John Day Bassin' (pics)

[AlseaAssassin]

I went on a 4 day float down the John Day river over spring break and managed to get one nice 18 inch smallmouth and a few others along with this trophy ********* :smile: that I thought was a nice bass. The weather was bad but good company and food made it a good trip :grin:. I thought i would share some pictures of the pictographs we found. http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/4658hossresize.JPG
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/4658michelleresize.JPG

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[sbasser]

Looks like you had a good time on the John Day. One of my canoe'n buddies has been trying to get me to do a long canoe trip down the JD, but my bee-hind doesn't like long trips anymore. Wondering what section you rafted, and did it look like a canoe would be ok? Thanks for the pictures. The pictograph is interesting, maybe a turtle? Alien? :crazy:

I'm also wondering about your nick, as my late father liked to fish the Alsea, in fact we had to track him down there on his 80th B'day ('92). He was a Corvallis boy, but was born in Robinette, which is under the Brownlee Res., I believe. If anybody reading this would know where Robinette was, please let me know! "The Big City" :wave: was Weiser, ID. Also, I always wondered if the Alsea might have Smallies in it???? C&R, Steve

[bucketmouth]

Nice pictures. I've never seen the John Day that muddy before.

[AlseaAssassin]

I floated the Clarno to Cottonwwod bridge section and the water was very high 8,000 cfs :blush:. I wouldn't recommend taking a canoe right now as Clarno rapids was as big as any rapid on the Deschutes. If you go fish grubs or worms right on the bottom slloowww until the water comes down and warms up. Oh, there isn't any bass in the Alsea I just steelhead fish it alot.

[shalom]

Nice pictures , I was as surprized as BUCKETMOUTH to see the river that muddy . :angel1: :dance: :jester:

[Longhunter]

Robinette: Robinette stood at the confluence of the Powder and Snake Rivers before it was flooded by the waters of the Brownlee Reservoir in the 1950’s. Robinette served as the railhead for the Oregon Short Line in 1909.

http://www.oregongenealogy.com/baker/robinette/index.htm

[sbasser]

AlseaAssassin, much appreciate the added info on JD and Alsea. I remember the "Bluebacks" on the Alsea from when I was a little kid.

Longhunter, thanks very much for the info about Robinette. Oddly enough, my Maternal Grandma's family name was Hunter, and there was family in the La Grande/Baker/Halfway area. I don't know of any still there. I have a pretty fair geneology of the family, if your surname happens to be Hunter. A few years ago, I found I had a (Hunter) cousin living about 3 miles from me, here in Renton, WA, and her sister in Tacoma. Then found a cousin on my Paternal GF's side in Estacada. It is a small world, after all! :rolleyes: C&R, Steve