Hit the mckenzie today or i guess yesterday...( got off the river at dark ) with Everet464 and got him into not only his first chinook but two others. Of course the one that was chrome bright ( and i mean CHROME not bronze ) got off ! Youll have to ask Everet464 about that. HaHa ! But the first was a bronzy hen that we kept for the eggs and i think she will smoke up fine, the second was the chromer that became an LDR and the last was about a 20lb dark buck nook. We let him live. No steelhead ??? We didn't even see any. I think they do the trucking at random dates now....i hope they havent stoped the recycle program for this year or ill be bumed out. Heres a few pics...we also got video and i will try to upload that soon !
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Johnny Southpaw
Sounds like a fantastic day on the river-way to have some fun and get into some fish!
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everett464
My first big fish! That was an awesome day, now I just need to get into one on the fly, and I can die a happy man... or at least start classes again a happy man.
And, that fish was spunky, I lost all guilt about that LDR overnight.
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rippin fish lips
nice fish! may i ask again? what did u get this one on? that same thing as the last one? kwikfish?
jamisonace
Sounds like there is a story behind the LDR??? Is it a good one? Since I'm completely unfamiliar with the Mac, I booked a trip on Tuesday to catch some of those bad boys (or girls). Hopefully I'll be posting some pics of fish too!
Hit the mckenzie today or i guess yesterday...( got off the river at dark ) with Everet464 and got him into not only his first chinook but two others. Of course the one that was chrome bright ( and i mean CHROME not bronze ) got off ! Youll have to ask Everet464 about that. HaHa ! But the first was a bronzy hen that we kept for the eggs and i think she will smoke up fine, the second was the chromer that became an LDR and the last was about a 20lb dark buck nook. We let him live. No steelhead ??? We didn't even see any. I think they do the trucking at random dates now....i hope they havent stoped the recycle program for this year or ill be bumed out. Heres a few pics...we also got video and i will try to upload that soon !
Well, ill tell it. The fish was bright and hot....lots of head shakes, going into that death roll like coho do...then my anchor lost hold and we slipped into a shallower tailout. When we finally anchored in deeper water he slacked the fish for a brief moment and it came unbuttoned. He did a great job on the third fish though...i didn't get pics of that but i got good video and will try to post it soon.
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Thuggin4Life
Sounds like you two had a blast. what the heck is LDR?
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cobias
Ldr
Ldr
Long distance release...A funny way of saying you lost it. Im headed out again, report tonight.
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Thuggin4Life
lol too funny never heard that before but gonna steal it and reuse it. good luck.
Hit the mckenzie today or i guess yesterday...( got off the river at dark ) with Everet464 and got him into not only his first chinook but two others. Of course the one that was chrome bright ( and i mean CHROME not bronze ) got off ! Youll have to ask Everet464 about that. HaHa ! But the first was a bronzy hen that we kept for the eggs and i think she will smoke up fine, the second was the chromer that became an LDR and the last was about a 20lb dark buck nook. We let him live. No steelhead ??? We didn't even see any. I think they do the trucking at random dates now....i hope they havent stoped the recycle program for this year or ill be bumed out. Heres a few pics...we also got video and i will try to upload that soon !
I have heard they stopped recyclein already but not totally sure. Went last tuesday up below the Dam and there were Steelhead everywhere but they didn't seem hungry
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cobias
mck report july 31
mck report july 31
didn't get anything today...it seems the water cooled off a bit and it seemed like it was on the rise ? Seen one nook taken and a boat with a dark hen nook and a steelhead at greenwood. Pulled plugs like crazy and nothin. With the cooler weather/water they were off the plug bite. Should have brought eggs or shrimp...oh well. I think they quit recycling steelhead. Seen only two steel with no tags in their back. Will call odfw monday and see.