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Howdy all,
I was out on Nehalem bay yesterday and last Wednesay trying for coho. No joy from trolling an alvin or an inline spinner (chartreuse and green on Wednesday, blue herring Alvin yesterday). I tried chucking (pink) buzzbombs and crippled herring (Blue and White) right at the fish, as they were jumping, finning and breaching all around me.
First, is that behavior indicative of feeding? As in, is it worth casting a spinner, spoon, or jig at them when they are doing this? I got one really hard hit on the crippled herring that was just a hit.
Both times I got on the water just about an hour before high tide, and stayed on an hour or two past high tide.
any advice for Nehalem coho?
I fished Nehalem Bay growing up with my grandpa and dad. in the bay All we ever used were whole herring, with a nose clip, red diver and sometimes a flasher. We found it's best to lube the herring with wd 40 so they don't squeak.If you are fishing up river it's spinners trolled just off the bottom.
Hopefully I can get the controls for my trolling motor installed tomorrow and I will be heading down there this week.
Please leave out the WD 40... It's horrible for our rivers. It's like pouring some petroleum into a river and having it go through fishes' gills.
It Is!!!! Just like using a two cycle outboard is!!! But not quite as bad as most people think. Petroleum products are lighter than water and therefore rise to the surface and drift on top above the fish.
Get out the oars and do some rowing....
GD
same thing going on here on the necanicum river just a touch in from the mouth, Cohos jumping like crazy but not going after any of the spinners or any other harware I've thrown at em.
Ive tried some eggs and sand shrimp to no avail, not sure what to try next.
same thing going on here on the necanicum river just a touch in from the mouth, Cohos jumping like crazy but not going after any of the spinners or any other harware I've thrown at em.
Ive tried some eggs and sand shrimp to no avail, not sure what to try next.
Arent they just trying to loosen eggs for spawning??
Thanks Fish School I second your quote. Lots of little things in our rivers equal BIG things down the road.Well it has to do something horrible. Oil floats, but all the animals that get oiltaminated in oil spills have a hard time living.