Recent content by rogerdodger

I have had a MinnKota Riptide 55#/12v with GPS/Autolock/remote on the bow of our old 16' Alumacraft since about 2017 and absolutely love it. Running it from the back with the remote works great, the AutoLock e-anchor works great to hold us in place when crabbing on the Siuslaw in moving...

https://earthartinternational.com/products/copy-of-free-the-snake-chinook-salmon-sticker-100-of-the-proceeds-from-this-sticker-will-go-to-the-save-our-wild-salmon and https://earthartinternational.com/collections/fundraiser-stickers/products/free-the-snake-orca-vinyl-sticker

good history on how these dams came into existence despite strong pushback at the time and shady justification... https://damsense.org/history/

Free The Snake River!

well the sea lions were out on lower CoosBay on Tuesday but again left my pots alone, maybe they just like crazy people on kayaks that talk to them? lol they actually seemed to be heading past the submerged jetty (where crabbing was slow but I ground out a limit 1 keeper at a time) to the area...

I always use fish heads and carcasses (lingcod, rockfish, tuna, salmon) or whole fish (shad, sex herring). Never had a trap messed with by a non-human in CoosBay, ocean, or the Siuslaw. Just lucky I guess.

Shiny!

The habitat we recover from these dam removal projects is amazing, more than just free flowing rivers/tributaries but the adjacent flood plane, islands, and shore...plus jobs! Lots and lots of jobs. Everything learned from the Klamath project will benefit the freeing of the lower Snake river.

those are extra chinook fry, not smolts, planted as part of the dam removal process, an attempt to 'jump start' the new runs that will return to the upper Klamath. This sort of loss was caused by them needing to pass through a temporary tunnel and it was not unexpected. another way to look at...

"The lower Snake River is destined for rewilding for many more reasons than ensuring wild salmon and steelhead do not go extinct. The cultural and ecological values of a free flowing river far exceed those of a reservoir. The 140 miles of the lower Snake is no exception. When Lower Granite...

from the meeting so far, no bad news and slightly better forecast for Klamath/Sacramento fall chinook. I am cautiously optimistic that we will get to catch SOME chinook in the ocean OFF Oregon this summer. The key word being 'SOME'. the coho escapement (spawning) data looks good for last...

right on, looks like ODFW is providing an update this week on the ocean salmon seasons planning. https://www.dfw.state.or.us/mrp/salmon/

The process of developing the ocean salmon seasons for WA, OR, and CA is underway. Very important to the Oregon ocean chinook seasons are the forecasts for chinook salmon returning to CA rivers, looks like we get a look at these forecasts on March 1. Fingers crossed that they are better than...

Link below covers well the recent agreement between 4 tribes, 3 states, and the Biden administration that (finally) puts us on the path to removing the lower 4 dams on the Snake River. Bottom line: this is happening, it's going to take some time, and it's great news for NW salmon and steelhead...

I've had good results from Lowrance on my PB and kayaks, your application, top end, I would be looking at the Elite FS 9" Active Imaging 3-in-1, but if you wanted to ease back on the spending, the Hook Reveal Tripleshot 9" at $599 would get the job done. I have had a Hook2 5" Tripleshot on my...