John Day SM Bass

[DukAddict]

I may be headed to the John Day this friday to fish for 2 or 3 days. How has the SM BASS fishing been on the John Day so far this year? I have never fished the John Day and am wondering what are good baits to start out with in this river?

Brett Neffendorf

[fishing is life]

I may be headed to the John Day this friday to fish for 2 or 3 days. How has the SM BASS fishing been on the John Day so far this year? I have never fished the John Day and am wondering what are good baits to start out with in this river?

Brett Neffendorf

Might be a bit swift to fish. Check the graphs with all the runoff, be careful. Maybe call one of the local outfitters? good luck. Use jigs.

[1bigfish]

What part of the JD are you thinking of fishing?

Drove past JD river yesterday and it was dumping mud into the CR. I would say that part of the river would not be good for bassing right now.

[raptorschild]

I just drove home from Brownlee yesterday, and every stream, river, creek, drainage, ditch, looked like something out of Nestle quick commercial.

Save the gas money. Everything is a few weeks behind this year, and it'll take the John Day a while to get back into shape

[Ingraham]

Don't want to steel the thread but I'm camping at the mouth of the John Day next weekend and was wondering if you guys thought the current right there would be very swift or is it all frog water there? Not sure if I should bring the pontoon boats or not because i'm not going to do a drift but if the current was slow enough there I would tool around.

[stlhdr]

I fished it Saturday and the river is completely blown out, I wouldn't waste the trip.

[stlhdr]

Forgot to say, tubes work great over there.

[raptorschild]

Don't want to steel the thread but I'm camping at the mouth of the John Day next weekend and was wondering if you guys thought the current right there would be very swift or is it all frog water there? Not sure if I should bring the pontoon boats or not because i'm not going to do a drift but if the current was slow enough there I would tool around.


I really don't think some people on here realize how much melt-off just ran down all the rivers.

The john Day will be chocolate for probably 2-3 weeks. Unless you are just going to sight see.....I wouldnt waste your time. Go to a lake, or the Big C....there is no small river right now that is not completely blown out.

[DukAddict]

Thanks for the report everyone I appreciate it! I will check with the group and see if our plans are going to change.

Brett Neffendorf

[johndeeregreen]

I was there last fri and sat. the river was coming up fast and getting ugly.

[wapiteaser]

the John Day is ripping at about 16,000 cfs and muddy right now. Water is cold and dangerous if you are going to be boating. Lots of debris in the water. Not worth going