Recent content by Fisher.King

Weird how this of all posts has been around so long... I've been bowfishing since I first posted this and have a couple things to say. Bowfishing in state parks is illegal, the bow is considered a weapon even if the carp are considered non-game fish able to be taken by bow. Places like delta...

Yea in deep ponds once you find the right bait you'll draw out the 15+ pounders a lot. I made a personal boilie recipe last week and still haven't tried it. I watched some videos first to get the basic idea. I used 2 eggs, flour, cheereos, soy aminos and a tiny bit of peanut butter, then rolled...

I also haven't noticed a 'best time of day' either, they're bottom feeders and only surface to investigate objects (saw one hit an asthma inhaler once o.O) I'd suggest just going where everyone else is and using the same kinds of bait they do, as it's often frequent carp fishers you see around...

I don't have a pressure cooker :(. I really want to try it smoked but guess what else I don't have :D.

Edit: I should read the whole post before replying more XD If you're fishing in a small duck pond in a park that isn't connected to a river, I would release them. Somewhere like the Mackenzie or Willamette I wouldn't consider throwing them back alive. The pond I show in the map link I would...

I don't mind if any OFFers use my bow if you see me out bowfishing. Just say you know me from oregon fishing forum and you want to try out bowfishing :D. You don't need a special license or anything for it (regular fishing license required), but you'll have to be able to fully draw a bow with a...

I can't disagree with you there, at least while pitting a bow vs a rod in Oregon. The amount of carp seen to # taken per trip for me is way higher while using a rod. I took 14 from Alton Baker when I was about 15 years old. We froze them and the next weekend went crabbing in Florence at the...

Do you not go out there much Drew? Just while I sit there I'll see 3-4 slide down into the pool from the dam, and I don't stay all day. Catch and release is good to practice with any fish, but one of only a few exceptions (at least here in the US) is common carp. I grew up on a construction...

My first trip I stuck carp on was terrible to be honest, it was hot and I was in pants. The first carp I hit was fun and all but the day just sucked for some reason. And to add to the misery I had to drag my carp on a string behind me because I forgot my bucket (there was 34 pounds worth, 6...

A fish ladder at the culvert near the amphitheater would be nice, the whole stream from there all the way past the pond at Autzen up to the I-5 bridge is all beautiful water that looks nothing like the canal itself. I'm thankful they stock it up in that area, keeping fish from the canal gives me...

Know Dawn and Mike Kinyon? Dawn's my Aunt :3 I stay on their property just above the fish hatchery all the time in the summer, maybe we could meet for a day fish sometime this summer while I'm camping there if you'd like.

I'd take an 8 incher from out there over a limit of 1 pounders from Alton Baker any day...

Who? Those categories just seemed to describe the most from each trip... Been doing it for a few years now, it helps a ton.

When I was a kid my dad would take us to fish crappie in the Long Tom. He was a way better fisherman than I was back then *cough* and he knew like the exact days to go. It was kind of creepy :D. We would rig up a plain red and white bubble bobber over a 1/8 jig head using the generic red...

Well some regulations are agreeable, but most of them are like this. Especially in large rivers, the Willamette river is split into like 10 different subsections. Very confusing when traveling to new places :think: