The Oregon (salmon) Trail

[tacklejunkie]

Here's some pics from my salmon hunting today. No fish, but some fish porn there for you. Can you see the salmons?! One of these days that's gonna be on the end of my line, suckas!
Keep tuning in. Until next time..

Approaching the bridge



On the bridge



Looking out from bridge



Hiking down the bank in the thick



Signs



Look carefully, a salmon at the end of the sticks in the water.
Trained eyes only



See the big dark fish shadow? That salmon had to be 12lbs. It was BIG!





Repairing the stretched seams in my Simms with a gore text repair kit after finding the leak



"Under the bridge"
you can see the boat ramp where the inflatable pontoons and drift boats land. They must be launching further upstream at another site. I'll have to try and find out where.





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Thanks for looking. Hopefully next time I'll get to yank on a big salmon.
Saw one guy farm one today, so I know they bite something!!
as of Christmas, I will have lived in Portland for one year already. Just over two months to go.
-TacklejunkieMonkeyMan

[Fishingdachronarch201E7]

Awesome pics and sorry nothing landed, is that the Nestuca river by chance....went there last year...

[plumbertom]

Tried to PM you but your box is full

[tacklejunkie]

Forgot to note..
I found this fly stuck to a rock alongside the river. Wonder if they are eating these? Didn't get to try it, as I accidentally brought my 8wt fly reel for my 9'5wt fly rod.
Ill go empty my PM box.

This is is the Clackamas river, ten miles outside Clackamas. I think the town is Barton.

Looks to to be a chartreuse wooly bugger

[tomar19]

Keep at it TJ and that salmon will be tugging soon. I put 10 sessions on that section of the Clack last summer. Love the pics and reports, fishing that stretch is one of the best parts of our Oregon visits. Most of my experience is hunting summer steelhead in July, but if you want any info shoot me a PM. Loads of info here: http://www.salmonuniversity.com/ . This site was a big help in my finding and landing my first steelhead this year.

[tacklejunkie]

Been at it for three sessions so far,
but I have bad news. The guy at work with the 30lb salmon pictures says these fish stop wanting to bite around this time of year.

I did see a guy hook one and farm it the other day though. So maybe I'll keep trying.
I gotta find some place to fish up here during the winter with considerable sized fishes! Caught a bunch of dinks and farmed some big bass since I've been here. Need to catch something that pulls drag!! Arggggh mateys.
gonna take me years to find some spots up here like I had in SoCal that always produce good fish.

[City Dad]

Forgot to note..
I found this fly stuck to a rock alongside the river. Wonder if they are eating these? Didn't get to try it, as I accidentally brought my 8wt fly reel for my 9'5wt fly rod.
Ill go empty my PM box.

This is is the Clackamas river, ten miles outside Clackamas. I think the town is Barton.

Looks to to be a chartreuse wooly bugger

Cary Special. the only wet fly you'll ever need. in peacock hearl it's great for trouts

[CrouchingNinjaHiddenFish]

go get those salmon and show some pics!

[tacklejunkie]

Dang, CD..
How you get so smart, n stuff?

I see trout angling signs at that river but haven't been bitten by any trout, I don't believe.

I think I had some baitfish nipping at my gammarus shrimp imitation. But not sure what it was to be honest.
Now it's pouring like crazy and the temps dropped through the floor and the winds went through the roof. I think I'll have to give the salmon a break for a moment or two. Maybe hit a creek again soon and look for that fat, neon pink triangle cheeked cutthroat I missed last time. Trouts are always good for a go during the colder months.

Mt Hood just got a fresh dusting of snow. It had melted back pretty far late in the summer.

Next year I'm gonna kick some salmon tail, and I'll be ready and waiting for them. This year I fished for them too early and found none, then too late and found them uncooperative, it seems. Time to do my homework on those fish. Thanks for the help!

[Wingnut]

Good stuff Casey, hope you get you big Salmon soon...