Nehalem Bay?

[RIPPLE]

Hello to all -
Headed down to Nehalem Bay this weekend, I'm sure it won't be crowded :rolleyes: , but the little ones love the parade & fireworks in Manzanita. It will probably give me a couple of shots to crab the bay. Was anyone down last weekend for Kelly's derby? and how was crabbing? Normally a little spotty inside the bay this time of year, but thought I would ask. I heard there was a crab crawling around, marked with a letter that indicated the lucky recepient was the winner of a free vasectomy :shocked: , anyone win the lucky snip.............. Have a happy and safe fourth!
:grin: RIPPLE :grin:

[OneLastCast]

Ripple:
Last I heard no one won the free scissor work but not from lack of trying. The weather was beautiful (I didn't crab) and Kelly was at his finest. I guess Saturdays crabbing wasn't bad but Sunday went to hell in a hand basket. Kelly was telling me that the water temp was at 64 degrees combined with the 3 plus inches of rain we got on Thursday and Friday seemed to send them scurrying.

OneLastCast

[RIPPLE]

thanks for the info OneLastCast. I'll probably give it a shot, do you know if anyone's boated a chinook yet? a few weeks early I suppose.....
:grin: RIPPLE :grin:

[fishlis 1]

i tried to crab the bay yesterday on the incoming tide and the water was pretty bad it threw my little 15ft boat around pretty good. i talked to some guys that had crabbed for about 4 hours and they only had 3 keepers i had never seen the Nehalem bay that choppy.

[Uncle Bob]

The Nehalem Bay choppy???
Last summer there was one small section just up stream from the Jetty Fishery.
It took about 3-5 minutes to get through it - was like crossing the bar.
Kind of wierd, everything was like glass except this little stretch of water.

UB

[OneLastCast]

Yeah, that section in front of Brighton can get pretty ugly, even when every thing else seems great. That is the only place I have ever taken a wave over the bow. Soaked the guy standing in the back of the boat. Those short coupled waves can make you wish for a kidney belt.

As far as the chinooks, I know of no one who has hooked one yet. Not many people trying but I heard that they are marking a few at the jaws.

OneLastCast