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Hey, ran into you at Siltcoos earlier this year. If you're in Eugene, I recommend the Siuslaw for winter steelhead, just because it's close, and it's got a pretty decent run with a lot of bank access and is a relatively easy river to fish any style you want. There's some good places to plunk, jig, drift, whatever you want to do, there's a spot for it. The lower river down near Brickerville and Swisshome should be producing now, but the upper river peaks in January/February, and there are fish in there until the cut off in April. I myself will be fishing it probably the 2nd week in January, not sure if I will bank it or take my driftboat, depends on what the river levels do the next 3 weeks, kinda dictates the fish movement. More than likely I will bank fish the stretch along Stagecoach Rd, there's a lot of really good holes along there, some are tricky to get to, but they're worth it. There is also lake creek, as an alternative. If the Siuslaw is blown out chocolate milk color status, Lake creek is gonna be a nice green. The downside is, Lake creek doesn't get very many hatchery fish, but there are a ton of natives.
I have been to a few of those holes off stagecoach...Is that a lot of private land or will there be posted signs??? I have seen those tricky holes I think you are talking about. Those tracks throw me off. I guess I have to just do more recon on Jan 2nd
method,imo, depends on the hole, the water level etc. just play around a bit, watch and learn from others and one golden rule I go by is "it is not how many rivers you know it's how well you know your rivers", by the way where did you get that big fat cat i've been looking for some of those since I was in the army on the east coast.Good luck. Fishon.hey thanks guys!,
i really should just stick to one river but being from idaho i have been having lots of fun exploring oregon.but now that i have explored its time to get serious, i need my fishing fix or i'm gonna go crazy!.plus some meat for the smoker would be nice..
so the siuslaw is gonna be my best bet for eugene eh? sounds like its gonna be my new home river for awhile, if any of you see a maroon extended cab tundra with idaho license plates feel free to stop by and tell me what i'm doing wrong :lol: i'll be the tall guy in camo.. also which method would you recommend for the siuslaw. i'm probably going to use both drift and bobber but i was curious which might be better for winter steel/water conditions.
thanks for all your help everyone and i'll pm you guys about the future fishing!