haha, ya....tualatin is snag city....your best bet is to plunk...i.e. expect your rig to get snagged and just sit and wait for something to eat your bait.....99% of the time the fish will un-snag your rig.
that's nice that they've cleared up what bait was....i don't remember it being that obvious in the previous years as to the definition.
now what about spinnerbaits(such as below)....are those considered bait or a lure?
wait....I was under the impression that soft plastics are ONLY considered bait IF they have a built-in scent and/or salt release, etc. Also dousing them in a liquid scent is not considered bait.
True... but would you eat anything out of it? If so what parts of the river? I know down in Tualatin city and below I'd do no more than c&r... I've never been much further upstream than cook park.
yea, i've basically got it down....it's just a matter of going out and fishing now :)
i just had an epiphany on casting with my baitcast....i was dumb not to think to use the bar to rest my thumb at the reel....i'm new to baitcasters.
so with the rod being 9', recommended line weight 20-30lb, and lure weight 1-5oz....and that reel, the peen 321 gs....if you were to recommend replacing one or the other, what would you recommend? I've got a tight budget but I might be able to get away with one....or I've got a 7' daiwa cheap...
i know it's a bit large, but i'm using the penn 321 gs.....i thought the rod had a little more to do with weight vs casting dist.....the rod says recommended lure weight: 1-5oz.
I know about the adjusting the bearing....is the brake different? it's meant more of a boat reel though.
aah, yeah, they went back unharmed...they thought they were fun to catch though, lol.....aren't steelhead smolt just rainbow trout that haven't gone to sea?
the jacks were ooh, about 5-8 inches....they were casting straight out from the left side of the boat ramp facing the water. All natives though....we also saw a huge (40-50 pounder) chinook jumping down the clack about 8-10 times....that made our day, lol
so, if you're using 9'+ rods and only...
I went down to Carver park on sunday with no luck. My stepdad and brother caught 5-6 chinook jacks on rooster tails, and another local caught 2 suckers drifting with a jig and yarn.
My largest problem I'm finding out now is my knot keeps moving up and down the line. Is there a way to keep the...
I fished a lot on Tualatin river a few years back....my dad and I lived in apartments right next to the park in Tualatin off Nyberg Ln.
The majority of what I caught out there were Pikeminnow (squawfish), even at night when I was fishing for cats... All I used for those were hot dogs. I have...
i stopped by Fisherman's, one guy there recommended that I don't use the knots that come with the bobbers, but to buy the ones in packages.....it seems like the thinner-lined knots work better. now to figure where to go in the next few weekends....
the guys at Fisherman's said the reason Sandy...
I have asked around the tackle shops about steelhead and I'm stumped....I've got a 7' rod with 12# test. I tried a slip bobber (3/8 oz) with sand shrimp.....and I can't seem to get the setup to work correctly.
First issue is getting the bobber stop(knot on line) to NOT get caught up in the...