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I've lived in portland for 2 years now but just got settled in enough that I though it would be worth investing in a fishing license. I grew up fishing in high mountain streams where we'd catch 6-8" brook and rainbow trout on nearly every cast, I don't much care for trout so releasing them never bothers me. I've been out fishing at Salish pond and Faraday lake with my kids and got skunked, lake fishing has never been real exciting to me anyway. I'm ready to get out in the streams, if we don't catch something next time my kids may never go fishing with me again... Now that the rivers are open, where's a good place to catch and release hungry fish, preferably on the east side somewhere, I'm thinking tributaries to the clackamas or sandy rivers would be the most accessible to me right now, but I'd travel a bit further if I was sure to catch a bunch of little fish. Being relatively new to the area, names of rivers don't help me much, if you can give some basic directions that would help too.
That little where the Collawash comes into the Clack in my oppinion is fished VERY heavy. During the week it will produce a few but come weekend it's packed. I have never fished up the Collawash but I'm dying to.
The Olallie Lake area looks promising, is it still too early in the year to make it up that way without 4wd and/or snow shoes? How about the Rock Lakes basin area, I've never been up that way either?
You bet I'm looking for streams, all those lakes have a stream running into and out of them don't they?Thought you were looking for streams?
Can you share some directions to Fish Lake? I couldn't find it on the map very easily. Any place that needs a hike in is good, it means there will be less people and I can usually fish a stream on the way.Anyway...Olallie is at 5200ft and I believe Timothy is still inaccessable from Skyline and that's a lot lower. Try Olallie late next month. There is a walk in lake in that area called Fish Lake. I hear it's good fishing and I'm planning a trip myself this season.
Don't wait for these lakes to open just go somewhere now. There are fish to be caught! If your kids need a quick fix, Harriet is getting better each day and soon, skunk days won't be possible there.
I've lived in portland for 2 years now but just got settled in enough that I though it would be worth investing in a fishing license. I grew up fishing in high mountain streams where we'd catch 6-8" brook and rainbow trout on nearly every cast, I don't much care for trout so releasing them never bothers me. I've been out fishing at Salish pond and Faraday lake with my kids and got skunked, lake fishing has never been real exciting to me anyway. I'm ready to get out in the streams, if we don't catch something next time my kids may never go fishing with me again... Now that the rivers are open, where's a good place to catch and release hungry fish, preferably on the east side somewhere, I'm thinking tributaries to the clackamas or sandy rivers would be the most accessible to me right now, but I'd travel a bit further if I was sure to catch a bunch of little fish. Being relatively new to the area, names of rivers don't help me much, if you can give some basic directions that would help too.