone is safe after that extremely unfortunate experience. I live on the Oregon coast and every year people die who are around the...

I can appreciate that first steelhead. I'm pretty new to the whole thing too, with no friends or acquaintances with experience in steelhead fishing. I caught my first two (one the first year I tried, and one the second year) plunking. This was after about two years of drifting and getting nada...

Thanks for the welcome, and I like to help where I can. I mostly like to learn on my own, but I'm finding sites like this really help with the lack of time we all have. I live in North Bend, so if anyone has questions or wants to get together for fishing, just let me know. Scottish (?) maybe...

I get to Empire lakes now and then, since it's like 5 minutes from my house :). There is good bank fishing as there are lots of pathways around it. You actually have two lakes, I mostly fish the lower one. It also gets a healthy stocking of trout several times a year, including "trophy" size...