Heading out tomorrow - first time on the Sandy

[Modest_Man]

If anyone wants to join me, feel free. Hopefully the fishing is still as good as this weekend. I'm planning on being there pretty early, 6am ish. I guess I'll go to Oxbow park and just adventure along the banks throwing spinners.

Any tips on where to head at Oxbow?

 

[GMR]

Show up there about 630.
Ive been there at 6am and the gate was still locked.
They opened it a few minutes early but...

 

[civicfun]

i was there yesterday a good amount of fish jumping and surfacing. i would start just below the rapids i saw a dark 35-40 chinook surface but had know luck. good luck tomorrow.

 

[STIKTIME]

Myself and a buddy will be there as well. Stop by and say hey. Ya I hope its still good fishing.I need to give some STIKTIME!!!!! I'm still in need of my first coho of the year!!!!!!!

 

[Modest_Man]

Hard to say hi when I have no idea what you look like. I'll be driving a bright blue Ford Escort and fishing with a faily obvious 9'0" yellow Eagle Claw pole (I'm on the market for something a bit smaller for the rivers...). I'll also look like I have no idea what I'm doing.

 

[STIKTIME]

Sorry...... ill b wearing the same red g loomis hat in my picture.

 

[minnowmagnet]

get there early

get there early

I have hooked all my fish there between 7-8 am. You keep seeing them rolling after that but the sun on the water seems to give them lock-jaw. Plenty of bright-chrome coho at Oxbow this morning, but don't tell anyone.

 

[Modest_Man]

Alarm is set for 5am, I'll be there at 6:30. Thanks!

 

[Beastfisherman]

Do u guys go into the park itself ? man $5.00 aday to park in there + gas and fishing equipment.

 

[Modest_Man]

If you buy the year pass (for all Oregon state parks) It's $30 for the year.

I just got back, fished the river from 6:30 till 9am. There were five vehicles waiting to get past the gate when I showed up (6:15). I was fishing near 12 other people (I was the first there..but they came pretty quickly after) and I saw one fish caught in that time, so one fish for about 30 man hours fished in that hole, not very good.

I managed to pull in 4 sticks, a leaf, and I snagged my own line and managed to get back a spinner that I had broken off in the first 5 minutes; which I then promply lost again (lost 4 total, at least I know I was deep enough...).

Sandy 1, me 0.

 

[GMR]

Wow I was there and saw nothing caught. The water was warm and really murky.
Within 2 hours it went from a dozen people to about 3.
Lots of fish turning in the water, but even my brightest lures I could only
see 4-6 inches..

Oh well.. giv it another day or two I guess.

 

[Modest_Man]

Yeah, visibility was REALLY bad. I saw probably close to 50 fish rolling on the surface but only the one caught.

 

[Beastfisherman]

If you buy the year pass (for all Oregon state parks) It's $30 for the year.

I just got back, fished the river from 6:30 till 9am. There were five vehicles waiting to get past the gate when I showed up (6:15). I was fishing near 12 other people (I was the first there..but they came pretty quickly after) and I saw one fish caught in that time, so one fish for about 30 man hours fished in that hole, not very good.

I managed to pull in 4 sticks, a leaf, and I snagged my own line and managed to get back a spinner that I had broken off in the first 5 minutes; which I then promply lost again (lost 4 total, at least I know I was deep enough...).

Sandy 1, me 0.

Ty sir for the info!!!

 

[minnowmagnet]

I tried this morning and the water was murky. Lots of fish rolling, though. Keep trying with #4 blue-foxes in the morning and one of these days, you'll get your limit. Fish the spinners deep. Blue, chartruese and black have all worked for me this year.

 

[cchinook]

colors - sandy

colors - sandy

use copper when the sun is on the water -- believe me , I know !

 

[GMR]

use copper when the sun is on the water -- believe me , I know !

Yeah sun... That was sorda lacking this morn.
There was fog and when it lifted it became clouds..
Just not the best day at that location

 

[Modest_Man]

Sun? What is that? It was super foggy.

 

[FishSchooler]

use copper when the sun is on the water -- believe me , I know !

Just caught my first 2 days ago on a copper

 

[SantiamDrifter]

Modest man, were you in line behind a black civic this morning?

 

[Modest_Man]

Dude, it was dark. Everything looked black. It was a car with two guys. I was the last car in line, blue Ford Escort. If you were ahead of me thanks, there was NO WAY IN HELL I could have found the place in the fog in the dark with my printed Mapquest directions. I followed you like the last 10 miles and was just hoping we were going to the same place.

Did you have any luck?