Recent content by DrTheopolis

Is it legal to pull a rabbit out of a hat and chum with it?

What ^^^^^^^ he said.

Not in my experience... which has been sadly lacking of late.

And while you're messing with that, I'll put a drop of scent on the belly of the plug, get the line in the water, and hopefully don't interrupt you too badly when I tell you to grab the net.

I've done pretty well with the factory hooks on Maglip 3.5 and 4.5. Never saw much reason to swap them. A buddy runs a couple with single hooks, and I can't say I've noticed much difference.

Barton Park is a popular spot for coho.

The drag on my Okuma trolling reel is getting pretty crappy, but I have this thing called a "thumb."

Sad to announce that Riverman Dan passed away last night.

On that note, there's a buhzillion lakes on Sauvie, and I think just about all of them have carp.

I always bleed them by cutting the gills immediately after bonking it. Keep the lactic acid out of the meat, or so they say.

The Gilbert River is closed for much of the year.

Fairview. North of Gresham.

Learn to backtroll plugs. Extremely successful technique.

Been a whole ton of years since I fished it out of human-powered boat. The outlet (D River) isn't an issue -- the wind is an issue. If you can find a place to launch on the east side of the lake (not sure if you can), you'll be much happier getting back.

I don't believe it's a legal requirement to have a rot cord in Oregon -- Washington and California, I believe it is. I've never crabbed at Yaquina (which seems odd for me). But pretty much any of the coastal bays will have crabs with the lack of rain (although I'm guessing Astoria/Columbia sucks...