Recent content by lizardman

We used to make "Piddle packs" for use when the ship went to General Quarters. Take a gallon ziplock bag and add one unused sponge (the kind that are dry and compressed and "grow" when they get wet. Pee in the bag, then when you are able dispose of the piddle pack. At General Quarters you...

no rain here on the dry side of the state.. we need it to cool the Columbia and raise the level of the Umatilla so the fish waiting to run the Umatilla will move upstream and the bite might turn on in the Columbia. Tons of fish, just no fish biting (Roe, Shrimp, Jigs, yarn, all tried by...

could it be like aquarium catfish (cory cats) where if the substrate (bottom of tank, or in this case pond, lake, or river) is rough they wear down their whiskers as they search for food?

over here on my side of the mountain we catch them on shrimp or roe under a bobber, or jigs/plastic minnows. Once in a while someone will throw spinners (Blue Fox usually) and have luck. Also a bunch of jigs off the bottom, or corkies off the bottom work depending on the water.

I take a cooler on wheels which I carry my tackle box, bait, fishing vest, rod holder, and plastic bags. I always take home more trash than I create and when fishing with my oldest son (now 14) and he starts not following direction I have him gather a bag or two of trash. Of course I am in...

Squaw fish on the Columbia are worth money and they even have some that are tagged (turn in the tag get a monetary reward of greater value). The minimum length is nine inches for the program (or was last I checked) Funding for this is through Bonneville Power (as one source). As stated one...

Good for you Auto for getting on the river. Might I suggest a trip to one of the rafting supply or Sportman's Warehouse so you can pick up an electric pump? No not the cheesy little plug into the cigarettel lighter and take forever to blow up a balloon type pump, but the type used by...

nice Fishy :)

That and with some calcium and amino acids added as talking to one of the biologists I discovered a few years ago during the spring run that it takes about 10 days for a fish to get here from the mouth of the Columbia.

I appreciate the offer, but I am over on the eastern side of the state. We fish the Umatilla River or from the John Day River to the Oregon, WA border(if you were to drive east and hit that border).

funny you mention that as the last time I was able to go out I was nailing the salmon with roe under a bobber and the guy next to me nailes a 29 inch flat head cat (which came home with me). What I hate is when you go bobber down, go to set the hook and there is nothing there (not even your...

That is what I was affraid of... I might try it this weekend, but I see an order being placed for some roe that works (the stuff sold in the stores around here is a generic cure and is a waste of money) until I can catch a nice hen and cure my own. :)

So I am currious if I need to go buy/order more roe or if I can use what I have in the refridgerator (it has been there since almost this time in 2012 as I was out of work from August to December 2012 and was fishing a lot). I want to get back into the swing of fishing as I think me working a...

glad they caught him, and glad the meat didn't go to waste.

Troutmasta, yes some of the responses even mine may have been over the top; however, I think as a whole there are a lot of people in society (me included) who are tired of people (single individuals to corporations or government departments at all levels) not being held accountable for their...