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    Sandy

    And if they don't show up, they will tell you "you should have been here just the other day". If these showers develop, like the weatherman says, that should bring in some fresh fish.
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    Sandy

    Ya, didn't make it out this weekend, but brought a few of my hand-made spinners and jigs over to my neighbor's garage sale. I wasn't expecting much action, as this was my first time showing them. But I was shocked when they gained a lot of interest, and actually sold a couple dozen. I didn't...
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    Sandy

    LOL...Used to fish Cedar all the time, until I got tired of the flossing and snagging going on. There are still a few good holes upstream of Revenue Bridge. My uncle taught me a long time ago, when the East winds blow, the bite goes off. Maybe there is something to that after all.
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    Sandy

    I heard it was all private property now, but a couple friends walked all the way down to a hole I used to fish. Back then it was known by a few names like the 'Girl Scout Hole', 'Waterfall Hole', 'Sand Hole', etc. It was about 2 miles down river from the parking lot at Dodge Park, and then...
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    Sandy

    a variation of what we were using. I made the ones we used, but this is what I patterned it off of - the Mepps Trophy Series. I made them with black body - green blade, and like this one, too. For whatever reason, this color combination worked better that any fluorescent colors like hot...
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    Sandy

    We did try an old trick - fishing cocktail shrimp (bought at the fish counter at Freddie's). Yes, pre-cooked and threaded onto the hook (if you have the room) or looped on with the bait holder. Small corky to keep it up out of the rocks, and a little yarn. Fished it through the tail out, and...
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    Sandy

    Unfortunately, no - in a hurry to get out there, my phone was on the dining room table. My buddy inadvertently left his on top of the car - so it's somewhere between Gresham and Dodge Park - lol. Oh well, price to pay for a few fish.
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    Sandy

    Fished the tail-out at Dodge, with spinners and twitching jigs. Between two of us, landed 3 fish, all silvers. Hot color scheme was green blade-black body-with pink or red hootchie skirt single siwash hook. Purple or blues for twitching jigs. Didn't get any action in the hole under the...
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    Surf Perch help

    Well, that was a bust. Went out to Sunset Beach, out of Seaside, yesterday. Got there just as the tide was turning. We used raw shrimp, along with Gulp Sandworms on the other hook. We must have fished for couple hours, up and down the beach. As luck would have it, only my wife caught...
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    Surf Perch help

    JonT, Pick up some shrimp from the grocery store, or better yet some razor clams or mussels. Find some magic (stretchy) thread, and put the bait on your hook, followed by a few wraps of the thread. Some even put a drop or two of bait juice. I have had better luck with those baits vs the Gulp...
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    Low and clear summer strategies?

    I tie my own, and tried suspending a few of the twitching jigs under bobbers. They worked there, too. I haven't really sat down and crunched the numbers yet, but I must have over a hundred that I have tied, also some spinners I built myself. I like that I have control on the quality, colors...
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    Side drifting rod product review

    Another local outfit you might try is Fish Field....Okuma Guide Select Pro rods on sale for $109.99 https://fishfield.com/categories/new-category.html
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    Low and clear summer strategies?

    You may want to expand your arsenal a little. The most recent thing I have been using is a twitching jig. I have heard that you should only use those for salmon, but someone forgot to tell the steelhead I have caught. This technique works best if the flat has a flatter bottom, ie - not too...
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    Silvers on the Clackamas or Sandy?

    It wasn't that long ago when you could load up the truck, head out to the Clack (Eagle Creek), or to the Sandy, and .....
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    Wickiup at an all time low..

    WTH....:sad: That is sad.
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