A very good friend and fishing buddy of mine Jeff Mishler of New Water Media has been directing and producing a long awaited DVD featuring Ed Ward and the true art of Skagit Casting for Steelhead and other species. For as long as I have known Jeff there is one thing I can say about him, and that is his attention to detail and angling talent is that of a true professional. His talents on the water combined with unbelievable skills as a cinematographer will produce in my opinion a DVD that will set the bar higher than we have ever seen in outdoor media production. Featured in this DVD is fishing guide and innovator Ed Ward who’s credited with revolutionizing this style of casting. Anyone that swings a fly knows who and what Ed is all about! Check out the trailer below for a teaser of whats to come very soon. The back drop for this production are the beautiful and majestic Skagit, Sauk, Grande Rhonde, and Kanektok rivers. I have included a link to Skagitmaster.com on the list of links on this site.
What A Great Season So Far And More To Come!!!
Sorry for the delay of the last weekend reports! I have been up to my ears in Birthday and family obligations so my fishing has been very minimal. However Todd and Angelo have been out wacken the snot out of them!!! Todd has been on fire boating 2-4 Chinook daily! Here is some pics of him from last Saturday with Brent and Kurt.
Great Job Fella’s!!! Bob has also been geting some very nice Chinook and limited his boat one morning in an hour and a half. get me those pics so I can show them off for you BOB!!! Here is Angelo with some dandy Silver’s he and his buddies have been getting recently. Angelo is new to salmon fishing believe it or not>>>Looks like he might make Rookie of the year for sure with catches like these!
Two weekends in a row they have boated limits of these piggy Silvers. Nice size to them for sure.
Cast your vote for rookie of the year!
Kick Off Of the Hammond Madness
Big Jim, John, and Gabe aka the Masher kicked off the season right yesterday down on the estuary! Using the standard diver bait and diver spinner combo they filled the box and tags with silvers and 2 beautiful Chinook. According to Jim they also lost a few other Chinooks in the process. I just spoke with Jim this morning and he is already at the ramp putting in. The weather took a turn and is pretty socked in at the moment. Hopefully the rain and fog will break this afternoon and allow them to get over the bar for a few more easy silvers to round out the trip.
What a chromer!! Jim has been tearing up the Chinook this year pretty good. He started off on Columbia Springers and never really looked back having a stellar year with many multiple fish days. Looks like fall fish will be the same for him also. More pics to come as the day goes on so stay tuned! Hey Gabe give me a call so we can get out together very soon!
Gabe with a nice CR Nook!
These guys worked very hard for three days while all of us slaved away at the office this week. Thanks for the pics guy’s and great job!!!! I hear the coolers were stuffed!
Gabe and John
2009 Tillamook &Nehalem Bay Regs Announced!
As many of you know this is one of my favorite places to chase salmon in the Northwest. I really cut my angling teeth here in this bay many years ago and it has produced some beautiful fish for me, including a a 40lber on the wall behind me as I type this post. I’ve always targeted Chinook like these below with herring trolled near the bottom on both tides near the entrance of the ocean. Be very careful as this is a dangerous place to fish and tides can be very strong. Stay off the north jetty as its the roughest spot. The Chinook will not be an opportunity this year at Nehalem so be very careful releasing any of the Kings. But three Coho a day is great news for anglers.  Anglers can keep three hatchery coho from the Nehalem River Basin beginning Aug. 1 |
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| July 31, 2009 | |
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| TILLAMOOK, Ore.– With a large number of hatchery coho salmon expected to return to the Nehalem River basin this year, fishery managers have increased the daily bag limit to three adult hatchery coho per day beginning Aug. 1.“We are expecting several thousand hatchery coho to return to Nehalem Hatchery this year, and we want to see these fish caught by anglers,” said Chris Knutsen, ODFW fisheries biologist.Nehalem Hatchery release approximately 100,000 coho smolts every year. The adult coho that are returning this year entered the ocean as juveniles in the spring of 2008. They were greeted by excellent ocean conditions that have allowed them to grow quickly and survive in good numbers. While these coho can be very aggressive in the lower bay, Knutsen counsels anglers to be patient and vary their angling techniques when fishing in the upper bay and river. “Being in the right place at the right time is the key to success,” he said. “Trolling spinners a few feet below the surface can be very effective at times, and if you see coho jumping, consider anchoring and casting spinners toward the rising fish. These fish will often strike the spinner while it is falling toward the bottom.”ODFW reminds anglers that chinook angling in the Nehalem Basin is closed this year and that all chinook caught while coho fishing must be released immediately unharmed.
To find out more about local fishing conditions, boat rentals or specific tackle recommendations, Knutsen suggests anglers visit any of the several marinas and tackle stores in the Nehalem and Wheeler area. The Nehalem Basin is not the only North Coast watershed expecting a large return of hatchery coho this year. With expected large returns of hatchery coho from the Trask Hatchery, the daily adult salmon bag limit also increases to three in the Tillamook Bay watershed on Aug. 1. |
Tuna Hits The Deck
Hit the Big Blue early Sayurday morning out of Garibaldi for some Albicore with Rich, Keith, Pat, and myself. Its was a great overcast morning and crossing the Tillamook bar was a piece of cake in Rich’s pimped out 27ft Wellcraft. Can’t tell you how nice this TunaSlayer is decked out with all the electronics and the safety of big twin motors. We set course from some older sst/chlorphl satellite shots and beat feet about 35 miles out when we saw our first jumpers! It was a small group so we dumped in the gear and gave it a shot. It wasn’t long before we loaded up a rod and waited for the others to do the same. It was a single that we lost so we kept working the spot for awhile unable to get them to play. So we decided to head out to the 125 line and drop in again. We really had to work hard for the fish and there was very little sign out there. We were scratch fishing for sure just trying to hit the big mark. What a great bunch of guy’s to be out with for the day!
My only regret was not taking enough pictures as I got caught up in the moment and totally forgot to snap a few of Pat and Rich!! Sorry guy’s I promise to get more in a few weeks. I wanted to throw out a huge thanks to Rich for getting us out there! I’ve already started building you a few spreader bars so you know Rich! Here is a cool video of Keith with his first tuna. Good job Keith!
