MC Gator Report and how I rig a squid (Pics)

[5-Cents]

Ok here is my Multnomah Chan. gator report. Got out on the water today with my best fishin buddy Joe. From the start it was one of those great days for me and one of those bad days for Joe!

The weather certianly was nasty looking but it really did not rain that much all day...
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One of my first fish was this nice, fat 46" keeper, he had a couple of net scars on him too
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Kept that one. I also caught several other real nice shakers. It was non-stop bites for us today. We barely had time to set down all day! I had well over 20 fish to the boat on my own!

For Joe it was a much different story. He had a ton of bites but could not set the hook for anything. He swung and missed all day. After about 5 hours a rainbow came out from behind the clouds right over Joes pole and sure enough he got his first fish, a shaker but at least he was not skunked
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He ended up with a few more fish.

There was another boat below us that caught also caught a keeper as well. Caught about half my fish on squid and half on smelt. We fished in just over 70 feet of water.

Last week I had several emails on how I rig a squid. I dont know if this is the right way but it obviously works for me.

First get a nice tasty squid...
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I stick the hook all the way through the body of the squid an inch or so above the head and run the leader all the way through...
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Then I run it through on the other side kind of like you you would stich a football...
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Then I run the hook through the head and outh the beak. I pull the hook through to the shank so the tip of the hook is right in the tenticles...
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Finish with half-hitches to the top of the squid and then inject it full of scent.
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Thats the way I do it. Good luck out there.

[fun-fishing]

5 cents nice fish I fished KP nothing good for us I poked up in the MC just to look around. I have never been their before. How far past Fred's do you go if you don't mind ???? Thanks in advance. Fun Fishing

[rainrshine]

Shane nice fish today and tell cracker Joe I have a great back Dr if he's sore from "whiffing" all day :laugh: Great how to on the squid rigging, very much appreciated graemlins/applause.gif

[MPT]

Nice pix 5cents! graemlins/applause.gif Someday I'll get the picture upload process figured out. :whazzup: MC looks like a nice quiet stretch of water to try for sturgeon and springers. Can you find sturgeon all through the channel just buy searching the deep holes with a good finder or are they found down towards St. Helens?

[5-Cents]

fun-fishing, we were in the mid part of the MC.

Russ, how funny Joe has actually started wearing an elbow brace because he said he had "sturgeon" elbow, maybe you are right and it is "whiff" elbow :wink:

MPT, we have caught strugeon all through the MC. It seems to fish better when the water is dirty and really up. Just look for the deep holes. There are good deep holes on almost every bend of the river. Very nice and quite and no commercial traffic.

[SafetyChain]

Thanks Shane,for everything! :bowdown:

[Pete]

Nice illustrations! That is so much better than how someone rigged my squid for me!

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[Kruechief]

Shane,

Sniff sniff sniff... I love you man, you are my hero! :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:


Krue

[5-Cents]

Pete I guess if you cant beat um you gotta join um :shocked: :grin:

[rainrshine]

Shane........If it will make cracker Joe feel any better tell him I wiffed all my nibbles today (3). At least he got a shaker to the boat :cheers:

[Bobby Ray]

Good job on the Illustrations graemlins/applause.gif

I'll have to try it.


Thanks
BnB

[scrod]

That is a great effort! A picture is worth everthing to explain the details. I prefer to bury the hook but you took the time to put it out there. Thanks. graemlins/applause.gif

[LIV2FISH]

Thanks for the story and information. Don't fish squid often, but now will know what I need to do. graemlins/applause.gif

[Captjohn]

I was the boat below you guys. You seemed to be having fun from all the laughing going on. :wink: Great job and your bait was definitely out fishing my fresh smelt. Tight lines.

[Birdnest]

5-Cents,

Great post. I really enjoyed the pics. graemlins/applause.gif

[ZaQ]

Sturgeon Shane................... :bowdown:

I think he saves all the good spots for when his fishing partner can go..........

[XSive]

Nice fish :bowdown: :bowdown: Does that half hitch on the top pop out on a cast??? :whazzup:

[Nanook]

Tacklebuster and Sureset....you watchin' this? :laugh:

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[Tacklebuster]

graemlins/hearton.gif :rolleyes: :laugh:

[fishmore1]

Nice fish thanks for the tip on squid. we fished kelly point friday 21 shakers realy slow!
the only way we could get any bites was to step on and smash our smelt thanks again for the tip on squid! :grin: Fishmore1

[SureSet]

Uh huh..........

SureSet