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FairweatherFisher
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Hey all,
As you might be able to guess by my handle, I’m much more of a warm sunny summer days kind of angler. Generally I’m only fishing for stocked hatchery trout with a spinning reel/rod on the McKenzie and Upper Willamette, with some crabbing on the coast peppered in towards the fall.
That said, winter is upon us and I’m getting a hankering to go fishing, maybe make it a cast & blast by adding in some duck hunting as well. What considerations do I need to watch for? Typically I consider cold and wet conditions to be more danger than they’re worth, so safety is certainly my highest priority. I do have waders, and I recently bought an inflatable boat. Not sure if those options, separate or combined, are actually better than bank fishing?
What species are best to fish for around the Eugene area Dec-Mar? I’m not particularly interested in immersing myself in steelhead and salmon fishing, as the regs around what you can and can’t keep on whichever stretch of the river leave me constantly questioning if I’m within the confines of the regs, but if that’s what’s around and the risk of needing to catch and release is relatively low, I just might take it up. I’m just really bad at swiftly removing hooks, so I try to only fish for things I can keep.
As you might be able to guess by my handle, I’m much more of a warm sunny summer days kind of angler. Generally I’m only fishing for stocked hatchery trout with a spinning reel/rod on the McKenzie and Upper Willamette, with some crabbing on the coast peppered in towards the fall.
That said, winter is upon us and I’m getting a hankering to go fishing, maybe make it a cast & blast by adding in some duck hunting as well. What considerations do I need to watch for? Typically I consider cold and wet conditions to be more danger than they’re worth, so safety is certainly my highest priority. I do have waders, and I recently bought an inflatable boat. Not sure if those options, separate or combined, are actually better than bank fishing?
What species are best to fish for around the Eugene area Dec-Mar? I’m not particularly interested in immersing myself in steelhead and salmon fishing, as the regs around what you can and can’t keep on whichever stretch of the river leave me constantly questioning if I’m within the confines of the regs, but if that’s what’s around and the risk of needing to catch and release is relatively low, I just might take it up. I’m just really bad at swiftly removing hooks, so I try to only fish for things I can keep.
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