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I fished Nehalem last weekend up that dirt road where bridge is out. Took the 3 lure challenge and went up to bricge and worked all over. caught more cutty and other fry than i can count. biggest was 8". Not that great a haul, 0, but I was after fun and relaxation with my friends more than "Catfish Hunter". Only hooked into 2 that seemed worth it, both got off. We used blue fox vibrax: one blue body/red blade, one all brass/gold finish, one gold bang/rooster tail. All 3 lures we used hit like mad.
3 lure challenge is friendly bet/game my friend and I have. Pick 3 lure from tackle, hook to bill of hat/jacket. Fish. Best fish wins. Winner trades winning lure with loser to better his chances next time, loser buys beers. Basically, Joe and I seem to keep trading my blue/red vibrax, for his gold/brass rooster. Blue/red vibrax been replaced 4-5 times more than his rooster tho. hehe
So I wanted to spend my 4th of July weekend fishing some coastal streams. Was going to try to stay at Gnat Creek but my girlfriend talked me into going to the Nehalem. Will be focusing much of my efforts on the Nehalem itself. Any tips for that stretch. I will probably head down the the Kilchis and Wilson at some point as well as possibly the Trask. Any other streams in the area I gotta check out? How far downstream from the falls is the hatchery and is it even worth heading down there?