Recent content by Gettin' Jiggy Wid It

Sunbreaks are awesome. Friday, April 25, I slept in again after checking the forecast. It was supposed to be cloudy and cool in the morning with some chance of light showers or drizzle. I noticed the forecast called for some sunshine in the afternoon, so I headed down to the Willamette and...

Hi Bass, I'm still fishing in a NuCanoe...I'm on my third one. I had to reinforce the transom on this one with some metal sheeting to protect it from the force of the 2.5hp Suzuki outboard. Lately just fishing for Springers on the Willamette. I posted a couple of catches under the "2025...

Had a fantastic trip in that spot of sunny weather on Thursday, April 17. Got up late that morning and debated whether to go fishing. By 9am the neighborhood noise of leaf blowers, skillsaws, and hammering convinced me to go. Half of fishing is just getting away from it all, seeking the...

Bass, those were some solid fish under tough cold weather conditions. Your dedication paid OFF! Thanks for the great storytelling of how the day went and what it took to achieve success! GJWI

Hey Bass! Yeah, that is a new NuCanoe...i destroyed the old one in 5 years of running it under power with the little outboard. I reinforced the transom in this one...so maybe it will last a little longer. This will be my last NuCanoe....i need it to last 3 more years...then I'm planning on...

Thanks! Yeah, I thought it was female, too. But no eggs inside. But no milt either....so I'm not really sure. I've never caught one in May that didn't have either eggs or milt.

Since I didn't fish from my kayak in 2020, it was great to be out on the Willamette River this morning for the first time in 2 years. I didn't feel like dealing with herring this year, so i decided to wait for warmer water temps to allow for strict hardware fishing. I launched right at sunrise...

That's actually pretty slick. I went to the Gheenoe website, and the 13' with a 5hp motor would be just about perfect for how I'm fishing. I wonder how durable they are.

The NuCanoe was stored indoors in my garage. It was fantastic for the first 4 years...then the leaks started coming. I really liked the freedom track system...I was able to outfit with multiple rod holders, fish finder, and even a downrigger for koke fishing. And super stable...i could stand...

After 81 trips and 5 years, my NuCanoe sot kayak is full of cracks and takes on too much water. I can't patch it up with plastic welds anymore. It lived a short life, but I trolled over 1,000 miles with it using a Suzuki 2.5 hp outboard motor, pushing it around at 6 mph. That created so much...

Great day on the water, Bass! The videos of the sturgeon were great, too. 11 hours on the water in a yak is a VERY long day. You were probably crawling when you finally got out on land. Looks like you got a new rod and reel combo for sturgeon?

Quick report: Launched at Roger's Landing at sunrise. Moss everywhere...spent half the time pulling moss off lures. Landed a total of 4 smallies (12 inchers) by 10:30am, then got off the water as the Father's Day recreation boat crowd arrived. All fish caught trolling hard bodied...

The streak continues. Wednesdays must be magic this spring. Pardon the terrible picture, but this king fought so hard and wore me out that I was not much in the mood for photos. But I did want to get a quick snapshot of the green Toman Thumper that he swallowed so deep. The water temp is 57F...

I prefer whitcomb creek ramp...research water levels of green peter to find out which ramps are best...but usually you wont have a problem at whitcomb creek. I think thistle creek ramp is sometimes unusable when water is too low. I've caught kokes in the lower part of both whitcomb creek and...

Thistle Creek Boat Ramp Foster, OR 97345 44.481069, -122.516966 whitcomb creek ramp 44.477915, -122.507209