Where is everyone?

Is everyone out fishing in there finished wood boats, and if so could we get some pictures of those trips? I have not been able to get out on the river,but have been working on drift boat trailers, and a 16 foot double ender. Will put a few pictures up tonight and more in this month; let's keep this site vibrant. Jay.

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Permalink Reply by Lawrence E. Long on September 16, 2013 at 4:59am

Jay:  Yes we have been out fishing.  Spent the last 2 months at the cottage on an island(at high tide)  in Cape Cod Bay.  Water is as warm as anyone can remember in years- read poor fishing.  The only action was at dawn or night.  My son nailed a 33" striped bass on a 8 weight Sage rod fishing out of my 11' canoe.,  The bass was 20 lbs- the canoe comes in at 30 lbs.  The water was so warm the Nuclear power plant across from us almost had to shut down as the cooling water temps got close to 75 deg. Fishing should improve as the water cools down this fall.

Permalink Reply by JAY STRUGNELL on September 16, 2013 at 6:11pm

Sorry about the poor fishing, but must have been fun for your son getting towed around by a huge striper!. Thank You for the reply, been pretty quiet around here.

Permalink Reply by Brian King on September 18, 2013 at 11:58pm

Well I started putting my 1972 Don Hill 16 ft. high sided guide model together tonight. Got the stem screwed to both sides and the 5th rib in along with the transom on. Tomorrow evening we will put the other ribs in. That will be it for awhile as I have to go with my wife to the Washington State Fair this weekend. Can hardly wait to go, you bet, can't wait to get there.

Permalink Reply by JAY STRUGNELL on September 19, 2013 at 8:50pm

Ok, You will see things taking shape quickly at that point.

Permalink Reply by Dave Z on September 22, 2013 at 8:47pm

Been fishing. alot.  Got bitten by the muskie bug hard.  and building cedar strip SUPs.  (more like Pain in the arse).

Permalink Reply by mitchell on September 26, 2013 at 5:16am

salmon fever. Best fall fishing of my life on the coast. Worked a double yesterday so I could have the day off. Boat is packed with wrapped kwikfish, rods. It's 515am and I'm out the door.

Permalink Reply by JAY STRUGNELL on September 26, 2013 at 10:07pm

The salmon season on the ocean has been very good down this far as well; good luck and don't forget to check your drag!

Permalink Reply by Jonathan Clarke on September 26, 2013 at 5:17pm

I'm getting muskie fever here, too, with the fall bite coming on.  I have four days on two rivers scheduled right now and hope to add a few more. 

Permalink Reply by JAY STRUGNELL on September 26, 2013 at 10:05pm

The fish of a thousand casts... or... what is a SUP?

Permalink Reply by mitchell on September 27, 2013 at 7:58am

decided to use my second salmon set up that l usually lend to my front seaters that don't have big gear. That set up landed two monsters last week. Neither by me. Nice rod, an old Fenwick Glass and a dirt cheap reel, Okuma. The reel I found out while using it has a less than ideal drag and for the life of me I have no idea how my front seater landed two salmon over 20 pounds last week and a 36 pound fish the week before.

So yesterday I gave the reel and rod a serious amount of time in the holder. Nothing for a tide and a half and then the rod slams and I come up empty. An hour later another serious taker and the rod slams rod tip to the water and it also comes up empty.

Yes, by all means get that drag correct and another correction I found yesterday, check your hooks. Hard to stay buttoned up to a fish with less than very sharp hooks. Lot's of work at home getting ready to fish and I skimpped on the hook factor. Kwikfish k16 wrapped with sardine filet and over used and dulled hooks oh my.

Permalink Reply by Rick Newman on September 27, 2013 at 8:55am

I was busy last weekend on a couple of rivers. The first trip was on the Yakima River in central Washington State. I recently joined Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing as a volunteer guide and fly tying instructor. The Spokane group brought four veteran's, four host/guides and four oarsmen. There were 24 teams all together. It was a Two-Fly event, each person in the boat got two flies and the vet and host fished either until time was up or they lost their flies. There were prizes for largest fish, smallest fish and the most fish caught. The Yakima is a Catch and Release river so the oarsperson was also the judge that measured and recorded the fish caught. I have included a few pictures and will include more later.

After fishing the Yakima for two days I traveled to the Klickitat River. While I didn't float my boat I did catch fish. King Salmon ,that is, finally! Brought one home, 20 lbs, lost two, one of which was pretty darned big, wish I could have seen that fish. Well over 800,000 C

Chinook have returned to the Columbia River and it's tributaries. More still coming!

George, my passenger is totally blind and still does a good job of casting and catching fish.  

More later.

Permalink Reply by JAY STRUGNELL on September 27, 2013 at 8:50pm

Very nice to here Your report Rick, kudo's to you, plus I bet You received as much enjoyment as You gave. Jay.

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