Greg Madrigal
05-09-2007, 10:52 PM
Just returned from a 2 week WONDERFUL vacay with my wife Julie. We flew to Seattle, stayed for 2 days, then drove a rental all the way back to the O.C.
Here are the fishing highlights.
All fish in this post were CPR'd!
Hit up a local river that had tons of baby chinook salmon jumping out of the water. I was SLAYING Them with a lil chrome spoon w/orange. My nephew Chris, using a roostertail couldn't get a nibble. So I traded him poles and we BOTH caught nuthin! Then, I coached him over the next few casts, and pretty soon, he was 5 for 6 in a row!!!! They were fun and hard fighting on 4lb test. (I had my out of state license)
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P1010004-1.jpg
Chris, with his first of many Chinook...STOKED!!! :D
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P1010005-1.jpg
A LARGE eagle, Golden or immature bald, was in the trees overhead. Looked the size of a friggin elephant when it took off!!!
We then left Wa. and drove thru Or. (I had my out of state license here too) Was a BEAUTIFUL coast drive along 101. I highly recommend it.
There were creeks and large rivers all the way, and I do believe I stopped at every one! :wink: Much to my wife's annoyment.
One such creek was Trask Creek.
The trask river just below the hatchery...
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P1010094.jpg
We drove 5 miles of 101 to get there, and were rewarded with BEAUTIFUL scenery and a few nice fish which were either Steelhead, or Coho(silver) salmon like this one. Help on the ID please?)
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P1010093-1.jpg
We then kept driving South. The next day, I fished a beautiful clear creek called the Elk River. I caught my first Cutthroat ever!!!!! I was completely stoked!
The Elk River
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P4250198.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P4250199.jpg
My first wild cutthroat- caught on my fav lure, the Panther Martin......
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P4250203.jpg
If you ever wondered WHY they call em cutthroats...
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P4250202.jpg
Then we kept on driving stopping at a few towns along the way to spend the night. My bride REALLY outdid herself on the accomodations. We stayed one night on the beautiful Rogue River-No fish(Though I fished :!: )
Here are a few random shots...
Look VERY Closely-Dana, are you looking VERY closely????? That is me in my Team 57 T-shirt standing on the arch on the left :!: :!:
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/AAA288.JPG
Our first stopover in Cannon Beach, Or.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P1010051.jpg
Our third stopover in Gold Beach, Or. -Rogue River in the background
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P4250230.jpg
A wild ride on the sweet-***** sand dunes on the Oregon Coast near Florence.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P1010148-1.jpg
I hope this may inspire you as it does me when I read others' posts, and I hope you can be was awed, as I was, by the wonders of these great United Staes of America!
GM
PS
Look for my Northern Ca. followup posts in the Northern California reports section tomorrow.
Here are the fishing highlights.
All fish in this post were CPR'd!
Hit up a local river that had tons of baby chinook salmon jumping out of the water. I was SLAYING Them with a lil chrome spoon w/orange. My nephew Chris, using a roostertail couldn't get a nibble. So I traded him poles and we BOTH caught nuthin! Then, I coached him over the next few casts, and pretty soon, he was 5 for 6 in a row!!!! They were fun and hard fighting on 4lb test. (I had my out of state license)
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P1010004-1.jpg
Chris, with his first of many Chinook...STOKED!!! :D
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P1010005-1.jpg
A LARGE eagle, Golden or immature bald, was in the trees overhead. Looked the size of a friggin elephant when it took off!!!
We then left Wa. and drove thru Or. (I had my out of state license here too) Was a BEAUTIFUL coast drive along 101. I highly recommend it.
There were creeks and large rivers all the way, and I do believe I stopped at every one! :wink: Much to my wife's annoyment.
One such creek was Trask Creek.
The trask river just below the hatchery...
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P1010094.jpg
We drove 5 miles of 101 to get there, and were rewarded with BEAUTIFUL scenery and a few nice fish which were either Steelhead, or Coho(silver) salmon like this one. Help on the ID please?)
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P1010093-1.jpg
We then kept driving South. The next day, I fished a beautiful clear creek called the Elk River. I caught my first Cutthroat ever!!!!! I was completely stoked!
The Elk River
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P4250198.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P4250199.jpg
My first wild cutthroat- caught on my fav lure, the Panther Martin......
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P4250203.jpg
If you ever wondered WHY they call em cutthroats...
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P4250202.jpg
Then we kept on driving stopping at a few towns along the way to spend the night. My bride REALLY outdid herself on the accomodations. We stayed one night on the beautiful Rogue River-No fish(Though I fished :!: )
Here are a few random shots...
Look VERY Closely-Dana, are you looking VERY closely????? That is me in my Team 57 T-shirt standing on the arch on the left :!: :!:
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/AAA288.JPG
Our first stopover in Cannon Beach, Or.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P1010051.jpg
Our third stopover in Gold Beach, Or. -Rogue River in the background
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P4250230.jpg
A wild ride on the sweet-***** sand dunes on the Oregon Coast near Florence.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l191/gregmadrigal/P1010148-1.jpg
I hope this may inspire you as it does me when I read others' posts, and I hope you can be was awed, as I was, by the wonders of these great United Staes of America!
GM
PS
Look for my Northern Ca. followup posts in the Northern California reports section tomorrow.