Clackamas from a boat

[FishinMission]

If you're talking the mouth of the Clackamas,...TROLL .Every year I see boneheads anchoring up there, and if you really wanna catch some fish there, you need to be on the move. If you anchor, you're wasting your time. Besides that, there's never any resemblance to hoglines, boats that anchor resemble the pattern seen from a shotgun blast. Troll flourescent red Wiggle Warts about 75 feet from the back of your boat, and cover lots of water. When the fish are there (and I haven't seen many as of yet) you can get them anywhere. You can launch at the new screwed up Clackamette Park launch, Sportcraft Marina under the 205 bridge, Meldrum Park, or even the Cedar Oak ramp east of Robinwood between Lake Oswego and west Linn. Good luck out there!

[ 09-17-2001: Message edited by: FishinMission ]

[Silent Lucidity]

I saw someone last weekend bank-tossing a bright orange wiggle wart. Anyone know about the effectiveness of such techniques?

[Bait O' Eggs]

Mark
You say new screwed up boat ramp at clackamette park. images/icons/confused.gif images/icons/wink.gif What,.. you dont think the person that designed the new dock has ever owned or operated or launched a boat. images/icons/rolleyes.gif Unlike some of our ifish members who design sewer systems, and use the toilet daily.

I am waiting for the current to get a little stronger and some boat gets washed against the new dock. It will be pinned right there, or possibly wash under the dock. I hope nobody gets hurt when the current picks up and some water actually comes down the clackamas. When the water gets up, I am curious to see if the dock is strong enough to withstand the lateral forces it will see. The bulk of the current is right at the bottom of the boat ramp. Maybe the new dock will slow the water down making loading easier images/icons/wink.gif

I have never seen a place where people have more problems loading their boat. The cross current pushes people off line of there trailer, before they get on the trailer. The dock will just be an obstacle in the way as they try to back up for attempt number 2 and 3.

[Meridian]

I pulled into clackamette park one day when they were building the ramp. Scratched my head and thought, sure looks nice but what about high water. Oh, they must know what there doing. Right?

[Meridian]

Sielent L, Throwing spinners from the bank can be very effective there. When the fish are in you can see them jumping all over the place and I have seen fish multiple fish on the bank. I think throwing a spinner from Meldrum side is your best bet. And they even have a new blacktop at the point so you don't have to get your car dusty from parking there.

[WaterDog]

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[FishinMission]

Yeah...I'm glad my tax dollars built a nice ramp I'm planning on never using, and like you Roy.....I'm wondering how that dock will hold up to trees and stumps and whatever else might be coming down the river in a flood situation. images/icons/shocked.gif images/icons/shocked.gif Might be some good entertainment there tho on a strong outgoing tide!! images/icons/grin.gif

[Silent Lucidity]

Oh, I don't doubt the effectiveness of tossing spinners. Maybe I'm not thinking of the right name when I called it a wiggle wart. The damned thing was about 4" long in kind of an sloping shape, with the diameter of a hot dog. Fire red.

That's a Wiggle Wart, no?

[Lured In]

SL it could have been either a flatfish or kwikfish which look like a bent hot dog with a flat nose. images/icons/smile.gif

[PittsburghD]

Once parts of a dock are free moving down stream are they considered firewood for those who like the fancy colored flames?

[Grits]

I am supposed to be taking the wife fishing this weekend and was hoping for some tips on fishing the clackamas from a boat.

Should I fish hardware or bait (what kind of either)? Do you troll in this area or do anchor up? Where do you launch?

Thanks in advance for any information.

[FishinMission]

Well...I suppose the dock wood make good "presto logs"...but the decking is made out of plastic. Wear your gas mask if you decide to burn them in your fireplace!!