Fall O3

[Amerman]

Finally a rain out. Expect fishing to be red hot again after the rivers drop and clear. What a season it has been. Sorry we have not found time to post more reports. It's just hard to find time when fishing 7 days a week. Thanks to all the great and wonderful people that have joined us this year. Sorry to the many we were not able to accommodate. To say fishing has been red hot the last few weeks would be a big understatement. Over my last 24 trips, my boat has landed 197 chinooks and 3 jacks, limiting on chromers on 18 of those trips. My best day came with two clients. We landed 15 fish in just under three hours, meeting at 8 AM and heading to clean fish at 11 AM. We hooked one on our first cast, and it just kept going. At one point in the morning we just landed a double and looked upriver to see Grant land two doubles in 15 minutes. There's something about strolling out at 8 o'clock and fishing the spots all the boats, that got there in the dark, left open. This fall I had a couple days we landed more fish but none that were that quick.

Here are some pics from the Fall
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Tried to add some with Ifishers in them and make them small enough to not take all day. ( I had made three of these but my computer crashed during the 3rd one and I had not saved it)

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Grant and Scott with a couple happy people.

I will try to get Grant to post a report too, but know he has been as busy as me ( we both have been fishing everyday, keeping ahead of the eggs and cure orders and each have two little kids) but he has been limiting before me plenty.

[ 11-17-2003, 02:33 PM: Message edited by: Amerman ]

[Grant Scheele]

Oh man!! What a great season. When I got my new North River sled I wasn't sure how it would work as I have never guided out of a jet boat. What was I waiting for??

The boat took me into fish from the Columbia, Nehalem, Nestucca, Siletz and Alsea. We caught fish pulling spinners and herring.

Of course, most of our fish were caught with bobber and Amerman Eggs.

We had many hightlights this Fall.

The biggest fish was a 51lber off of the Siletz.

We had back to back doubles on the Nestucca.

We had a quadruple bobber down resulting in a triple landed just last week on the Siletz.

The most fun to me was watching all of the rookies land their first salmon. I will never get over that. Those people will be my buds for life.

I have way to many pictures to post them all so I picked my favorites.

Debbie with a Nehalem hog. http://www.ifish.net/uploads/281920320.jpg

A limit of chromers off of the Siletz http://www.ifish.net/uploads/462220320.jpg

My dad.(fish'nfool) http://www.ifish.net/uploads/572420320.jpg

Bobber fishing the Nehalem http://www.ifish.net/uploads/382720320.jpg

Columbia Carnage
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Len hugged me after he quit hugging the fish. http://www.ifish.net/uploads/013320320.jpg

Alsea Chrome http://www.ifish.net/uploads/034720320.jpg

Scott took this picture last week on the Siletz. http://www.ifish.net/uploads/404020320.jpg

[ 11-17-2003, 09:15 PM: Message edited by: Grant Scheele ]

[Amerman]

Some of playing fish for SKP

How about a double ( What does the guide do when both clients have fish on? grab the camera :grin: )

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Then they Cross
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How about some more doubles ( Play a fish and move the Oar)

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One in the net one off the front

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The reward times 2
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[Amerman]

You want more pics? Another rainout more time to play. Here's some more from me and Grant.

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Its been one of our best years for doubles heres some double days

http://www.ifish.net/uploads/132014321.jpg

And just some single photos.

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[ 11-18-2003, 03:00 PM: Message edited by: Amerman ]